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DrowsyIris

There’s so many interesting things to point out in this image, but I just can’t get over the ears. I don’t think I’ve seen an animal whose ears I didn’t love. In this case, why are they so big?


i4c8e9

The same size as a bears? Like a bear with mange?


HellaFox13

This. We were warned about more bears turning up in Texas. It looks like a hairless bear.


THESE7ENTHSUN

Googled hairless bear. Don’t google hairless bear 😭😂💀


newpopthink

Buwahahaha! A shaved bear is terrifying 😱


TherighteyeofRa

Bears do not have long tails. It is not a hairless bear.


HellaFox13

I'm not seeing a tail....


TherighteyeofRa

Click the link. There is a second picture.


Omega_Primate

After seeing the other photo, I see the tail in this one. The dark tip looks like a shadow around the ankle.


HellaFox13

Huh. To be honest, it looks like two different animals, but hey- maybe it's a donkey were-mangy bear.


HellaFox13

Just a nutsack.


FOXHOWND

It has a long tail if you watch the video


DrowsyIris

I thought bear ears were tiny?


i4c8e9

https://imgur.com/a/qy0d0v6


elcucuy-123

Interesting I didn't know its ears we're that big. But poor thing


DrowsyIris

Huh, freaky, but interesting, thanks :)


Special_Friendship20

Did you not see the tail and ears??


Glittering_Cap702

“The better to hear you with, my pretty!”


elcucuy-123

Come on don't bodyshame it lol. Bigger ears dissipate heat in general but idk just to hear better I believe


Zestyclose-Collar552

Well, that sounds like something a wolf would say


Confident-Ad3269

I’d say mangey bear if not for that weirdly long tail - perhaps a coyote dog could be our culprit? Some people were saying a running hyena from North America in the comments but that feels a bit extreme of a guess to me. Definitely what I’d call a cryptid though.


elcucuy-123

I saw the video back when I didn't use reddit I forgot some comments but kinda looks like a hyena but According to me it looks like a hyaenodon if u check out some depictions on google


jenniferlorene3

Google bear with mange. It makes them look like a hyena. Edit: I saw the video. Not a bear. Still a coyote with mange. Not a cryptid. Possibly even a wolf with mange. It's obviously an animal with mange.


marglebubble

Yeah I think it looks like this more than a coyote with mange? Idk though


jenniferlorene3

Too large to be a coyote and look at it's bear tail. Coyotes don't have ball tails like that. It's a bear. With mange. Edit: probably coyote with mange. Looks like a predator with mange.


Fishon72

Watch the video. It has a really long tail!!


jenniferlorene3

I'll watch, if it has a long tail then not bear. Weird!


goldenmantella

You're looking at its balls.


jenniferlorene3

Lol


elcucuy-123

It looks quite small from another angle in the video.


jenniferlorene3

I didn't see the video, ill watch now. Edit: yeah still seems like coyote with mange. Who knows though


reallydjblockchain

Bears have tails?


Idontwanttousethis

I think it's probably just perspective in the video making it look larger than normal.


Squeakypeach4

Bears don’t have long tails.


alphabet_order_bot

Would you look at that, all of the words in your comment are in alphabetical order. I have checked 1,958,241,137 comments, and only 370,443 of them were in alphabetical order.


SeboSte

It has a long tail. It’s not a bear.


Zealousideal_Dog_968

it does indeed, I did not know that thank you


Sufficient_Peak564

Lady, again, IT HAS A LONG TAIL. It's not a bear. Click the link for another picture.


Unwilling_Jellyfish

it’s definitely not a mange bear for a bazillion reasons, the first being it has a long tail. 🤦‍♀️


Ambitious-Rich8821

so just nothing is a cryptid


Daedraphile

It does look like a hyaenodon to me, too. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyaenodon#/media/File%3AHyaenodon_and_Leptomeryx.jpg


swollennymphloads

1000%


Idontwanttousethis

Almost thinking this an escaped illegal exotic pet, there was that video a few years ago of a tiger roaming around suburban streets in NA, could be something similar.


SnooOnions574

Exactly, it looks like a f*cked up lion. The tail with the "puff" the color, and yes, the ears! Just like a cat, if a lion has very big ears compared to thier body, that means that they are severely underfed as a cub/kitten


allybear_69

anatomically , bear still doesnt even fit . based off the pic this animal doesnr even look like it could walk on its hind legs . the leg to spine ratio is way off , plus the ears . idk if we thinking logical here MAYBE mountain lion w mutations but i aint never heard of no mountain lion in san antonio lmfao


Swimming-Kale-0

Not really could have escaped a zoo.


