Originally Posted by
William Parcher
I'll place my bet on 100% coyote with the uncommon "black" coloration.
Originally Posted by
Trebuchet
Depends on the size. Looks large for a coyote. I'm guessing wolf-dog hybrid. Perhaps someone's "pet" that outgrew their ability to manage it.
Multiple "news" sites have said "Dire Wolf". Idiots. Aside from being extinct, those were pretty much huge.
Originally Posted by
William Parcher
Denton, Montana is outside of the general distribution range for wolves in that state. This could be an unusual feral domestic dog. The head looks like a dog but the ears are unusually large. It might be a coyote dog hybrid. The color is like a wolf but it doesn't seem to have wolf characteristics.
I don't find the range think particularly compelling, lone wolves have been known to stray quite far in search of a home.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OR-7
I bet on coy-dog or coy-wolf, though an oddly colored coyote is not out of the question, I just think the experts would have picked up on that more quickly.
Originally Posted by
shemp
It's obviously a chupacabra.
That's just ridiculous, its way to far north.
Edit, I thought dire wolves were much larger than modern species, seems to have been slightly larger but with a larger head relative to body size, and smaller feet and we all know what that means. Probably why it went extinct.