Mutant animal discovered in Ukraine. Is it the fabled 'Chupacabra' or an experiment gone wrong?

Fabled 'Chupacabra' or mutant fox poisoned by radiation? Hunters baffled by dog-like animal found in former Soviet republic
Mythical beast - named 'goat sucker' in Spanish because of its carnivorous diet - is thought to have been discovered in remotest Ukraine

By WILL STEWART
DAILYMAIL
August 23, 2012

Vets in Ukraine are struggling to identify a 'mutant' animal shot by hunters in a remote area of the former Soviet republic.

Locals say it is a mystery 'Chupacabra' - allegedly sighted a few times in recent years - that preys on rabbits, goats and house animals.

Grey in colour and with ‘fangs’ and a longish neck, it has shorter front legs, slightly resembling a kangaroo, while also showing a likeness to a dog and a fox, say those who have seen it.

Mystery: The discovery of the strange animal in Ukraine has baffled experts

There were claims that it could be a 'mutant' fox poisoned by radiation, while another theory was that it maybe a hybrid originating from a Soviet plant conducting tests on animals relating to chemical or biological weapons development.

‘A creature we were not supposed to see has escaped from a secret defence lab,’ said one comment.

‘The animal doesn't look like a fox or a wolf, or a raccoon,’ Mikhail Ilchenko, deputy head of the district veterinary service in Mikhailovskoe, told Komsomolskaya Pravda, Ukraine.

‘It cannot even be a marten. I have never seen such animal before. But, judging by the fangs, I can definitely say that it is a predator.’

Alien: The strange creature resembles a fox but bears features similar to a kangaroo

Speculation: The animal could be the mythical 'Chupacabra' - which is Spanish for goat sucker - is a legendary cryptid rumoured to inhabit parts of North and South America

Local vets took the skinny, short-haired creature to the Zoological Museum of Zaporozhye National University.

‘There is something common with a fox, and a dog,’ said director Alexander Korotya...

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