Sampson Fox Identified!
Posted by Thylacine39, Domn8r39@aol.com, on Mon, Aug 7 2006, 3:26am
This story appeared in the local (Charleston, SC) newspaper this morning. I think could explain the "naked dog" pictures all over the place. It seems that one has been wandering around the Mount Pleasant, SC area for a while. One of our Dept. Natural Resource officers identified it as a Sampson Fox. He says that this condition only occurs in less than 1% of the fox population. I will try to post the article on here as well. If I cannot get it on, the paper's site is WWW.Charleston.net This was printed in the Local & State section (section B) on 8/7/2006. Possibly one cryptid down, MANY more to go.

T-39

Comment by: cryptoaddict on Sep 13, 2008
It looks like a mangy coyote...

Comment by: Ella on Aug 24, 2008
Dear Undefined Logic On another board which has little to do with cryptozoology, my "signature", for a lack of a better word, is "We have met the aliens and they are us."

Comment by: Undefined Logic on Jul 06, 2008
What do you mean one cryptid down? Did they kill her? What a waste! She has a special purpose. I guess we don't. We prove it every day through our ignorance and lack of appreciation of nature.

Comment by: Dino-Disguise-Gal on Feb 07, 2008
I wonder if other animals tease him, if they do i feel bad for the poor little hairless coyote-chihuahua-thingy.

Comment by: Ashlyn on Dec 29, 2007
I think I know what it might be. It is a coyote with mange I have seen it on the t.v. It is a bad disease where all the hair falls out. Like the above picture.

Comment by: Lycandrake on Nov 21, 2007
Foxes rule!

Comment by: kingsflagg on Sep 23, 2007
I read the Texas "chupracabras" article and saw accompanying photos. The written description semi fit the "Sampson Fox" photo, but the creature in the Texas photos was a little "too dead" to really tell.

Comment by: DireWolf on Sep 22, 2007
Hmm, this kind of reminds me of the so -called 'chupacabras' that have been popping up in Texas. Anyone heard the story? This lady found these hairless canine like creatures on her ranch. They had long hind legs and short front legs. They had fang-like canines and were missing their other front teeth. The lady that found one of the dead ones believes they have been killing her chickens by sucking their blood. In the pics they are a bluish gray color and nearly hairless. Ugly things, really. I'm not sure what to think of them.

Comment by: nessie_is_my_friend on Aug 16, 2007
put some clothes on there are children here

Comment by: Crypticlover on May 06, 2007
New spiecies called the Naked Coyote. LOL.

Comment by: genezaret on Apr 08, 2007
o_0

Comment by: KeViN_ThUnDerBiRd on Mar 19, 2007
how come every one thinks everything is a thylacine

Comment by: crypto_girl2010 on Feb 15, 2007
kindo looks like a coyote with the mange

Comment by: Enalya on Jan 23, 2007
Drake is half right...it's a Jackal with mange. I've seen other pics of Jackals with the same problem, and the mange can make them lose weight too.

Comment by: Horse lover* on Jan 06, 2007
looks like a tylaciine....but probably a fox or somthing.

Comment by: Draconis667 on Dec 31, 2006
looks like some sort of dingo or jackal to me.

Comment by: Cryptophsyco on Dec 20, 2006
you know what i'm sayin' guys?

Comment by: Cryptophsyco on Dec 20, 2006
so Thylacine 39, you said 1 cryptid down, and... more to go, are you saying that no cryptids exist? 'cause to me it seems u d'nt

Comment by: GeoffBaby on Nov 11, 2006
it does look like a naked dog D

Comment by: wisker on Oct 31, 2006
when i first saw the picture i hoped it was of a tasmanian tiger but it is still intteresting and it being in the charleston area makes it more interesting

Comment by: Sadistic-Jellyfish-Of-Doom on Oct 15, 2006
Well, that explains it.

Comment by: kittenz on Oct 14, 2006
Looks like a short-haired red fox. They occur from time to time in some fox populations. It's not yet known whether the shory coat is a dominant or a recessive trait. They do have fur but it is short and smooth and apparently there aren't any guard hairs just awn hairs in the coat. Similar mutations occur in many animals. They don't usually get to reproduce in the wild because they look strange to other more normal members of their species. But humans love novelty, and so when a mutation appears in pets or other domestic or semi-domestic stock it is preserved. That's one of the reasons that domestic animals show so much more variation within a species than their wild counterparts.

Comment by: wolfe116 on Oct 04, 2006
i think its just a jackel who hasnt eatin

Comment by: Dizon__100 on Oct 03, 2006
come on boys, it's time for the hunt

Comment by: cryptomental on Sep 19, 2006
whats a samson fox

Comment by: Thylacine_Fan on Aug 29, 2006
Hey, i went and researcged jackals, and i put the face of a jackal beside this picture and bingo, i think i foundit. This aint a cryptid, its a normal jackal look at the big ears

Comment by: Marvolo Nevra on Aug 27, 2006
Congenital 'defect'? It's just a shorthair gene, in the sampson fox anyway.

Comment by: Caniche on Aug 21, 2006
this is genetics disease

Comment by: Caniche on Aug 21, 2006
I think that is really sampson fox

Comment by: *nessie*lover*5 on Aug 17, 2006
poor fox i hope the othere foxes r nice to it

Comment by: Thylacine39 on Aug 15, 2006
Sampson Fox Update! The Sampson Fox in my area was found dead alnog one of Mt. Pleasant's main highways yesterday morning. A College of Charleson biologist took DNA samples and sent them to UCLA, so they can give a positive ID to the animal. The biologist says that he is pretty sure it is a grey fox. One either that has a genatic mutation or an extremely bad case of mange. Either way, he speculates that the condition is caused by inbreeding of the animals, due to a colony being isolated. I will keep the interested people out there updated.

Comment by: dr.drake on Aug 11, 2006
the fox looks like it has mange

Comment by: Thylacine39 on Aug 10, 2006
The DNR says that it is a genetic abnormality. I'm guessing hereditary. Not 100 sure though. The article says something about a female showing up with three kits. It doesn't say if they have the condition or not. I'm looking into it and will post more when I find out more.

Comment by: Rhamphorhynchy on Aug 10, 2006
is the condition hereditary or just plain random?

Comment by: guywholiveshere on Aug 09, 2006
neato

Comment by: Thylacine39 on Aug 09, 2006
I did not say it was a cryptid...or maybe I did. I dunno. I posted the pic because of the chubracabra sp? pics floating around. A lot of them seem to be of something very similar. Mange infested coyote, ect.

Comment by: Thylacine39 on Aug 09, 2006
It has been confirmed as a Sampson Fox. Less than 1 of the fox population has this condition. The article said that this condition was similar to the albino aligators. Not very many happen in nature, but a few do. The condition causes there to be little or no guard hair on the animal, giving it the appearance of being completely hairless. Google "Sampson Fox" and you can find some interesting articles.

Comment by: Ox_Olive_xO on Aug 09, 2006
What did they think it was? O_o Just looks like a hairless dog, not much of a cryptid.

Comment by: serendipity on Aug 08, 2006
i shave my head !does that make me a cryptid?

Comment by: ZERO_NIGHTMARE on Aug 08, 2006
it does feel good to know that they solve the myteries of the cryptids... now lets focus on figureing out if bigfoot is real shall we??

Comment by: Zithara on Aug 08, 2006
o_0