The animal was seen near the town of Picayune, it could be a coyote

Oct 30, 2013 15:45 GMT  ·  By

Residents of Picayune, Mississippi have spotted a strange-looking creature that resembles a hairless coyote near their small town.

Jennifer Whitfeld was with her son Justin when they shot the clip of the unusual beast. The animal was also seen by her neighbor, Amanda Denton, who looked it up online.

They came to the conclusion that it was a chupacabra, a mystical creature feeding on the blood of goats, by looking up “hairless coyote.”

“Well it was just behind there, we were coming back from a boat trip and then, we didn’t know what it was,” Whitfeld describes for WLOX. She also mentions that the creature looks like the dog of a zombie.

Master Sergeant David Burnette of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks explains that this is probably just a sick coyote.