Bizarre Animal Captured Near Oklahoma's Dry Gulch U.S.A.
Jeremy Scheffel says he first encountered the creature on his back porch a few weeks ago. When he turned on the outside light he saw the animal scurry away. It looked so strange, he says he thought he was losing his mind.
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Jeremy Scheffel says he first encountered the creature on his back porch a few weeks ago.
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"It looks like a huge rat. It's kind of creepy," Scheffel said.
Scheffel and Cook turned the creature over to the experts at Wild Heart Ranch Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation in Claremore.
Scheffel says they believe it's a raccoon that has an advanced case of mange, but that's not stopping people in the area from calling it something else.
He says it's known as the Dry Gulch chupacabra, after the legendary animal that supposedly sucks the blood of goats.
The experts at Wild Heart Ranch say the animal will grow its hair back so it will again look like a normal raccoon.
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March 1, 2010