DUNE-A-TIC Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 TURNER, Maine - 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. Wildlife officials and animal control officers declined to go to Turner to examine the remains. By Tuesday, the carcass had been picked clean by vultures and there was not much left of the dead animal. Loren Coleman, a Portland author and cryptozoologist, said it's unlikely that the animal was anybody's pet. After reviewing photos of the carcass, Coleman said he was bothered by the animal's ears and snout. It reminded him of a case years ago in northern Maine in which an animal shot by a hunter could not be identified. In the end, wildlife officials got a DNA analysis that showed the animal was a rare wolf-dog hybrid, he said. Mike O'Donnell, who is married to Michelle O'Donnell, said the animal looked "half-rodent, half-dog" to him. It was charcoal gray, weighed between 40 and 50 pounds and had a bushy tail, a short snout, short ears and curled fangs hanging over its lips, he said. It looked like "something out of a Stephen King story." "This is something I've never seen before. It's an evil-looking thing," he said. Brooke we agreed only to let them out in the night under supervision we lost one.Guess we will have to make another one. Dune Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helldriver Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 BIGFOOT FOUND!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUNE-A-TIC Posted August 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 Hey that's one of our Internet children...be nice! They don't have big feet!Though I do..Hope we can keep the scandal down... Dune Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooke Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 :yelrotflmao: theyve been talking about that on the news. i wanna see a pic of it. im sure its just a coyote or wolf or mountain lion or some weird combo :noexpression: minds like stephen king's grow here for a reason :baseball_wibble: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cotton eyed Joe Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 :yelrotflmao: theyve been talking about that on the news. i wanna see a pic of it. im sure its just a coyote or wolf or mountain lion or some weird combo :noexpression: minds like stephen king's grow here for a reason :baseball_wibble: I want to see a death match between that thing you have in Maine, and a Southern Florida La Chupa Cabra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helldriver Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 a few years ago the it was reported on the news that some lady in NYC found whats he thougth was a stary dog, she fed it and took it to the vet for a check up, as she was gonna keep it for herself, well come to find out, the vet was like, this aint no dog,,, after further investagation, it turned out to be a mutated giant rat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animalman294 Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 Cats out of the bag now.............. :yelrotflmao: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kotin6 Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 need a pic of what ever it was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquedfire Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 barely legal racing need this for his cat problem 2 bad its dead eh :yelrotflmao: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiftdT4R Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 need a pic of what ever it was Read the full article on Cryptomundo That thing does look fucked up. I am fron NJ, and I don;t get to see much wildlife, but the other pics look even weirder. Not sure, probably just some kind of wolf or coyote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helldriver Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 pretty cool i love stuff like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUNE-A-TIC Posted August 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 Awwwwwww,Brooke baby.It's Dune jr III, I told you we needed to mark them in some way to tell them apart(except baby Brooke I,you know what i'm talking about :wink: there ain't no mistaking her) but recognize that last hair cut you gave him.Oh well, at least he won't be scaring you anymore in the afternoon hanging from the ceiling over the bed.That always did weird me out at night when,well you know... :baseball_whistle: Dune Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tithead Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 need a pic of what ever it was i agree... it would be cool to see a pic. i like stories like this. it fasinates me what storys people come out with when something strange is seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUNE-A-TIC Posted August 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 Hit the link! He has Brookes' eyes. Dune Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tithead Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 Hit the link! sorry, i missed that post... it looks scary! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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