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'Hybrid Mutant' Found Dead in Maine {REAL MONSTER Alert!]
San Francisco Chronicle ^
| 8/16/06
| AP
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...
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous; US: Maine
KEYWORDS: artbell; caerbannog; callingartbell; chupacabra; cryptozoology; fortean; howbigwasthefoot; maine; monster; scuzzlebutt; thekillerrabbit; weirdness; wernotaloooonnne
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To: TD911
Or a Rodent Of Unusual Size
181
posted on
08/16/2006 8:22:59 PM PDT
by
sanchmo
(If we wish to learn what was going on in Europe in 1938, just look around - V.D. Hanson)
To: KyHammer
Killer shrew my butt, that's a werewolf. Must have been hit by a Silverado.HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
182
posted on
08/16/2006 8:23:28 PM PDT
by
Chena
("I'm not young enough to know everything." (Oscar Wilde))
To: TFFKAMM
Meanwhile the most dangerous creature of all running loose in Maine is in danger of being reelected!
183
posted on
08/16/2006 8:24:45 PM PDT
by
armymarinemom
(My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
To: rintense
And Chows are one of the most aggressive dogs out there.Nah-ah.... We had a golden retriever once that killed hundreds of people.....with love. ;)
184
posted on
08/16/2006 8:25:38 PM PDT
by
Chena
("I'm not young enough to know everything." (Oscar Wilde))
To: TFFKAMM
To: blam; BenLurkin; wagglebee; Pharmboy
I almost arfed when I saw the pic. ;') This tail has less than meets the eye. ;')
186
posted on
08/16/2006 8:32:30 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(updated my FR profile on Thursday, August 10, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: SheLion; metesky; Uncle Jaque; aculeus; dighton; Lijahsbubbe; martin_fierro
"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."
187
posted on
08/16/2006 8:33:48 PM PDT
by
Thinkin' Gal
(As it was in the days of NO...)
To: HairOfTheDog; devolve
Thanks HOTD. The one picture doesn't look all that odd. Seems I recall another case in the last couple of years of a strange animal being found.
188
posted on
08/16/2006 8:34:21 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
To: muawiyah
The guy hold that thing's muzzle open with his bare hands must be aiming for a Darwin award. Rabies is spread through saliva.
189
posted on
08/16/2006 8:34:36 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(Visit www.greenhelmetguy.com! We'll put a corpse on the rubble for you.)
To: potlatch
Yeah - there was a weird hairless thing that I think they figured out was some kind of coyote with mange.
190
posted on
08/16/2006 8:36:01 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(Head On. Apply directly to the forehead!)
To: HairOfTheDog
LOL, you may be right. I remember seeing pictures of a really sad looking creature. Made you feel sorry for how it must have suffered.
191
posted on
08/16/2006 8:38:56 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
To: sanchmo
NO NO NO.
It's STITCH!
He's a dog.. I think...
He was dead when they brought him in here....
192
posted on
08/16/2006 8:42:31 PM PDT
by
Experiment 6-2-6
(Admn Mods: tiny, malicious things that glare and gibber from dark corners.They have pins and dolls..)
To: Experiment 6-2-6
He's not dead. He's pinin' for the fjords.
193
posted on
08/16/2006 8:45:00 PM PDT
by
SlowBoat407
(I've had it with these &%#@* jihadis on these &%#@* planes!)
To: Jezebelle
You ought to hear what a mountain lion sounds like.
To: TFFKAMM
Short snout+small ears.Chow mix?
195
posted on
08/16/2006 8:45:36 PM PDT
by
Thombo2
To: mware
Here's a photo of a purebred smooth coated Chow Chow:
I think I have to vote for your theory that the dog (it's a dog, or possibly a dog/coyote or wolf hybrid) is a mix of Chow and Akita.
196
posted on
08/16/2006 8:45:48 PM PDT
by
Darnright
(http://www.irey.com/)
To: TFFKAMM
It's been a while since Stephen King wrote a book, at least under his own name.
197
posted on
08/16/2006 8:46:01 PM PDT
by
Rembrandt
(We would have won Viet Nam w/o Dim interference.)
To: null and void; Dog; dead
To: humblegunner
Nice chest
bones.............
Great movie and thanks for "letting" us sit though it.
;<)
199
posted on
08/16/2006 8:50:21 PM PDT
by
Eaker
(Dix, TexasCowboy and Flyer all now live in the next best place to Texas . .. Heaven)
To: Eaker
Damn,
Just missed being 200.
200
posted on
08/16/2006 8:51:03 PM PDT
by
Eaker
(Dix, TexasCowboy and Flyer all now live in the next best place to Texas . .. Heaven)
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