# The Friendly Mysterious Creature of Maryland **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 21, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-friendly-mysterious-creature-of-maryland/256239 "2004-07-21T20:32:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-friendly-mysterious-creature-of-maryland/256239/1 "2004-07-21T20:32:47Z")
[What is it](http://www.theksbwchannel.com/news/3558739/detail.html), and is he our new overlord? I’m leaning towards hyena with mange. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-friendly-mysterious-creature-of-maryland/256239/2 "2004-07-21T20:54:11Z")
The general consensus around here is that it’s a stray dog with mange. Not a coyote or hyena, just a dog in need of a dermotologist. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-friendly-mysterious-creature-of-maryland/256239/3 "2004-07-21T22:57:06Z")
And here, I thought you were going to talk about Dave. ---
**Author:** ![Beauty\_Personified](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Beauty\_Personified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauty_Personified)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-friendly-mysterious-creature-of-maryland/256239/4 "2004-07-22T12:33:08Z")
> **[Mystery Creature Lurks In Central Maryland](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=267249)** > > A very weird looking creature indeed I personally believe it’s an abandoned or escaped hyena that is very sick. Anyhoo… ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-friendly-mysterious-creature-of-maryland/256239/5 "2004-07-22T13:36:50Z")
On clicking through their 12 picture gallery, I’m of the opinion that it’s a hyena - one of the pictures had a pretty good face shot. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-friendly-mysterious-creature-of-maryland/256239/6 "2004-07-22T16:29:31Z")
Picture #7 is quite hyena-like, it is to laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Chunky\_Bum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Chunky\_Bum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chunky_Bum)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-friendly-mysterious-creature-of-maryland/256239/7 "2004-07-22T17:47:33Z")
It’s way too small to be a hyena. My money says it’s a fox. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-friendly-mysterious-creature-of-maryland/256239/8 "2004-07-22T17:48:53Z")
Sure is built like a hyena. Either that, or Ron Jeremy. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-friendly-mysterious-creature-of-maryland/256239/9 "2004-07-22T18:21:55Z")
My guess would be an ROUS, but I don’t believe they really exist. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-friendly-mysterious-creature-of-maryland/256239/10 "2004-07-22T23:18:12Z")
I, for one, welcome our hyena overlords… ---
**Author:** ![sugaree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@sugaree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sugaree)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-friendly-mysterious-creature-of-maryland/256239/11 "2004-08-02T12:02:07Z")
Just saw on CNN that one of the critters has been caught and is in custody…er, captivity. It is a red fox with a bad case of mange. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-friendly-mysterious-creature-of-maryland/256239/12 "2004-08-02T15:17:14Z")
For those like me who need to see proof, here’s the [link.](http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/3604238/detail.html) A shot of Ivermectin and he’ll be right as rain.