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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It sort of looks like Lon Cheney....you know the werewolf.
So this dead monster in Maine is being reported out of San Francisco?
hhhhmmmm. Can we have a little more local source? Maybe some video that at present is at least a little harder to fake than a photo? :~)
It's a dog. But it's face looks eerily human.
It isn't from my species..
Mike O'Donnell, who is married to Michelle O'Donnell, said the animal looked "half-rodent, half-dog" to him.
Reminds me of the Indian Devil of Danforth in the 1940's. Aye-yuh.
It's a dog and a lot of dumb people.
A Tasmanian Devil would explain the "chilling monstrous cries", but a photo comparison now makes me think it's some sort of dog. The dead "monster" looks more canine, and the Tasmanian Devil looks more ratlike. My first reaction to seeing the dead "monster" was "Tasmanian Devil", but after looking at a real one, I think the "monster" in question is some sort of dog.
bump
"Mr. King, Mr. Stephen King, please call your agent."
Ah, where is a good 60 - 70 lb Pit when ya need one?
That was my first thought- what kind of teeth are they? Very unusual for a dog.
LOL
Sure it ain't Teddy Kenneddy??
All OVER my neighborhood...they are the new status symbol for young men around here.
These people apparently don't get out much.
Doesn't look "half a generation old" though.
That's him..
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