The Metepec Creature: Author Confess Hoax Forgetomori

A hoax revealed. Or is it a hoax? Nope. It is. Through a confession on a web forum, Urso Ruíz reveals the true identity of the Metepec Creature. The story centers around a post and pictures of a creature in a steel trap found on wealthy Mexican rancher's land. Still alive and said to have been shrieking in pain, the ranchers decided to kill the creature and preserve it as they found it, or so the story went. But the story was suspect from the start and was called out for its lack of credibility. Elsewhere, Was Theodore Roosevelt – A Monster Hunter?