'Hybrid Mutant' Found Dead in Maine {REAL MONSTER Alert!]

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 8/16/06 | AP

[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...

[cricket]

Wildlife officials and animal control officers declined to go to Turner to examine the remains. By Tuesday, the carcass had been picked clean by vultures and there was not much left of the dead animal

What is with these people. . .'wildlife. . .'animal control'. . .you would think this was in the public interest. You would think these folks whose business IS animals would be more than curious.

Thanks to Michelle O'Donnell; there is at least a picture; and a story to go with it.

No thanks to the in-curiousdunces at the State's 'Animals r Us'. .

So. .okay. ..MAYBE they had good reason not to go. . .that would work for Stephen King scenario as well. . .

[Tribune7]

It's a dog.

[rintense]

Ok, now I say Chow-lab mix. It has the shorter legs of a lab as well as a coat characteristics of young one. The tail is also a good cross between the longer thing lab tail and the shorter, curly/fluffy chow tail. I wonder if they will test for rabies.

[Darth Republican]

Dr. Moreau: What is the law?
Sayer of the Law: Not to eat meat, that is the law. Are we not men?
Beasts (in unison): Are we not men?
Dr. Moreau: What is the law?
Sayer of the Law: Not to go on all fours, that is the law.
Are we not men?
Beasts (in unison): Are we not men?
Dr. Moreau: What is the law?
Sayer of the Law: Not to spill blood, that is the law. Are we not men?
Beasts (in unison): Are we not men?

Island of Lost Souls (1933)

[the invisib1e hand]

That's my guess - a Chow-Wolf mix. There may be more than one.

My brother's dog was a chow-wolf or chow-coyote and was the coolest dog a teenage boy could ever grow up with.

[null and void]

It sure looks like a dog...

[I'm ALL Right!]

Dog.

[null and void]

Dog says it's not him...

[OldCorps]

Right.

[Plutarch]

That is just a particularly ugly dog.

[Recovering Hermit]

It's a dog.

Yep. Chows have blue lips and tongues, so it's probably some kind of chow mix...and probably semi-retarded which might explain the weird noises it was making.

Mentally retarded and/or mentally damaged dogs do some pretty strange things.

That said, this is absolutely ridiculous.

[null and void]

Coyote ugly...

[the OlLine Rebel]

Gee, from that close-in shot, looks like a puppy to me.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Don't count on "blue lips" from this photo. Note the eye skin looks the same shade. Can't always count on the accuracy of the color you see on the PC, either.

[SeaBiscuit]

The anti-Christ's mother?

[the OlLine Rebel]

Dog. I won't speculate on exact breeds because it is distorted by lying in grass in a very unnatural position.

[Chena]

It's a dog and a lot of dumb people.

ROFL! :)

[PLMerite]

"Chupacabra moving north due to global warming."

How far north does it have to migrate before we can call it "goatsucker" in English ?

[Chena]

Why, what we have here folks is a BLUE healer. ;)

[Vic3O3]

I'm betting on a Chow hybrid of some sort. Looks like it got mostly Chow--not only the black tongue, but the black skin you can see in the full body shot. Tail is a bit wierd, and the skull is not quite right, but it is definitly some version of a Canid.