Detroit Woman Claims Her Puppy Is 'Mostly Hyena', Turns Out To Be A Hoax

A Detroit woman took her new puppy to the vet to get checked out and claimed to have made a wild discovery.

According to the Detroit Metro Times, a woman posted on Facebook that she was handed a puppy by a man outside of a market who told her the mother ran away. She took the puppy in and grew attached to her. When she took the dog to the vet, the woman claims the vet told her the 5-week-old puppy was "mostly hyena."

The story took off and began to grab the attention of various news outlets, but after being reported on, news outlets began to question the integrity of the woman's story.

The Detroit Metro Times reached out to the woman via Facebook and asked to see the dog in person, but she told them no. Instead, she sent them half-cropped photos of the puppy and a video shot from a side angle. She also declined to give them her full name.

The woman would also not share the name of her veterinarian, who told her the dog was "mostly hyena," with any media outlet for fact-checking purposes.

WXYZ-TV reported on the story but ended up sending out a retraction statement saying:

"Friday afternoon, WXYZ-TV reported an account of a woman who claimed she received a hyena from a man outside of a Detroit fruit market. Those claims appear to be false. Since posting the original story, WXYZ-TV has discovered that the video she provided of the alleged hyena was doctored. Additionally, the Detroit resident we initially interviewed has refused to give us the veterinarian's name to confirm the visit she described to us in detail. At this time, we do not believe the woman's accounts are true."