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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Northern Maine is home to the "Maine Tree Sqeek"!
http://www.lincolnmaine.us/squeaks.html
But they're not monsters.....
Goodness! I've lived up here since 83, and I have never heard of this creature. How interesting! Thank you!
Is it true or just a joke? hehe!
The snaggle tooth description could fit a dwarf mule-deer. Stench and color from decay. These little deer are cute until you see their faces up close - grotesque and vicious looking.
"I think I might just have a nightmare tonight"
Go see the movie Snakes on a Plane and you'll have pleasant dreams.
Kinda like that South Park episode where an elephant makes love to a pig.
And you get tiny little pot-bellied elephants.
It's Littlefoot.
I'd hit it.
With a car.
but it may be true that Al's gums are blackish-blue. (blue blood yknow.)
It's the Loch Ness Monster's dog.
'See, one day, I was feeding the Loch Ness Monster's dog some Kibbles and Bits, and all of a sudden, I see the Loch Ness Monster hovering over me. I says to him, "Hello, Loch Ness Monster. Cute dog you have here." And he says to me, "Thanks. Can I borrow........ about tree fiddy." And I says, "NO, Loch Ness Monster, you can't borrow no tree fiddy!"'
'I gave him a dolla.'
'WOMAN! You can't give no Loch Ness Monster no dolla! Then he'll know you got money, and he'll try to borrow...... about tree fiddy.'
One of my favorite books ever, that I first read when I was about 12. I should really read it again and see if it's still as good as I think it was... :-)
What the heck is that? It startled me at first, now it's just freaky. I know all about 'chupacapra,' especially out here in the Southwest. But is that an artist rendition? It's eyes are CREEPY!
Ah, where is a good 60 - 70 lb Pit when ya need one?
My brother in Florida has a 110 lb Rottweiler (still a puppy)...neighbor's Pit got into his yard, charged the Rottweiler and was badly injured in the ensuing fight
Neighbors were threatening a lawsuit but they now appear to have no case as the Pit was loose and came on to my brother's property
Rottweilers are tough dogs
What a beautiful dog.
Those teeth look very human to me.
looks like a cross between a gorilla and a dog...is that possible???
Can you add me to the crypto ping? Thanks.
Damn Cat!
Its hair is perfect.
maybe its an ROUS
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