I thought about putting this in the paranoia section, but decided against it because it's not about an alien little man chupacabra. A few days ago, a weird creature was shot in deep East Texas. Here's the local newspaper story covering it:
lufkin daily news article
It looked like a nasty, mangy dog, but it's legs were different, smaller in front than in back, it had very little hair, it's flesh was rotting and crumbling, and it's jaw structure did not look like that of a dog, despite the large canine teeth. The investigator said that another similar creature ran across the road just as she was approaching the scene.
http://www.lufkindailynews.com/news/.../beast/p1.html
(contains several pictures on the subsequent pages.)
(also here, with commentary.)
http://www.unknowncountry.com/lufkin_images.phtml
I'd dismiss it as just a stray and diseased dog, maybe a cross dog/coyote, combined with not the brightest east texas animal experts, except that earlier this summer, another very similar creature was shot in South Texas, and was so remarkably different from a typical dog that in garned some media attention.
I fopund a few articles about the one shot in East Texas and a few More about the one earlier this year in Elmendorf, Texas.
See are to a reputable news website in San Antonio, some are to more in-search-of-the-paranormal type sites:
http://www.woai.com/news/local/story...2-CD4EFE086BD9
http://www.woai.com/news/local/story...4-9097690cdefc
look at the pictures here- it looks like the same kind of critter to me.
http://www.woai.com/news/local/story...4-3C6F6C31975E
http://www.woai.com/news/local/story...7-5CB484EBA2F4
http://www.unknowncountry.com/news/?id=4069
http://www.anomalynews.com/phorum/re...=7&i=103&t=103
http://www.anomalynews.com/phorum/re...=7&i=101&t=101
Is it a new creature? a strange canine disease? I don't know, but I find it fascinating.