STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Tom Houk is such a golf fanatic that he built a putting green outside his home.
It used to be that each day when he finished practicing, he would simply leave his golf balls on the green so they’d be ready for him when he returned.
But a few months ago, when he’d get up in the morning and go to his putting green, something was missing: his golf balls.
Day after day, the scenario repeated itself until Houk saw the thief in his driveway: a hairless fox standing there with a golf ball in his mouth.
Houk thinks the fox has taken nearly 100 of his golf balls.
“Foxes are intelligent and curious, and chasing golf balls is likely entertaining and fun for them,” said Jerry Neal, a public information officer for the Colorado Division of Wildlife.
According to the DOW, the critter culprit is actually a red fox that has lost its hair. Such hair loss is thought to be caused by thyroid problems or genetic diseases.
Read the rest of this report, including the Division of Wildlife explanation of a hairless fox, at .
