The Shunka Warakin sometimes referred to as Shunka Warak'in meaning "Carries off Dog's" is a large wolf or hyena like cryptid said to stalk the forest of Montana.
A strange looking canine creature was shot by a rancher named by Israel Ammon Hutchins in 1886 , on what is now the Sun Ranch in Montana.
Joseph Sherwood, a taxidermist, acquired it from Hutchins, mounted it and put it on display in his combination general store-museum in Henry's Lake, Idaho.
Mister Sherwood named the beast "Ringdocus". This stuffed trophy, the only piece of physical evidence, was never examined by qualified scientists and went missing for some time, before it was rediscovered in December 2007.
Cryptozoologists suggest that the Native American folklore can be explained by prehistoric mammals such as hyaenodons, dire wolves, members of the subfamily Borophaginae (hyena-like dogs), or Chasmaporthetes (the only true American hyena).
Others suggest more plausible explanations. For instance back in December 2005 through November 2006, an odd reddish colored 106 lbs wolf killed 36 sheep (and injuring 71 more) in McCone and surrounding counties in Montana.
It was shot on November 2, 2006, in Garfield County, Montana, after killing as many as 120 sheep. Initially, Montana wildlife officials were unable to identify the 106-pound, reddish-yellow animal. Thought to be a Shunka Warakin, but it has since been identified by the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department as a four year old male wolf with unusually red colored fur.
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