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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:11 PM Original message |
Mysterious creature found in Nelson County |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. Chupacabra! |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. When I first read the head line that's what I thought. n/t |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. Calling A-Schwarzenegger! Please come look and tell us! |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 11:20 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. Bless the little guy. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Whew, thank you, was worried. It must be Oscar's relative, though "relative" is, |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 11:25 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Oscar is kin to everything. |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 12:00 AM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Bring back the Oscar thread! |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 09:09 PM Response to Reply #41 |
75. My favorite line about Oscar.... |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. the disease is called Mange |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. My first thought as well. |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. Poor Mr. Bigglesworth |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. It looks like a Sphynx to me. Or a biproduct of Sphynx/Rat pairing. n/t |
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Brilliantrocket (196 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. Whatever it is... |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. It is a republican spawn |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 08:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
79. How strange! We seem to think exactly alike! |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. "about the size of a house cat"? Edited since I don't think sphynx, but picts left for enjoyment |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. It's not a cat -- the ears are the wrong shape and the nose is too big. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. And the paws are all wrong. (nt) |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Paws are all wrong too. nt |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Dad-gum long-eared varmint! |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. Those don't look like a dog's paws to me. |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. the paws look about right if you never cut your dog's nails |
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teenagebambam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
14. About the size of a HOUSE CAT |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. From the looks of it, being shot may have been the kindest thing that happened to that critter. |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:38 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. And btw I'm pretty sure this is a fox. nt |
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CanSocDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 06:17 PM Response to Reply #37 |
73. I think you're right... |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
15. Mangey possum. |
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ben_thayer (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I concur... EOM |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Agree. I don't know why I didn't think of that. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. I think you are right and I was wrong re sphynx cat. More picts of possum feet... |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Possums have pink noses. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. a mangy one may not. Is it...could it be...Oscar? |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:32 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. It doesn't have enough nipples to be a possum. They have 13. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:33 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Oscar.I've tried to find another animal and that is what we are left with. Sniff. |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. ding ding ding ding |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 01:36 AM Response to Reply #23 |
57. I don't think it's mange |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
20. If you don't know what it is, then why not shoot it? |
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dhill926 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 11:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
47. I hear ya...... |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 02:54 AM Response to Reply #20 |
59. In a long populated area, it is in fact not a bad rule of thumb. |
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astral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 10:06 AM Response to Reply #59 |
65. shooting something just because you don't know what it is |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. The bloke's reasoning might well be scary stupid. However,... |
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astral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 03:28 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. I guess you have a good point there. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
22. a creature with grayish, wrinkly skin and no fur |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 08:37 PM Response to Reply #22 |
74. Yeah....Mitch McConnel was the first thing I thought. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
24. OMG HE SHOT OSCAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111 |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
25. OMG -- |
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amerikat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 11:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
46. Thanks for that.. Somehow I missed that post. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 12:01 AM Response to Reply #25 |
50. God, I miss those days in DU... (nt) |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 12:22 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Did you join DU before Apr 28th 2006, using a name different from "Recursion"? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 12:36 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Join? No, but I started reading in like '02 |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 12:50 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Thanks for the info. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 01:14 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Maybe I'm missing your point? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 12:33 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Delete |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
27. Alan Simpson |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:33 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. John McCain. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:38 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. I was going to suggest that but ... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
28. Mange |
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freethought (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
35. It's a raccon |
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Zanzobar (276 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 11:06 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Definitely coon |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 02:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
69. That was my first thought as well. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
38. That was the Good Luck Creature sent to share with us Humans...now we gonna be outta luck for awhile |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
40. I also agree. Or possibly a raccoon or fox with mange, depending on the tail. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
44. "What puzzled me is how something like that could survive through a winter with no hair," |
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Mortos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 01:40 AM Response to Reply #44 |
58. Looks like my dog - American Hairless Terrier |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 10:01 AM Response to Reply #58 |
63. Awwwwwwwwww..What a cutie. I know that hairless cats are very affectionate..craving body warmth. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 05:02 PM Response to Reply #58 |
71. Hairless dog = 1000 times cuter than hairless cat. |
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TeeYiYi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
45. Raccoon.... |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
48. Looks a lot like the young foxes we had last spring with mange |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
52. One look at it's tail and you'd know what it was. |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 03:32 AM Response to Original message |
60. "I didn't know what it was |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 10:02 AM Response to Reply #60 |
64. Luckily, I guess, it was not a feral child |
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moobu2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 03:43 AM Response to Original message |
61. Looks like a Fox with a bad case of mange |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 04:59 AM Response to Original message |
62. Parthenogenesis by way of |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
67. Isn't this an old story? |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
68. An atypical mutt with alopecia? |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
72. It is some species of wombat. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
76. Hairless possum. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
77. "Mark Cothren..." |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
78. Saddly, I think it's mange |
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