THREE HUNDRED POSTS! Putting this article up has definitely been my finest moment on FR.
Hoax, feral dog, wildlife officers supposedly uninterested, chow whatever mix; I think its obvious a government coverup is well underway!
Folks here think it is a feral Chow that bit the asphalt. Rt 4 is a mean road, just like Stephen King would write. Feral critters abound here, a couple cats coming by our place regularly, but looking very normal. Up at the end of the road, I saw a very dead coyote, (as locals call 'em) or grey wolf (canis lupus or Timber wolf) as others call 'em, with jaws that would put a shark to shame. Plenty of opportunity for feraling around, I suppose. When I first heard about it, I thought one of our less affluent people (not that there is anything wrong with antique pickup camper living) went missing, but a look at the pic and I knew in a heartbeat it wasn't him.
I have come across fishers, which are mean looking, but did not scare me much. They like to gobble up cats, too. Too small for this.
Bear with us
This spring, a black huge spectre made lots of racket on our porch at night and first look disclosed a silhouette rivaling the biggest of the bigfoot tales. It stood outside our picture window and the head nearly touched the soffit. I jest? Not.
It was just your five hundred pound (or so) black bear, very pedestrian, very close, about five feet away on the other side of the glass. My wife watched closely, 30-06 in hand and he ambled off. Jumped into the back of the pickup and tore up a bag of garbage, found no donuts and left. (We in Maine all have pickups, I think.)
Nope, that wasn't a monster either, just a plain ole critter, but with a little makeup, it could have fooled most anyone. If tomorrow I can find someone at the Post Office who knows different about the other terror, I will post an update.
Here is the website of our town and a pic of the town hall, too.
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What's the update on this? Did they confirm what the dog/breed is? Was it a hybrid wolf/dog or some mix of Chow, etc.?
I got the very latest update from no less authority than the town Post Office. Seems the story isn't that well covered in Turner as it is elsewhere. Critter was supposed to be hit right across from the Chick-a-Dee restaurant which is right on the town line to Auburn and near the little airport. It is a popular ATV crossing area and the road crew just repainted and changed the lines for traffic, very confusing for everyone.
Apparently someone grabbed it (road kill is popular, so good thing this guy got it first...) and popped it in the freezer before it wound up on a menu somewhere. We are selective about road kill so would have passed it by if we saw it.
We hear the guy is saving it so it can be examined. Story is now it has human-like teeth. Critter sounds more and more like liberals who show up around here from time to time, sporting brand new Kerry-Edwards bumper stickers.
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Hey, the History Channel did a show on the Maine Monster last night-the show concluded that it’s a dog or dog/wolf hybrid. That’s why I was googling for more info and found this old thread.