Mystery Creature in Maryland....

[Yankeegirl]

Mystery Creature Lurks In Central Maryland

POSTED: 5:19 am EDT July 19, 2004
UPDATED: 10:42 am EDT July 19, 2004

GLYNDON, Md. -- A mystery animal is on the loose in Baltimore County and not even the experts can pin down what it is.

A Glyndon man found a way to secretly record the beast while it grazed in his yard. For a while it was just lurking in the woods watching the Wroe family until the Wroes started watching it.

What Is The Creature?

Jay Wroe: "My truck was parked here, started getting in my truck. I kind of saw it there where the sunlight is and said what in the world is that?"

Jacob Wroe: "It looked so weird to me. I didn't know what it was."

Wanting to get a better look at the beast stalking his family, Jay Wroe put technology to work for him.

Jay Wroe: "The next day, I hooked up just portable motion detectors, and put them down back in the woods there."

The trap worked.

Jay Wroe: "Very bizarre. I went and got my father and cousin and they came and looked at it and their reactions were pretty much the same -- what in the world are we looking at?"

Pictures Of The Unusual Creature In Maryland

More than a month after the first sighting, the creature has become a neighborhood regular and showing up often.

Kim Carlsen: "It comes to our house. It's been up in the woods for a while and it comes up through the bottom of our yard and eats our cat food."

Despite the fact it's lurking in these woods and no one knows when or where it will come out, no one here seems afraid of it.

Jacob Wroe: "I don't know, it doesn't look like it's going to harm anybody."

Even the other neighborhood animals like Bullwinkle the dog next door seem okay with the beast.

Kim Carlsen: "It's not afraid of the cats and the cats seem to get along with it fine."

The beast is not shy, and visits most often under bright sun. While no one here knows what it is, they do have a name for it -- the hyote, a combination of a hyena and a coyote.


http://www.click2houston.com/news/3545383/detail.html


This is the site that has a pic of it... It does look like a hyena and a coyote... Looks goofy...

[Stephanie]

It looks more like a hyena! That's so wierd!

I'm glad that it doesn't seem to be going after the pets or people in that area. It'll be interesting to see what happens with it and if they ever uncover what it is and where it came from!

[Yankeegirl]

What I want to know is how a hyenea and a coyote got together? Wouldnt the coyote eat the hyena? Or wouldnt the hyena laugh at the coyote?? lol... Who knows!

[GalvestonDuck]

What I want to know is how a hyenea and a coyote got together? Wouldnt the coyote eat the hyena? Or wouldnt the hyena laugh at the coyote?? lol... Who knows!

I don't think they could breed, could they? Isn't a coyote a canine and a hyena isn't? So it couldn't work.

I don't know what they heck it is.

[pawlee]

it's just azsnowman on vacation is all... he's a monkey's uncle you know.

[abajan]

...wouldnt the hyena laugh at the coyote??...

LMAO

More likely the other way around. A hyena is one of the ugliest creatures I've ever seen.

(I watch Discovery and National Geographic channels quite often and I know my creatures LOL!)

[petal*pusher]

Hmmmm......very interesting! It does look something like a hyena.....maybe one with mange or something.

Duck.....I was SURE your post would tell us it's an urban legend!!!

If this IS real, and the pics seem to be......I'm surprised that someone hasn't suggested to shoot it like often is suggested when there is something out of the ordinary!! Good for that neighborhood to be curious and cautious about this!.....p

[Stephanie]

it's just azsnowman on vacation is all... he's a monkey's uncle you know.

POOR DENNIS!!!