The X-Files may have been cancelled, but real-life mysteries worthy of Agent Fox Mulder's attention continue.

The town of Achilles in Gloucester County, Virginia is being terrorized by an unknown animal that has savagely killed pets, livestock and poultry.

The attacks started right after wildfires burned through much of the town last spring. The mystery creature's first victims were mostly small animals such as rabbits, cats and a puppy. But just a few weeks ago, the creature moved up from bite-size snacks to full-course prey - goats.

Last week a full-grown, 80-pound, pregnant Angora goat was found ripped apart near a pile of wood. Eyewitness accounts say it wasn't a pretty picture. "It had been torn to shreds, the whole backside had been torn to shreds," said its owner. The mystery killer is known to jump five-foot-high fences and wrestle animals to the ground.

The series of attacks has frightened the rural community. Parents are keeping their children close, hoping the next target won't be a little boy or girl. One parent said the part of the goat that was eaten was half the size of her daughter. "If it were to get a child, they would have no hope," another resident with five children said.

Although the main suspect is a coyote, no one knows for sure because the live animal traps set by the Gloucester County Animal Control have come up empty so far.