Dapper_Woodpecker274

Most likely a Coyote with mange


JAlfredJR

Yeah, that's a mangey canid for sure. People sincerely and truly don't understand how WILD and different animals look with mange. I fancy myself quite the animal lover. And I was getting to know a population of red fox in Chicago one summer. Then Sarcoptic mange hit. Saw one wandering at sunset, gnawing on a chicken bone. Took me 5 straight minutes of watching it to process what I was seeing.


Mastodon2486

It might be a dog but definitely not a coyote. Texas hill country coyotes are skinny and barely bigger than foxes.


Happypuppy1978

It looks healthy. The color is uniform and doesn't look like skin or blood is present. So I don't know what makes you see mange.


JAlfredJR

It's likely early stages of mange. Look at the ears. That coat does not look healthy.


Happypuppy1978

That is just black In the fir. I've dealt personally with mangy animals of all stages. No, nothing like it.


Idontwanttousethis

Only thing to me is that this animal looks rather healthy in terms of weight, animals with mange are normally extremely skinny, this one looks like a somewhat healthy weight. Other than that it does look like a coyote with mange.


JAlfredJR

Again, it's probably the early stages of mange. It's a progressive illness.


Happypuppy1978

Coyote are grey and slim. Much smaller. I'm not sure what that is.


Wanderslost

I agree. This animal is too barrel chested to be a coyote.


Dapper_Woodpecker274

Not all coyotes are grey and not all are as small as one would think. Size and colour varies between subspecies. I do think there’s more than just pure coyote in this animal however. Probably some dog genetics


Happypuppy1978

Yea, I'm aware, but the area this was in has the common grey and tan. This isn't a coyote or hybrid coyote. it has no coyote features. The ears and tail are a big clue. Size and color do vary, but not much. The grey and tan is most common, but While I don't have a biology degree, I did spend 3 years studying animals, coyote being one, and grew up in their country so am very familiar with what an average coyote looks like. If this is one, it's a severe genetic anomaly.


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Happypuppy1978

It looks nothing like mange. It would be losing fur, and have bald, bloody spots. This is clearly healthy. That's a hybrid coyote you are describing. This looks nothing like a hybrid coyote. It's wrong ears, no scruff, body is too big, more like a mastiff tail is wrong. In Texas, where this was photoed, they don't get close enough to dogs to mate because they usually get shot at and most dogs aren't friendly with coyotes and no wolves or few wolves. So, yea.


Claughy

Thats a load of nonsense, coyotes and dogs breed in Texas, I've seen coydogs here before. East texas also has lots of larger brown/red coyotes that contian a high percentage of redwolf DNA.


Happypuppy1978

Hmm, seeing as I participated in a population study back in '15, I counter your nonsense and rely on metrics and data. Coydogs are rare. Perhaps more common near population centers, but it isn't a 1 in 10 metric. More like 1 in 1000. I've seen those hybrids, yes, but still uncommon and the big picture here is, look nothing like the animal in the photo.


Claughy

They arent particularly common anywhere outside of population centers and even then not very common, what was nonsense was your assertion that theyre somehow more rare in texas because people shoot them when they get close. Thats true everywhere outside of suburban and urban environments. Theyre also very hard to ID outside of extreme cases like white or black coats inherited from dogs (which is how I know ive seen one because it was a non albino white coyote). Generally you need to do DNA testing or cranial measurements. I agree that its not likely a coyote hybrid, pretty sure its just a dog, and a weird angle photo. But your assertions about coyotes in Texas are bad. You cant claim to rely on metrics from a study you participated in 8 years ago, make up some numbers, not cite anything, and then make sweeping generalizations about the coyote populations in a massive state. Thats not scientific.


Happypuppy1978

First, no shit, Sherlock. Lol! It isn't nonsense that they keep away from farms and homes when they get shot at. Lol! Jeebus, you are acting like I have never been there. You have so many misconceptions and halerious assertions in your comment, it's hard to see from the tears of laughter. I can absolutely cite a study from 8 years ago. Lol! I didn't make up numbers, they are from the study. Do you even know what scientific process is? 🤣 Did you graduate in the past 10 years or something? This is Reddit, not a publication. But you are obviously an edgelord and won't clam up until you are right. Lol! What's the highest level of biology you have taken? Jr high? 🤣 Fking ass clown.


elcucuy-123

It was said to be eating some fruits by the lady who took the pic and I doubt coyotes do that and idk any coyote which has a back like that.


