...but what colour should it be? by Emerson W

At midnight on September 5th a strange animal appeared out of nowhere. It had a zebra shaped head on top of a scaly rigid body. I couldn't quite make out what colour it was but what colour should it be?  It was pitch black, so I couldn't see all of its body but wherever it was it didn't give itself away. I ran for my life and it began to chase me. By the time I got to the end of the creepy football pitch daylight was beginning to shine. Through the daylight I could make out that it had fragile curved horns. Why was it out in the wild?