1. Lots of conclusive conclusions.

2. On a video the subject of which is, absolutely, indeterminable.

Don’t believe me? Look how many animals folks have “concluded” it is!

I know my animals, believe you me. And that could be a hyena, easily. I might in fact pick hyena over dog or coyote. If you told me you had shot the film in Africa, and nothing else about it, I’d say “hyena” as soon as I saw it.

Don’t know whether lots of folks here think that the identity of every photographic subject can be absolutely determined somehow, or not. But I can say with confidence that the vast majority of such shots that have come up here have gone unidentified, after much speculation like this.

There is a reason scientists don’t go for photographic holotypes.

If this is all the info we have about this subject, it is - absolutely - impossible to say what it is.

It is not an otter!

Looking at the video clips Loren supplied, we can rule out it is not a bear. Field experience tells me it is not a feral hog either. It’s definitely not a hyena although looking at it quickly, I could see where people might think that it is. But a careful inspection and comparison by pausing the trailcam video, tells us that it does not match the hyena. So we can rule that out. Coyote? Hmm, it may be but I doubt it. If you get a good look at the head, or at least the best view of the head you can get, the snout does not match that of a coyote. And although the body looks similar or could possibly be that of a coyote, so could many breeds of dogs. Given the snout, tail and tail wag, and the overall appearance of the beast, I would have to rule out coyote as well. This would leave me with some creature that has the resembles already known creatures, namely domesticated canines, dogs!

It’s a dog! What kind of mixed breed dog, I do not know or would even venture a guess. But it is definitely not a hyena and most likely is a domesticated canine. In other words, it is a dog. It could be part Lab, part Rott, or a couple of parts of any known dog breed that fits the size.

Now whether or not it has sarcoptic mange is up to the members here at Cryptomundo. LOL

COULD be a stray dog, though, as other have said…