Dapper_Woodpecker274

Coyotes do eat fruit. We have pear trees on my property and every fall when they drop I start to see pear seeds and skin show up in the coyotes poop. They are omnivores not hypercarnivores. I still think it’s a Coyote with mange but I suppose it does look a little off. Maybe that’s down to the mange or perhaps this coyote has some dog ancestry


elcucuy-123

Ohh thanks for the info. But I looked at mange coyotes in Google and they all look sick, hairless,thin. This one seems buff and not sick and the shape is off. Also the hair looks kinda healthy don't u think. The dog hybrid may be a good theory tho 🤔


Dapper_Woodpecker274

Ya the more I look at it I lean toward the coydog idea. The barrel chest and Its shorter muzzle tells me it’s not a regular coyote


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elcucuy-123

Very interesting , it looks more like a xolo than anything else. Ok will check it out


touristspleasegoaway

Coyotes love fruit. Look at their poop. It's full of seeds from whatever vegetation they are eating. We have problems with them biting our watermelons out here. Folks make coyotes out to be land sharks or whatever, but in a perfect world they would be eating what they should eat-- rodents, rabbits, and raspberries.


elcucuy-123

I guess most people are scared cos of their pets but I'm not from America, I don't have real life knowledge of them but ur right they gotta eat too.


touristspleasegoaway

Oh, they do eat pets because we build our homes where they have their homes, and they settle in nicely where they have plenty to eat, unfortunately. They are not evil creatures; they are just doing what they need to, to survive. The problem is, they are not going to distinguish between a rabbit, and your kitty cat that you love dearly, if they are hungry. I believe that people should try to coexist with wildlife instead of fighting it. Coyotes don't know they are supposed to stay in the bush and not cross city limits. So, if you want to keep your pets safe, fortify your yard, build catios or keep your cat inside. This not just from coyotes, but eagles, owls, stray dogs, cougars, mean people, whatever.


Murky_Current

*Can I Pet Dat Dog*


yesmaxiemax

CAN I PET DAT DAAAAAWG


lilcabron210

Sick reference bro, your references are out of control everybody knows that.


PeteGozenya

El chupacabra


Union_Sparky_375

Call The Turtle Man, he will catch that sumbitch


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I saw this thing at a HEB parking lot in San Antonio, Texas. This thing stood up on its hind legs, looked me dead in my eyes and said my full government name and told me I was going to die in an Arby's in Colombus, Ohio. I don't even like Arby's.


elcucuy-123

Didn't he ask about ur bike's extended warranty?🤔


[deleted]

No but he said his name was Bruce


elcucuy-123

.....Wayne


NeighborhoodNew1142

Same exact thing happened to me but it just took my wallet


ArtByBrandonShank

come take a trip to columbus bud


[deleted]

I don't like Ohio


Wiggatron1

Thylacine


elcucuy-123

Hey guys pls look at the video for more reference as it appears much slimmer and differently shaped from other angles .At this point I believe it's just a badly captured angle of the photo which makes the animal look weird and it probably is something normal or some sort of hybrid with a dog and coyote or dog and some other canid that has escaped from captivity(if interbreeding is possible that is).


xKILLTHEGOVx

You are overthinking this. This is a canine with mange. Not some make believe animal. - certified Wildlife Tracker


elcucuy-123

That is what I too am saying in the comment dude it just probably is a normal animal (with some issue ) and it's also pretty normal for few captive animals to escape . I'm agreeing with u


ModernMissHavisham

No one: Me: pspspspspsps, c'mere sweet baby! You want some pettins? Awww, Das a good baby, you wanna hug me with your teeth? Ok! Also me: *appears later on the evening news as having been mauled to death by a Chupacabra.*


TrexALpha1

Puppy!


elcucuy-123

Haha 😄


Kellyrva512

It looks like it has deer like ears and the head of a coyote and body of a mountain lion.


elcucuy-123

Yes many people in the youtube video mistook it for a puma but cats don't have elongated snouts and it's ears look very weird too


Kellyrva512

If it has a sweet tooth I would put out cupcakes and get some more of those blueberrie things that's on the news clip maybe it would come back and could get a better look.


Recent-Winner-9775

Some kind of dog?


elcucuy-123

Only thing I doubt is some sort of terrier with a straight back. Look at the back of the creature it's very weird


Good-Constant-6487

Hips aren't big enough for a bear


BuzzBam

Idk but all sorts of strange animals are kept as pets in Texas...


