Maned Wolf

[u/Dismal-Sugar-7708]

They say it's a black maned wolf. I call b.s. I know a skinwalker when I see one.

[u/Disastrous-Style8731]

Well it's definitely not black. You can see the orange hue of its fur as its trotting away by that streetlight. but still a very rare and cool sight

[u/hoopinhob]

So cool. An odd combination of haunting but beautiful, especially in that lighting lol.

[u/Winterblade1980 → u/hoopinhob]

Totally agree. The orange eyes are wild looking!

[u/Dismal-Sugar-7708 → u/hoopinhob]

I'll agree with that first one 😅

[u/Adventurous_Half7643]

Videos like this really show how many mythos were born from wild animal sightings.

[u/BlackwingF91]

That's a maned wolf. Also technically not a wolf

[u/Dismal-Sugar-7708 → u/BlackwingF91]

I know what they say it is. I'm just not so sure it ain't a cryptid 😅

[u/InvestIntrest]

Hell hound

[u/Dismal-Sugar-7708 → u/InvestIntrest]

Exactly

[u/EpitaFelis]

Maned wolf arrives: Elegant, stalking, intimidating strut.
Maned wolf departs: boink boink boink boink boink

[u/lotusflower64]

Beautiful surreal mythical creature.

[u/LANTIRN_]

I want to pet it

[u/Dismal-Sugar-7708 → u/LANTIRN_]

All yours

[u/LANTIRN_ → u/Dismal-Sugar-7708]

[u/Dismal-Sugar-7708 → u/LANTIRN_]

That's actually pretty cool

[u/Navitach]

Professor Lupin.

[u/Dismal-Sugar-7708 → u/Navitach]

Good call

[u/Navitach → u/[deleted]]

Maybe, but (in the movies) Sirius was pretty much a "normal" looking black dog. Lupin in werewolf form had the long legs like the one in the video.

[u/Wooden-Relation-3111]

Bro is all legs

[u/A_lonely_ghoul]

Oh look, a harbinger of death and destruction

[u/Dismal-Sugar-7708 → u/A_lonely_ghoul]

And to think...someone trying to make it a house pet

[u/TheDarkWolfGirl → u/Dismal-Sugar-7708]

Me. I am that someone.

[u/Dismal-Sugar-7708 → u/TheDarkWolfGirl]

🫣🫣🫣 The food alone to feed it! Your poor wallet 😅

[u/TheDarkWolfGirl → u/Dismal-Sugar-7708]

Road kill for the win.

[u/Bastianuz]

They're not supposed to be dangerous unless they're disturbed.

[u/ShelbiStone]

No, you're right. That's a Skinwalker.

[u/GrimDominion]

Tall doggy

[u/Impossible-Sir9204]

Terrifying and beautiful... and %70 leg

[u/Dismal-Sugar-7708 → u/Impossible-Sir9204]

I agree with that first part

[u/dog_simulator]

That's a cryptid actually

[u/Dismal-Sugar-7708 → u/dog_simulator]

Same thing I said

[u/Golden_Artist1964]

there should be a subreddit for maned wolves called r/manedwolvesaretallyo

[u/SevroAuShitTalker]

Even in zoos, maned wolves are creepy as hell

[u/Dismal-Sugar-7708 → u/SevroAuShitTalker]

Remind me Never go to that enclosure

[u/soft-peachh555]

Dammmmmm!

[u/Squidegge → u/soft-peachh555]

[u/Violetthug]

It looks crazy creepy in the dark.

[u/ImportanceLow7841]

Sentient legs!

[u/matrixvortex51]

Aren’t they technically more fox than wolf? Or am I tripping

[u/MsE0 → u/matrixvortex51]

They're not technically foxes, but they are more closely related to foxes than to wolves. 

[u/KomradeTheWolf]

Look at them long ass legs. Dayum

[u/FitConstruction5894]

Wolfy longlegs

[u/Dismal-Sugar-7708 → u/FitConstruction5894]

Now that's a good name 😅😅

[u/NK_2024]

Sir, that's a cryptid.

[u/Dismal-Sugar-7708 → u/NK_2024]

Same thing I said 😅

[u/rotted_and_decayed]

It’s just the lighting that makes it look dark also this is probably the wrong sub for this lmao maned wolves are their own thing not wolves.

[u/King_Glorius_too]

When you actually find a cryptid, but everyone acts like it's just another animal.

[u/Woozletania]

This was on the skinwalker ranch subreddit the other day with people insisting it was a dire wolf.

[u/Dismal-Sugar-7708 → u/Woozletania]

Last I heard Dire Wolves were extinct. Would be crazy if they made a comeback

[u/aRandomEddsworldFan → u/Dismal-Sugar-7708]

Weren’t Dire wolves also a bit bigger and than regular wolves

[u/Dismal-Sugar-7708 → u/aRandomEddsworldFan]

Height wise, no. BUT by weight, yes. Dire Wolves were about 150-160lbs on average. Modern grey wolves (the bigger sub species) are more slender, apparently 80-100lbs on average.

[u/krumznko → u/Dismal-Sugar-7708]

You know what a dire wolf is, right? They’re like wolves, but dire.

[u/N0rwayUp]

Bush Dogs are more wolf like...

[u/Mr_B4k0n]

puppy ☺️

[u/Low_Appearance_796]

Maned wolves are not, in fact wolves. It is no closer related to one than a fox, being its own unique order in the family canidae

[u/Z3R90-13666]

The maned wolf also sounds like the damned when they bark.

[u/Stormthedragon2026]

T A L L

Seriously though you are not safe. That looks like a cryptid…

[u/Dismal-Sugar-7708 → u/Stormthedragon2026]

I'm definitely not staying around. I don't know why that lady did. 😂

[u/Stormthedragon2026 → u/Dismal-Sugar-7708]

Is it bad that I still want to pet it though?

[u/Dismal-Sugar-7708 → u/Stormthedragon2026]

We all have those "hear me out" situations. This is yours. Go forth and may the odds be ever on your favor 😅

[u/Ithilwyn]

Animals with long spindly legs make me anxious because I feel like they’re gonna fall over/get vertigo because their heads and bodies are so far off the ground. It’s the same with daddy long legs, they look like they’re walking on ill -fitted stilts.

[u/JKrow75]

It’s a MANED WOLF.

JFC it’s 2026, learn how to use the internet

[u/Dismal-Sugar-7708 → u/JKrow75]

JFC, learn how to go with the joke 😒

[u/JKrow75 → u/Dismal-Sugar-7708]

Oh now it’s a joke

[u/Dismal-Sugar-7708 → u/JKrow75]

Always was. You missed it. We're all just having fun with it.

[u/OnionHeaded]

C’mon. Them legs are a little bit longer right?

[u/Dismal-Sugar-7708 → u/OnionHeaded]

That's what I'm saying. Something ain't right

[u/OnionHeaded → u/Dismal-Sugar-7708]

Just WTF are we getting downvoted for these comments? Ooh boy. Bet you anything all the big shot DV’rs would run like hell if they saw this thing sauntering their way. Man Reddit is funny.
Proud to be DV’d w ya Dismal