Comments on: Was It A Shunka Warak’in?

By: curious86

curious86 — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 07:21:17 +0000

So, it’s been like what, almost three years and nothing new has come of it? Gee, how long does it take for DNA results to come back. Most importantly, why are there no photos of this alleged creature, I for one would like to see this thing for myself, yet in either news article there isn’t so much a photo of the people involved. Me thinks, that the Montana creature is nothing more than another Ozark Howler.

If there are photos and results, please post them here or direct me to them.

By: seanriddolls

seanriddolls — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:21:14 +0000

The creature looks eerily similar to a cryptid recently photographed along the Milwaukee River, on March 8th, 2008 (which was discussed on Cryptomundo, here).

The creature has the same the same red/brown coloration as the animal shot in Garfield County. It also has the high shoulders and back sloping downwards like a hyena. The ears protrude out vertically, as do those of a hyena.

A reader dismisses the creature as a coyote with sarcoptic mange, however the creature is far too large to be a coyote. Compare the chain link fence directly behind it. We can see the full height of the fence (which most of us are familiar with), which makes this creature taller than the waist-height of a man.

By: harandramit

harandramit — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 02:06:37 +0000

My sister mother and I have each individualy seen an animal with these same characteristics roaming around where we live. It was bigger than a coyote and smaller than a deer. It seems to bound more than run like some kind of dog playing but it is the animals small back legs which seperate it from any of the wild life around here, which we are very familiar with. All three sightings have been in about a fifteen mile radius. We live in a dry plains like setting. The sightings have also occured in a span of five years, we always called it a hyena and we are not the only ones who have seen it.

By: kittenz

kittenz — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:27:54 +0000

Has anyone heard anything new about this? I went to the newspaper’s website but did not find anything beyond the original story. I emailed them to ask for an update but have not received a reply.

By: Robin_Shadowes

Robin_Shadowes — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 00:38:07 +0000

There is a french movie based on ‘Beast of Gévaudan’called Brotherhood of the wolf in english. As I don’t want to spoil anything but I guess anyone with a slightest interest in cryptozoology would probably find it interesting. A fair guess is that this movie has been released worldwide even in america is because it is the same director who recently directed Silent Hill and it is my simple guess that “brotherhood” brought him Hollywood attention.

By: cosmic monster

cosmic monster — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 22:26:27 +0000

My first impression is that it’s some type of javelina (wild pig) with a wolf head mounted to the body. The bodies are almost identical, especially in the hind legs. They have hooves, so this photo doesn’t help my theory without visible feet.

By: Gonch1311

Gonch1311 — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:54:41 +0000

Orange, red and yellow in its fur? There is a wild canid with that color pattern, the Cape Hunting Dog. Granted, that animal is indigenous to Africa, not North America.

By: RockerEm

RockerEm — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:30:07 +0000

Wow this was a very interesting read! Just looking at the picture, before I read the blog, made me think this was a hyena. Strange of course thinking a hyena could be in Montana, without someway of escaping a zoo.

By: oldbutnotstupid

oldbutnotstupid — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:44:57 +0000

Come on people the animal shown is very common in the US. Its scientific name is Wolfaboarus Fakus, its closely related to the Jackalope Fakus, on which it feeds exclusively. This is not your killer. I wish these people would stop using Cryptomundo as if it were a joke. It’s getting boring.

By: dewhurst

dewhurst — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:32:03 +0000

Kittenz,

Thanks for sharing that account of your hybrid. I am interested in hearing how wolf hybrids get on when living domestic lives. In London, as far as I am aware, no one has tried, with good reason. I feel that type of animal needs a rural environment to live in. You should see the looks I get when I walk my Pitbull cross (rescue Dog) let alone how people would react to seeing a wolf hybrid being walked down the street!

Have her put down must have been a really horrible experience and one that must have taken some time to get over.

Back to the creature in question. It does look like a badly stuffed Boar or some kind of pig which is what I am expecting the results of any DNA testing to show.