Park officials share update on ‘mystery animal’ caught on camera in Rio Grande Valley

MISSION, Texas – Texas state park officers might have found out what sort of “thriller creature” was noticed lurking round at evening within the Rio Grande Valley space.

After a picture of the creature captured some consideration on social media final week, officers with Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park in Mission, Texas, mentioned they agree with a number of the on-line guesses on what it’s.

“We agree with a lot of the feedback that that is very probably an American Badger (to not be confused with the Honey Badger that lives in Africa and Asia and is rumored to not care very a lot),” the park mentioned in a press release.

The creature on digicam appeared to have 4 legs and a rotund-like physique form. The picture was captured on a path digicam and was donated to the park by a customer, officers mentioned.

The precise location of the place the badger was discovered is unknown, besides that it was within the RGV.

“Whereas American Badgers will not be generally seen within the valley (partly as a consequence of their nocturnal habits), that is a part of their pure vary,” the park mentioned in a press release.

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