People in northern Colorado have been reporting sightings this month of wild rabbits with black horns and tentacles on their faces. The rabbits appeared to have “black quills or black toothpicks” and “a scabbiesh-looking growth over their face,

Across the border in Colorado, some cottontail rabbits are drawing nation-wide attention not for their cute button noses but for the tentacle like growths coming out of their heads.

Shope papillomavirus, a common and naturally occurring virus in wild rabbits that causes wart-like growths which can resemble horns or even tentacles.Though the appearance of these animals is startling,

A group of rabbits in northern Colorado are sprouting growths, and it looks like something out of a horror film. The papillomavirus causes wart-like growths to protrude from the rabbits' faces, and infections often peak in the summer months during tick season.