What is it?

Ok all you outdoor nuts. Give me your opinion on this picture

Ok so i believe its a melanistic raccoon. Some animals are are born albino some are born melanistic as in solid black. Pretty rare critter for sure

but wondering if it could be a hog although i would think bear.

My first guess would be bear

Would be feral pig. Head shape looks wrong for bear, and awfully small body.

Looks like a bear to me. Rump a little larger than shoulders so don't think it is pig.

Coon

Looks like a housecat to me

My ex wife, mean critter what ever she was. Using the pond to scale it by I would say bear or very large pig.

By using the surrounding leaves, and assuming that is corn it is feeding on, I would say it is quite small, whatever it is.

easy enough to check, if it is a pig, then it would leave very well defined tracks in the soft dirt around it. It is a small bear it may not leave tracks due to its feet being more like pads. Not sure but it is interesting