Ringdocus
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Ringdocus is the name given to an unidentified animal shot by a Mormon settler in Montana in 1899 named Hutchins who had it stuffed by a local taxidermist. It was on display at a general store near Henry Lake, Idaho until the 1980s when it mysteriously disappeared. DNA testing has never been conducted on the animal, but there are photographs of it. It is thought by some to be a Shunka Warakin, an extinct wolf the Ute Indians believed existed until the 1800s. Others believe it may have been some kind of boar or possibly a species of dire wolf that may have avoided extinction until the 1800s.
Several scientific groups and media personalities have expressed interest in conducting DNA tests on the animal if it can ever be found.[1] In 2006, it was rumored to in a private collection in the Yellowstone area.
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