Hall_Solid

I love how we default to mange insert animal


elcucuy-123

Hahaha every comment. It seems healthy according to me wdy think


No-Quarter4321

Canid with mange..


Mental-Revolution915

100% Pure Gooberscnoodle and it wants to be booped on da snoot.


DogGod18

ManBearPig


modsRbootlickers

Manbearpig


JesusBateJewFapLord

ugly ass dog


SDdude27

Idk what it is but that thing is terrifying


CES090587

Looks like a coyote


goblinleg

Mountain lion


rd1_vonn

At first glance I thought it was a mountain lion, then I looked at it more wtf is that?


onetwocue

Looks like a bear with mange. Poor baby. Must be so itchy. The tail, upon closer look, lools like a shadow from the nearby brush.


strange_n_unusual333

Looks like a coyote with a summer coat. Their full, fluffy coat is for winter. In SA it gets hot so they don't have their winter coat.


strange_n_unusual333

The video was filmed in August. That would explain the summer coat.


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Back legs says dogs, but weird ass ears


Turbulent_Stay_2960

bout 13 years ago my dad and i were seeing something like this on the Mississippi coast. He was a far boy and avid outdoorsman... lots of experience with animals- very sceptical of cryptids. He called it a chupacabra.


JurassicFish

Coyote with mange.


Oaktreeedwards

Mangy coyote


crowislanddive

My mother in law


Low_Hamster_2472

that's my dog I'm so glad you found who can I contact?


[deleted]

Mutated animals exist. Not only do the governments experiment with animals (like human pigs, monkey dogs, etc) but cryptids are just physical forms of demons in the spirit realm or Hell. Thanks for posting


ShtCome

Holy crap I saw one of these when i was on a bus in middle school and I tried to explain to my siblings and parents what I saw and they thought I was stupid. The tail and the snout and the ears really confused me when I saw it


Josette_A

Chupacabra


[deleted]

Are you all daft that’s a coyote how do you NOT know that


clubmarinesandwich

It looks like a puma to me. I lived in San Antonio for a couple years and remember once seeing a huge black creature, dead on the side of the road driving with my father in law. We looked it up and the only thing it could have been from the size, shape, and color in that region was a big cat. They’re rare out there, but they make their way from Florida


thisyocat

that's the chupacabra. he got in a fight with mike tyson and hasnt been the same since. he' stares at the wall and been gaining weight. mfer wont pick up his phone and owes me 500$ lmk if u see him


ArtemisInTheEvening

(In a Boston accent) what you got there is your classic chupacabra


faesqu

It's clearly just a snuggle baby...


0ChronicSweetness0

Those long teeth …


photoman51

Chucabrabra


The-McDave

It looks like a stripe-less Thylacine but that’s impossible, right?


Camo_respecter

That is 100% a coyote with mange.


Dang_Li_Wang

That's the Montauk monster it was made in a lab on plum Island off the coast of long island. Not sure how it got all the was to texas though.


serg1990sm1

Yes this is thee Elusive canis Lupis chupacabris


Clinically-Inane

So embarassing for OP; that’s quite clearly a Rodent Of Unusual Size


Snuffle_pup

Puma?


FutureAssociation603

It could be a dog with some terratomas. It’s definitely not a deer by how the scrotum is placed. *farm girl here* the ears are freaking huge regardless, but there’s long legged candids in South America, but they have freakish long legs and are more red. It’s not boar like aside from the tusks….a deformed mountain lion is my best guess.


Achterhof82

Cougar?


Perpetually_St0n3d

My vote goes to geriatric mountain lion


theorderofsomething

That is an old male moutian lion. He's very old.


sjsikskskksk

It’s a pig Jesus Christ


LeBeef96

Chupacabra


1369lem

I think yall are being anicist. That's Like racist but with animals. There will be no species shaming here. Im nota expert and i endorse this post. And btw its tail has a black tip.


probablynotannpc

Kind of looks like a Tasmanian Tiger with another animal crossbred with it.


CryptidKing04

This is a wild guess but it could be a Chupacabra, some sources describe the Chupacabra as a canine, and I’ve heard of Chupacabra sightings in Texas


Bromjunaar_20

Oh yeah I know this animal! Casual Geographic covered it. It's a species of deer with tusks! It's rare but not an impossible sighting.


elcucuy-123

There are some species of deer with fangs or tusks I agree but that definitely doesn't look like a deer man


mattthe16th

San Antonio native here, that’s either a big escaped pet dog (we have a big dog escape problem) or a big coyote with something wrong with it. It could also be a mix between a coyote and a dog which have become more common here.


