Mysterious four-legged creature spotted at Bristol Zoo leaves experts baffled
It is home to more than 200 animals, ranging from giraffes to cheetahs.
But despite this extensive collection, keepers at the Bristol Zoo Project are baffled by one mysterious creature.
The four-legged animal was captured on a night vision camera in the Bear Wood habitat.
And the confused caregivers say it’s “like nothing they’ve seen before.”
“The sighting of this mythical creature is a mystery to us here at Bristol Zoo Project,” said Rosie Sims, Public Engagement Manager at Bristol Zoo Project.
‘Scotland has the Loch Ness Monster and Cornwall has the Beast of Bodmin Moor.
‘Have we perhaps discovered a similar mythical story here in Bristol?’
It is home to more than 200 animals, ranging from giraffes to cheetahs. But despite this extensive collection, the keepers of the Bristol Zoo Project are baffled by a mysterious creature
The British Conservation team made the discovery while looking through camera trap footage.
These are used to survey and monitor the species in the Bear Wood habitat, including bears, wolves, wolverines and lynx.
The mysterious creature has been spotted several times, but according to the keepers it is ‘impossible’ to identify.
To get to the bottom of it, MailOnline turned to the AI bot, ChatGPT.
We uploaded a photo of the creature and asked ChatGPT, “What animal is this?”
Within seconds, the AI bot responded, “The animal in the image appears to be a muntjac, also known as a barking deer.
‘Muntjacs are small, deer-like animals with relatively short legs, a round body and prominent, slightly backward-leaning ears.
“They are known for their distinctive, reflective eyes that are visible in the night vision photo.”
To get to the bottom of it, MailOnline turned to the AI bot, ChatGPT. We uploaded a photo of the creature and asked ChatGPT, “What animal is this?”
The sighting comes shortly after a strange-looking creature happily trotted across the train tracks in Oregon.
Richard Melling and his wife were taking a morning walk across Portland’s Sellwood Bridge earlier this month when they noticed the animal in the distance.
Melling said OregonLive: ‘It looked absolutely wild and it looked like a puppy. He seemed like a very, very happy puppy.”
But after taking a closer look, he realized the creature wasn’t a dog and took out his phone to record a video in the hopes they could identify it later.
However, even wildlife experts had trouble figuring out exactly what the animal was until they finally caught it a week later and determined it was an Arctic fox.