Elders in a remote South African village are terrified, believing that a deformed, stillborn lamb that resembled a human was “sent by the devil” and born as a result of bestiality and witchcraft.After images of the monster began to circulate throughout the rural community of Lady Frere in Eastern Province, the superstitious residents believed it was part human.

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Dr Lubabalo Mrwebi, the Eastern Province’s Chief Director of Veterinary Services, acknowledged that the stillborn lamb resembled a human but was not part human.

Superstitious locals at the farming town of Lady Frere, in South Africa, believed the deformed creature was part human-part beast. Picture: Supplied

He said the lamb was infected with Rift Valley Fever early in the pregnancy, a fever-causing viral disease common in eastern and southern African sheep and cattle-raising regions.

“The deformed lamb exhibits signs that are consistent with an early foetal development that went wrong as a result of a viral infection and nothing more.