Wildlife experts can’t ID mystery animals

? Is it a goat? Is it a sheep? No, it’s a … what is that thing?

Wildlife experts haven’t been able to positively identify at least three animals spotted roaming the woods in Chester Township over the past few months.

“We’re not exactly sure what they are,” said Allen Lea of the Ohio Division of Wildlife, which has reviewed photos taken by a resident. “But they’re definitely not a native species. They’re not where they belong.”

Police have received calls from residents offering varying descriptions, with possible IDs including bighorn sheep and wild goat.

Experts at the Cleveland Metro-parks Zoo reviewed the photos and speculated the animals could be tahrs (a wild goat indigenous to Asia) or mouflons (a wild sheep found in Europe and Asia).

Officials believe the animals could have been dumped by their owner or escaped from captivity, although nobody has filed a missing-animal report, township police Chief Mark Purchase said.