Posted on 08/16/2006 5:35:23 PM PDT by TFFKAMM
(08-16) 13:55 PDT Turner, Maine (AP) --
Residents are wondering if an animal found dead over the weekend may be the mysterious creature that has mauled dogs, frightened residents and been the subject of local legend for half a generation.
The animal was found near power lines along Route 4 on Saturday, apparently struck by a car while chasing a cat. The carcass was photographed and inspected by several people who live in the area, but nobody is sure exactly what it is.
Michelle O'Donnell of Turner spotted the animal near her yard about a week before it was killed. She called it a "hybrid mutant of something."
"It was evil, evil looking. And it had a horrible stench I will never forget," she told the Sun Journal of Lewiston. "We locked eyes for a few seconds and then it took off. I've lived in Maine my whole life and I've never seen anything like it."
For the past 15 years, residents across Androscoggin County have reported seeing and hearing a mysterious animal with chilling monstrous cries and eyes that glow in the night. The animal has been blamed for attacking and killing a Doberman pinscher and a Rottweiler the past couple of years.
People from Litchfield, Sabattus, Greene, Turner, Lewiston and Auburn have come forward to speak of a mystery monster that roams the woods. Nobody knows for sure what it is, and theories have ranged from a hyena or dingo to a fisher or coydog, an offspring of a coyote and a wild dog.
Now, people are asking if the mystery beast and the animal killed over the weekend are one and the same...
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That was my first thought, it had a human-like look to it.
Mutant? Looks like a dog to me.
There is nothing canine about those teeth.
Found On Road Dead.
Weird story. Rodents and canines are way the hell too far apart to interbreed and there's no way a species of animals that size could have been missed for 400 years in the Americas.
ping
It's my neighbor kid with his human costume off.
"Watchers" by Dean Koontz.
I'm not a biologist, nor do I play one on TV, but I'd like to see a dental impression of it. I don't know what to make of the size of all the teeth, except that it calls for a "just damn" moment.
Maybe it's just that I'm tired, but your post really cracked me up.
That's Chupacabra.
I was scanning the posts for a clue to what I was thinking of the head, and the rodent part nailed it. I thought bobcat style but the part about the rodent/rat is a great guess. This will be fun to follow.
People are looking at the side lip flap on the side of the dogs mouth. It makes the dog look like rear teeth are black.
Has anyone been missing the local Maine Demoncrat tax collector?
"Maine?? I've always hated Maine! You're all fired!"
lol!
Thanks for the laugh! I needed it....
I love you, humble!
Paging Professor Xavier....
Yep, this dog has Chow written all over it. Hell, it could very well be a young Chow dog gone rabid.
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