the only 3 things about it that actually matter:
if the skin was so brittle, and the beast had been shot with a .22, there SHOULD be an exit wound.
The woman said that it had been shot an hour before she found it. The blood is allready quite congealed
This "hairless" animal quite obviously had hair in patchy, grey clumps.
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In dead animals, the eyes pop when rotting
in dead animals, blood leaks, but is congealed
in dead animals, the hair falls out in clumps, and leaves the skin grey and emaciated, brittle, and powdery
in dead animals, the skin and gums retract when they begin to dry, making nails and teeth seem longer than they are in reality.
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the simple explanation: this woman was playing with roadkill.