A photo of a strange creature appeared in South Carolina, USA, sparking speculation about the legendary Chupacabra monster that specializes in sucking goat blood.

Doug Stewart discovered the unusually skinny creature with gray skin while playing golf at the Santee Cooper Country Club in South Carolina, USA, Grind TV reported on August 10. A series of photos of the animal was shared by Stewart on Facebook on August 6, attracting nearly 2,000 shares and 800 comments.

Some comments suggested that the hairless dog-like animal could be the Chupacabra, a legendary monster popular in the Caribbean, Mexico and Central America. Chupacabra means “goat-sucking devil” in Spanish, and is believed to be the culprit who killed eight sheep in Puerto Rico in 1995. Since then, no Chupacabra discovery has been officially confirmed.

“I once saw one running right in front of me on my way to work in Charleston. A colleague walking right behind me also saw one. Upon hearing our description, the locals said it was a Sampson fox,” one viewer commented.

Jay Butfiloski, Furbearer project manager at the South Carolina Natural Resources Agency, determined that the creature in Stewart’s photos was actually a canid animal with mange like a coyote or fox. According to Butfiloski, scabies is a disease caused by parasitic mites that can be transmitted to humans in rare cases. A severe case of mange like Stewart encountered means the animal will certainly die from secondary infection or starvation, or both.

Some people disagree with Butfiloski’s opinion because they believe that no coyote has such a long tail and large ears. Butfiloski shared that he cannot make a definite conclusion about the species of the creature without a detailed examination of the body.