A hairless and ghostly white animal found on a road in Douglas County, Minnesota, has sparked debate as to what exactly the creature is, with some believing it to be some kind of monster.

Resident Lacey IIse found the strange looking creature dead on a road in Alexandria, and because of it being, according to IIse, “ghostly white and hairless and with a neck bloated out of proportion with the rest of its limp body,” took photographs of the poor demised animal.

Once posted on the Internet, the late creature became an instant Facebook sensation, with surfers and social media users eager to share their views and theories about what the strange creature might be.









“It just shot out like wildfire. Everybody was putting it on their Facebook pages. And then, their friends were putting it on their pages,” IIse said

The ‘Minnesota Monster’ looks to be, judging by IIse’s photograph, nothing more than a severely injured or ill dog, decaying and decomposing after being run over by a car. Incidentally, that would be the most ‘rational’ view, given that road kills are a common occurrence in Minnesota, rather than some of the more sensationalist views quickly escalated around the World Wide Web.

A wolf, badger, raccoon, chupacabra, monster, Hispanic vampire beast and even a ‘top secret’ government experiment that had escaped, were amongst those theories.

Without any evidence to back up the dramatic theories surrounding the decaying creature, the experts were called in to provide a more ‘rational’ explanation to the identity of this animal.

A Scientific Query

Glenwood DNR Area Wildlife Supervisor Kevin Kotts used the sensible ‘process of elimination’ method to identify the beast. It seems common sense that biologists compare standard characteristics, such as weight, size and features of other animals, when analysing the identity of a creature.

Adopting this approach to the analysis of the ‘Minnesota Monster’, Kevin Kotts identified the beast as a badger.

“It’s got five long front claws on each of its front feet, which would be acharacteristic of a badger,” stated Kotts. “I ran the pictures past a few other DNR folks that have a lot of trapping and/or fur-bare experience, and they all said, it’s hard to be 100% sure what it is… but if it’s a Minnesota animal, it’s probably a badger,” added the wildlife expert.

People, generally, love a ‘drama’ and to have the opportunity to give a melodramatic answer to a ‘mystery’, particularly one that is circulating around Facebook. Therefore, Kotts logical ‘Badger’ explanation was immediately dismissed by many.

Government Secret Testing on Animals?

“You know how they do their government secret testing on animals? And I know it sounds crazy, but I’ve never seen an animal like this,” quipped IIse, obviously relishing the limelight that her unusual half-dead road kill has created.

Intent on ‘thickening the plot’, IIse informed the public that some of her cats and guinea hens had gone missing, and the Douglas County resident suspects the ‘Minnesota Monster’ is to blame.

Not only that, but several burrowed holes, ranging from four to ten inches in size had been spotted close to where the animal had been found.

As for the reason to why the animal was “ghostly white and hairless” – well, wouldn’t any living being be “ghostly white and hairless” if it had been left dying by the side of a road in a pool of coagulated blood?

But why would its back be so misshapen? After being hit by a travelling vehicle, one’s body is unlikely to be in exactly the same shape it was prior to being knocked down.

Nevertheless, the melodramatic explanations keep flooding in. One thing is for sure; if the ‘Minnesota Monster’ was part of a top secret, clandestine government experiment, whoever left the door open on its cage is likely find a pink slip on their doorstep sometime soon.

Originally published on TopSecretWriters.com