Bandit an English Cocker Spaniel weighing in at 28 lbs.
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 ...
Mutant? Mutt more like it, maybe even a Wolf hybrid. But a Mutant??????.
Pour him a shot of whiskey and he'll come around. It's only Teddie.....
Seen many a tourist from Massachusetts and their boyfriends dressed just like this. Seriously, as any competent biologist could tell you, this is probably the very rare Mink/Black Lab Hybrid. Notice no one from Fish and Game would go look at it? They ain't fools, those fellows.
How Lovecraftian!
I read that book in my 20's and remember laughing out loud. It was, and still is, one of his best! This dog-thing reminded me of that story.
"I sleep now."
Yes, you're right, the blue tongue is a dead give away. It would make sense that a Chow mix would kill other dogs, too. My grandparents had a Chow once, that they adopted because the owners couldn't handle it. My grandfather had to have it put to sleep because it was so vicious. It tried to attack every dog it saw, including a former Nazi trained German shepherd that a neighbor had brought home from the war.
updated List of Ping lists vol.III(Get Your Fresh Hot Pings Here!)
Bandit an English Cocker Spaniel weighing in at 28 lbs.
what took you so long? 26 posts before?
Has a head like a Bouvier
BTTT
From the photo in the op, yes, I would say it is VERY canine.
However, that's just my opinion, and certainly, in person you would notice other things.
susie
and you know this... HOW?!?!?
Its the Jersey Devil!
I'd guess it is a purebred Chow, with genetic defects or pituitary tumor... I have Chows, and if you cross Chows with other breeds the blue lips and tongue are generally mottled with pink. The general shortened features of the face and trunk suggest acromegaly/GH producing tumor or one of a variety of genetic defects...
Why would you say that? First, the teeth are not very well shown in the photo, second, they look canine to me (from what I can see). What am I missing?
susie
LOL
Loved that book!
susie
I don't see enough of the teeth in the OP photo to be able to tell much one way or another.
susie
I agree, altho I admit I spend as little time as possible around chows.
susie
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.