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Hybrid mutant found dead in Maine
#5972895 - 08/17/06 01:35 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060816/ap_on_fe_st/mystery_beast
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.
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Re: Hybrid mutant found dead in Maine [Re: Da_Vine]
#5972911 - 08/17/06 01:41 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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I wanna see the pictures of this thing!
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Da_Vine
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Re: Hybrid mutant found dead in Maine [Re: Da_Vine]
#5972919 - 08/17/06 01:42 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Edited by ANTS (08/17/06 01:47 PM)
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Re: Hybrid mutant found dead in Maine [Re: Da_Vine]
#5972922 - 08/17/06 01:43 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Edited by ANTS (08/17/06 01:49 PM)
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Re: Hybrid mutant found dead in Maine [Re: Da_Vine]
#5972930 - 08/17/06 01:45 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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That picture makes me sad. I bet you he wasn't so bad. Just a lonely animal trying to make sense of things.lol
RIP little buddy.
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Re: Hybrid mutant found dead in Maine [Re: GSxx83]
#5972934 - 08/17/06 01:46 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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wtf that just looks like a dog...
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Re: Hybrid mutant found dead in Maine [Re: wortiesbo]
#5972963 - 08/17/06 01:56 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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the picture of its face reminds me of old werewolf movies... rest in peace werewolf from maine
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Re: Hybrid mutant found dead in Maine [Re: wortiesbo]
#5972981 - 08/17/06 02:00 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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It doesnt look spooky either. I bet it was a cute dog really.
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Re: Hybrid mutant found dead in Maine [Re: rubixcubies]
#5973001 - 08/17/06 02:03 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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that does not look like a dogs face.
im sure its got quite a few broken limbs, but its structure looks slightly different. thats eerie.
i got chills reading that story, reminded me of those damn Quagga's
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Re: Hybrid mutant found dead in Maine [Re: buHHH]
#5973004 - 08/17/06 02:04 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Its a friggin dog..
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Re: Hybrid mutant found dead in Maine [Re: i8an8th]
#5973016 - 08/17/06 02:09 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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thats not a a dog its half something else, look at its mouth it looks like a mule. its ears dont look like dog ears either.
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Re: Hybrid mutant found dead in Maine [Re: Da_Vine]
#5973202 - 08/17/06 03:11 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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ANTS said: look at its mouth it looks like a mule.
lol, yea it does. Maybe its a giant nutra-dog-rat!
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Re: Hybrid mutant found dead in Maine [Re: SDP]
#5973255 - 08/17/06 03:33 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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its face looks like a tasmanian devil...
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Re: Hybrid mutant found dead in Maine [Re: CptnGarden]
#5973264 - 08/17/06 03:37 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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10 minutes ago
TURNER, Maine - An expert who examined the remains of a mystery creature believes it was a wild dog. But that hasn't stopped runaway speculation about the beast and whether it was responsible for mauling dogs and frightening residents. ADVERTISEMENT
Loren Coleman, a Portland author and cryptozoologist, said he didn't know for sure what the animal was based on his examination of its remains Wednesday.
"I think this dead animal is a chow or chow-mix, a relatively small dog, that was feral, which is unusual for that area," he told the Sun Journal newspaper. He noted, however, that his was only an educated guess based on the findings so far.
State wildlife biologists and local animal control officers declined to go to Turner to examine the remains of the animal, which was found Saturday along Route 4. It was apparently hit by a car while chasing a cat.
Without any official findings, the creature obtained near-mythical status as word spread in the media and on the Internet.
Some say it's simply a dog. Others say it's a goat-sheep hybrid. Still others weighed in that the creature may have been a Tasmanian devil, a dingo, a wolf or coyote. Some of the more outlandish theories involve mutations and extraterrestrials.
People from Litchfield, Sabattus, Greene, Turner, Lewiston and Auburn have come forward to speak of a mystery monster that roams the woods.
"It's crazy. Everybody's talking about it. We sold out of newspapers by 9 this morning," said Debi Bodwell, who was at work at Schrep's Corner Store in Turner. "Everybody is mad because the game wardens haven't come out to take a look at it."
By the time Coleman arrived on Wednesday there wasn't much left. The internal organs and skull were gone. All that was left were some bones and skin.
Nonetheless, he came away with a paw and other body parts to be examined later. Another paw was taken by the Sun Journal, which was exploring the possibility of conducting DNA tests.
One person who remains convinced that the creature was no dog was the woman whose photos were carried in the Sun Journal and in news organizations across the country. Michelle O'Donnell doesn't know what it is, but she's convinced it wasn't a dog.
Nonetheless, she's surprised by the interest in the creature.
"I didn't know the story would be this big," she said. "My phone has been ringing off the hook."
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Re: Hybrid mutant found dead in Maine [Re: i8an8th]
#5973480 - 08/17/06 04:38 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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i8an8th said: Its a friggin dog..
Bahaha, no doubt.
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Re: Hybrid mutant found dead in Maine [Re: Daybreak]
#5973497 - 08/17/06 04:43 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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i over looked this.
" In the end, wildlife officials got a DNA analysis that showed the animal was a rare wolf-dog hybrid, he said."
but you never know it could be some government cover up.  that shit looks midevil.
Edited by ANTS (08/17/06 04:45 PM)
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Re: Hybrid mutant found dead in Maine [Re: Da_Vine]
#5973577 - 08/17/06 05:08 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Looks like a wild dog with weird eyes, probably not some weird experiment from Dr. Shtichofouasen. Those people need to get some excitement in their town.
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Re: Hybrid mutant found dead in Maine [Re: Hix]
#5973816 - 08/17/06 06:14 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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looks like some fucked up dog to me
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Re: Hybrid mutant found dead in Maine [Re: BobDole]
#5973916 - 08/17/06 06:44 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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thats no just a dog, thats half something definetly.
Edited by ANTS (08/17/06 06:49 PM)
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Re: Hybrid mutant found dead in Maine [Re: Da_Vine]
#5973960 - 08/17/06 06:59 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
ANTS said: i over looked this.
" In the end, wildlife officials got a DNA analysis that showed the animal was a rare wolf-dog hybrid, he said."
but you never know it could be some government cover up.  that shit looks midevil.
Wrong, they still don't know what it is.. You took that out of context.
"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."
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