A strange piece of footage out of India shows a mysterious hairless creature that was captured in a home and some have likened the peculiar animal to the legendary chupacabra. According to a local media report, the curious critter was discovered crawling up the wall of a residence in the city of Muzaffarpur earlier this week. The presence of the puzzling creature understandably caused concern among the people living in the house and they subsequently fled the home shortly after filming the frightening animal.

While the residents of the home were too frightened to go back inside while the creature was there, a swarm of people ventured to the house in the hopes of seeing the odd animal from the footage which had gone viral on social media in India. Eventually, local wildlife officials arrived on the scene and managed to catch the critter, which has sparked something of a debate online as no one is quite what the creature could be. Perhaps the most popular theory is that the animal is a civet possibly stricken with mange. Other suggestions include a similarly sick dog or cat or, as more imaginative individuals have speculated, the infamous chupacabra. With that in mind, what do you think was captured in Muzaffarpur? Share your best guess with us at the C2C Facebook page.