Chupacabra!

[Unorthodox]

https://www.boston.com/news/animals/2016/06/22/things-people-think-strange-animal-spotted-new-hampshire-graveyard-might




IMO, skull looks off for Coyote or Fox.  Admittedly, eastern coyotes are different than my local variety, and there could be some serious inbreeding deformity going on.  My guess is coy-dog, though.

[Buster's Uncle]

My guess is the Oilify function in GIMP.

[Buster's Uncle]

-Also, that's a cat's body, at least tail.

[Unorthodox]

My guess is the Oilify function in GIMP.

If it wasn't from the police department, I'd be inclined to agree. 

-Also, that's a cat's body, at least tail.

I originally thought that as well, but am not totally sold there.  Especially with the head.  Again, policeman's cell phone.  Doubt it's a shoop. 

[Unorthodox]

Red fox with mange for comparison.  Tail could fit in there. 

[Buster's Uncle]

If Hershey was that shade, that's his long thin, almost prehensile, tail as he walks, exactly.

And the head's shooped on, and not that subtly.  -I know a great deal more about shooping than the unimpeachable integrity of every police cop on this continent.

[Spacy]

Dog

Seen several that looked like that.  Street dogs.  mangy.  Very inbred. 

[Buster's Uncle]

...So inbred they're 3/4 cat...

[Unorthodox]

That tail doesn't necessarily mean cat.  Chest would be off for most cats too, though harder to judge with assumed poor health there. 

That said, the hind leg reads more cat than dog.  Would expect a longer tibia to femur proportion in a dog. 

Meanwhile the front legs read dog again. 

So, chest forward reads dog, hind end reads cat.  And inbreeding could account for the hind end. 

[Buster's Uncle]

That's a cow head.

-You want to believe, Mulder.

[Unorthodox]

editted further skeletal comparison 

[Buster's Uncle]

I've never seen a canid with the 's' curve in the tail - see it every day watching Hershey.

[Unorthodox]

I've never seen a canid with the 's' curve in the tail - see it every day watching Hershey.

Only certain breeds can, but it's possible.  Greyhounds come to mind.  Some of the bushier tailed species might, but it would be disguised by the fur.  Labs and the like certainly can't with that club tail.  No clue on coyote or fox off hand. 

Grew up raising show dogs, been at many dog shows. 

[Rusty Edge]

I think chupas are normally foxes,coyotes, or coatimundis (with mange ). Probably the latter. Excuse phone and connection.

[Rusty Edge]

Coatis can at least contort their tails.