I finally spotted him one day in my goat pasture. When his head popped up from the grass I thought he was a baby deer! His face was so fawn colored and his ears so big and the hair was so short. As he trotted out in front of me, also very healthy, no bald patches and not sickly at all. I saw his long tail with a white tip. His coat was red fox colored, but short. He was so bold, I almost thought he was some sort of ferile dog. I walked closer and he wasn’t fearful of me. He had to find a hole to squeeze out of the goat fence, which wasn’t easy since my baby goats are even smaller than he. The goats and I followed him to the fence getting within 50 feet of him. So I got a good look at him. He sure didn’t look like he had mange! I’m thinking a Sampson Fox is not a myth at all!

My neighbor saw him too and didn’t think he looked like he had mange either. I’m located in southern Pennsylvania, about 40 miles from Baltimore too!

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/03/0321_060321_tyco_fox_2.html