With a
mohawk-style plume of hair and pink flesh covered in leopard-esque spots, the
mysterious animal terrified locals in Xinxiang, Henan province
Xinxiang is
close to several scientific research centres and a local medical school - and
locals became convinced the creature was an experiment gone wrong, on the run
from a nearby lab.
One witness
said: ‘The pink skin makes it look just like pig gone wrong in some sort of
genetic experiment.’
But police
say the dog is actually a pedigree breed called a Chinese crested hairless dog
is a pet - and expensive.
‘It is
definitely a dog, and quite an expensive one at that,’ said a spokesman.
The bizarre
breed with just tufts of hair on its head and tail and a bare, spotted body
regularly features as a contender in the World's Ugliest Dog contest.
One
celebrated example, Yoda (pictured below), won the 2011 World's Ugliest Dog
contest at the Sonoma Marin Fair for her short tufts of hair, protruding
tongue, and long, seemingly hairless legs.
The 1.8lb
pooch had lived a rough life before Terry Schumacher found her abandoned behind
an apartment building and mistook her for a rat.
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