Over the years I have seen a white horse walking away from us described as big foot and they were convinced it was an eight-foot-tall biped.
A black greyhound chasing sheep described as a puma, that was by Six regular lurcher men!!
AND ON VIDIOS THIS ONE TAKES THE BISCUIT, a black cow licking its Newborn and afterbirth described as a black cat.
My take on this is if a mountain lion or some such snook up on these people and bit them in the trossocks they would describe it as a Woozle, the power of suggestion is very powerful and coupled with the average Joes imagination, its down