Government officials in South Africa have moved to calm fears that a deformed lamb resembling – in some people’s minds -- a human baby was the result of bestiality and the work of the devil. Photos of the stillborn lamb went viral on social media this week, horrifying villagers in the Eastern Cape settlement of Lady Frere, approximately 200 miles south of Bloemfontein. Pictures of the deformed fetus started to circulate on social media, leading many to believe that the photos were a hoax. "The deformed lamb exhibits signs that are consistent with an early fetal development that went wrong as a result of a viral infection," Mrwebi said to timeslive.co.za. “Virus infections in early stages of pregnancy may infect the fetus and lead to the development of malformations in the growing fetus.

Source: Fox News June 23, 2017 19:07 UTC