I think the time has come to say no never delete this story. 2nd, the main area of concern no one seems to mention is that the witnesses and police who located tracks of the creature did not mention the likelihood of the tracks being faked.It is difficult to fake tracks in a wet terrain of mud or loose tall grass...the hoaxers would show they were disturbing the area around the tracks of their own weight and bootprints...hard to conceal wouldnt you think ? The event was important to ufo research since any odd creature appearance never before noticed, if large,bi-pedal and violent, is likely from somewhere else...The key to this mystery  no news media or police ever disputed or challenged the original tracks that were found as being easily seen as a hoaxed event. 
 - BlondeIgnore