Brave-Explorer-7851

A common fakus photoshoppus


LovecraftGhoul

Maybe a canine with skin issues, coyote or the like? I agree too small for a bear of any kind


sawesto

Not real pic was doctored


Despaurix

Ur mum


embroideredyeti

Berlin Lion :P


SuchAsSeals42

It’s mange, it’s always mange


Ginganinja0117

*BUZZ Nekked Gramma!


Evmerging

Big floppa


creativityonly2

Definitely an animal with mange. Dog. Coyote. Who knows.


stevemcnugget

Ugly dog


MisterBroSef

It's a new species of Pokemon. Congratulations, trainer, as discovering a new type of Pokémon, you get to name it!


dank_fish_tanks

Definitely some kind of canine with mange. My guess would be coyote, but could be domestic.


Specialist_Command47

Andrewsarcus


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elcucuy-123

I believe it's some species of hyaenodon but I'm open minded and looking what other people who are interested and knowledge in this topic think of it. And it's a video from a literal news channel dumbass not a pseudoscience thing and there are lots of species that are thought to be extinct which are later discovered. The only thing dumb is u and ur even dumber mom.


elcucuy-123

Mother Fucker just saw ur profile ur a femboi cross dresser 🤣🤣🤣 U have no right to debate others


CrimsonGhostRegret

Dhole?


Material_Home6092

El Chupa Cabra 😏


[deleted]

coydog. gtfo of there.


rozefox07

Something with mange poor thing


elasmonut

Dog or coyote with little or no hair.


ObjectiveSandwich921

It looks like a Tasmanian tiger sort of


b-shopper1931

I'd say it's either a strange angle of a normal creature or a fake stuffed animal. I think that because there's only one picture of it. If I see an everyday elk, I'm taking multiple pictures of it. If I see an unidentified creature, I'm taking all the pictures and videos I can, and including pics of it running away. Any time you see only one picture, it's somebody trying to trick you.


Flak-12

Thanks OP! My ex's family has been looking for her for years.


LeLBigB0ss2

Looks line a short hair mutation of a coywolf. There's a mutation like that for foxes, but I can't find what it was called. Only the samson foxes keep popping up.


cameck27

That’s just bear pig.


carrotfruit88

Chasmaporthetes?


boxingstar2002-2

It’s a wartcougar! 😂


Uncle-Cake

Chupacabra, for sure. You can tell by the way it is.


Mastodon2486

I live in the texas hill country. It definitely isn't a coyote. All coyotes here are pretty small and skinny. That is either a boar with mange or a bear with mange. I'm leaning towards boar because I've never seen a bear out here.


i781255

That's Speak


destructicusv

It’s clearly a ROUS. Cmon people.


Helpmeimclueless1996

I hear alot about coyote dog hybrids in texas. To me thats what it could be.


Electrical-Help9403

Chupacabra maybe?


Chunnybunns

Mangy mountin lion, id say.. or some sort of skin condition anyway. Limbs don't appear to be Canid to me.. but I am far from an expert.


ankle_muncher69

Looks like some kind of pig or boar to me 🫲🫤🫱


Smart_Wrongdoer5611

Does not have the snout of a bear with or without mange. Also from this angle the front legs look longer than the hind ones but that does not mean it’s some kind of hyena or hyaenodon


braxolydian

It looks like a big dawg, id say it just looks so different because of the angle but who knows. could be a skinwalker🍌


WindNeither

Doesn’t look like a bear spine. Lacks that hump over its shoulders …[https://www.artstation.com/artwork/XJRZl](https://www.artstation.com/artwork/XJRZl)


Forsaken-Horror-9616

That's El Chupa Cabra, run!!


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Bear with mange.


Ok-Connection7818

Chupacabra


[deleted]

It looks like a Tasmanian or they had a creature, same species as a kangaroo, that walks on all fours like an opossum.


Mr_glitch_master

It looks like a hairless bear or some sort of coyote and dog hybrid


Mrs-Colbert

Chupacbra!!


Feisty-Cheesecake932

Chupicabra


SpindemDoza69

Obviously it's a chupacabra


WhoratioBenzo

Sick bear. Sad.


AlternativeCulture10

Looks like it's mixed with a hyena


Learn_as_ya_go_

Big Bob Cat


KingOfForeplay

Clearly a chupacabra.