What in the world is this?

[gregintenn]

 

Sorry for the poor pic, but my wife took it in our back yard a few minutes ago. She said the dogs were deathly afraid of it. I've never seen a dog around here that would pass for it, and it looks too big for a coyote. Cinnamon bear cub?

Edited October 19, 2018 by gregintenn

[MacGyver]

That's one giant, well fed coyote if that's what it is. It would almost make me want to put some bait out with a game camera.

I guess it could be a bear - but y'all don't get too many of them up that way.

[gregintenn]

23 minutes ago, MacGyver said:

That's one giant, well fed coyote if that's what it is. It would almost make me want to put some bait out with a game camera.

I guess it could be a bear - but y'all don't get too many of them up that way.

A guy I went to school with totaled his car last year by hitting a bear on the Jackson/Macon county line. They aren't common, but I've seen more and more reports of folks seeing them lately.

I am fairly certain it isn't a calf, and nearly sure it isn't my neighbor's St. Bernard. The shape and color isn't right at all.

After looking at some internet pics, this thing's legs look a bit spindly for a bear. Probably someone's dog I've just never seen before, but he appears to be a big un!

Edited October 19, 2018 by gregintenn

[Grayfox54]

I blew the picture up. Got too fuzzy to know for sure, but it ain't no bear. I don't think its a coyote either. Looks like its just a big ol' yella dog. 

[Omega]

Yea, first blush was a big yellow dog.

[Ronald_55]

Bigfoot's dog maybe?

[bersaguy]

Found this on Google and may answer the question?

Black Bear Color Phases. Black bears come in more colors than any other North American mammal. They can be black, brown, cinnamon, blond, blue-gray, or white.

[xsubsailor]

Maybe it's one of those "non-existent" Tennessee cougars 

[bersaguy]

4 minutes ago, xsubsailor said:

Maybe it's one of those "non-existent" Tennessee cougars 

I was gonna say that also. I magnified it up X900 and it got real blurry but it does look like it has a long tail a bear does not have.

[gregintenn]

It isn't a bear. I expect it's just a dog. It does look a bit odd to me for some reason, and my wife was quite concerned. She knows what a dog looks like, and didn't think this was one. I didn't get to see it move, and I'm not sure she did either. That would have probably cleared it up.

[DaveTN]

That’s your neighbor’s dog. Yell at him and tell him to get his azz home; they are looking for him.

[peejman]

Looks like a dog to me as well. Could be one of the "wolf hybrids" that some folks think are cool. 

[res308]

I thought I was seeing a tail. Looks like the shape of a wolf, except for it being yeller. Beats me.

[Garufa]

Whatever it is it’s canine.

[Chucktshoes]

 Chupacabra! 

[Wingshooter]

Any tracks around?

[Wingshooter]

Sheep? Lol

[Murgatroy]

Coywolf. They are becoming more common.

 

[Grunt67]

Caught this pic a few nites ago, in the woods behind my house.  Pic is in grey scale . Appears to be a long, wide beam of light about 30 to 36" in dia., at a slight angle. Definitely not a tree. Goes from the ground up as far as the camera showed.

Appeared at 2 min. 23 secs past midnite. Large oak tress make a canopy where this was. Light could not make it thru like this. Found no sign of it next morning. Weird. Lots of strange things have occurred back there.

 

 

[gregintenn]

19 minutes ago, Grunt67 said:

Caught this pic a few nites ago, in the woods behind my house.  Pic is in grey scale . Appears to be a long, wide beam of light about 30 to 36" in dia., at a slight angle. Definitely not a tree. Goes from the ground up as far as the camera showed.

Appeared at 2 min. 23 secs past midnite. Large oak tress make a canopy where this was. Light could not make it thru like this. Found no sign of it next morning. Weird. Lots of strange things have occurred back there.

 

 

That IS odd.

[gregintenn]

12 hours ago, Chucktshoes said:

 Chupacabra! 

That took longer than I thought.

[Chucktshoes]

22 minutes ago, gregintenn said:

That took longer than I thought.

Well, I didn’t see the thread right away.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

[bersaguy]

20 hours ago, gregintenn said:

 

Sorry for the poor pic, but my wife took it in our back yard a few minutes ago. She said the dogs were deathly afraid of it. I've never seen a dog around here that would pass for it, and it looks too big for a coyote. Cinnamon bear cub?

I went looking just out of cusiosity and found these and may explain what you have in your back yard. These are all Black bear blonde cubs and are native to the area but are very rare to see one without the mother close by so when you say the dogs were upset it may have been cause they could smell Momma close by.

 

Edited October 20, 2018 by bersaguy

[A.J. Holst]

Bears, nature's cute, adorable, eat-your-face-off dogs...

 

[bersaguy]

19 minutes ago, Gotthegoods said:

Bears, nature's cute, adorable, eat-your-face-off dogs...

 

Yea it's ashame cute little cubs have to grow up but thats how nature works. Nothing remains a baby for ever.