Real Life is Stranger than Fiction! What the Hell is this?

I went down to help get the generator started and saw this writhing thing on the ground. I think it fell from a tree, so I eventually tied it up to a plant on our veranda so I could watch it more closely. So far, no one know what it is, nor have they seen one before. ANY IDEAS?? PLEASE SEND YOUR IDEAS. I will let you know if it changes. I am keeping all screen doors tightly closed for awhile.


I put it on a sheet and placed a close pin next to it for size reference.
Look at it's claws!

It keeps trying to come out of this coccon.




Then it climbs back inside.