25 May 2018
US wildlife experts are baffled
by a "wolf-like" animal that was killed by a Montana farmer.
The rancher near the town of
Denton shot the creature last week when it came within several hundred metres
of his livestock, said officials.
State wildlife experts said they
have been unable to pinpoint its species.
After inspecting the creature,
they said they doubt it's a wolf as its teeth were too short, front paws
abnormally small and claws too large.
Bizarre theories have circulated
online that it could be a werewolf, a young grizzly bear or a relative of
Bigfoot.
In a news
release, the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks (FWP)
said it was a "young, non-lactating female and a canid, a member of the
dog family that includes dogs, foxes, coyotes and wolves".
"We have no idea what this
was until we get a DNA report back," a spokesman for the agency, Bruce
Auchly, told the
Great Falls Tribune.
He added that it may be up to a
week before results come in, which should help identify the cryptid.
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