The creature is known as Mumtaz, visitors to the zoo can actually talk to it

Jun 26, 2014 11:55 GMT  ·  By
33-year-old man in Pakistan lends his head to a fox body to entertain visitors to a local zoo
   33-year-old man in Pakistan lends his head to a fox body to entertain visitors to a local zoo

A zoo in Pakistan is home to a strange-looking half-fox, half-human creature. The oddity, featured in the photo above, is very much alive, and visitors to Karachi zoo can even speak to it.

Before anyone starts thinking that Dr. Frankenstein has made one hell of a comeback, it must be said that this half-fox, half-human creature is not just one animal.

On the contrary, Unexplained Mysteries tells us that it's more like a package deal. Simply put, it's the body of a fox placed right next to the body of a human.

The only reason it looks alive and can talk to visitors is because the human head is attached to an actual living and breathing human body that is hidden under the table.

According to the same source, the role of Mumtaz is played by a 33-year-old man named Murad Ali, who sometimes spends as many as 12 hours in a row pretending to be a wacky fox-human hybrid.

“The people, who visit here, go away happy. And knowing that they feel happy makes me happy too. There is a bond of love between me and them. Life is very short; it should be spent spreading smiles,” the man says.

Interestingly enough, Murad Ali did not embrace this rather peculiar career on his own accord. Thus, the man reportedly inherited this role from his father, who has been dead for 16 years now.

Check out the video below to see the alleged half-fox, half-human hybrid move and talk.