'Hybrid Mutant' Found Dead in Maine

by **Rigorous Intuition** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:39 pm

'Hybrid Mutant' Found Dead in Maine August 16, 2006, 4:55 PM EDT 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. <a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-mystery-beast,0,6128753.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines">www.newsday.com</a>

by **Chiaroscuro** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 10:14 pm

newspaper article <a href="http://seacoastonline.com/news/special/8_16special4.htm">seacoastonline.com/news/s...ecial4.htm</a> closeup of face <a href="http://www.seacoastconnects.com/forums/attachment.php?s=c1e4828ccf7c2e8a59c40c2768344b4c&attachmentid=53&d=1155755544">www.seacoastconnects.com/...1155755544</a> full body <a href="http://www.seacoastconnects.com/forums/attachment.php?s=c1e4828ccf7c2e8a59c40c2768344b4c&attachmentid=54&d=1155755544">www.seacoastconnects.com/...1155755544</a>

by **Et in Arcadia ego** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 11:36 pm

I had no idea Chupacabras ran that far north.. On a serious note, the way the eye is bulging out of the socket on that thing looks kinda human in a really creepy way.. That doesn't look like a dog/wolf hybrid. I had a roomate who had a 50% pureblood Shephard and 50% pure wolf and it looked absolutely nothing like this thing in the pics.. ____________________ Some are born to sweet delight, some are born to endless night.Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=etinarcadiaego@rigorousintuition>et in Arcadia ego</A> <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://www.sickle666.com/images/Arcadia.jpg" BORDER=0> at: 8/16/06 9:37 pm

by **juno jones** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:18 am

Yeah wolf-dog hybrid wasn't first on my list, either. That eye is unnerving...human chimeras anyone? (shudder). Sure the carcass has been picked clean, but no one's even recovered the bones?! Could tell a lot from those, even DNA. Not saying it's not a weird-ass looking dog, but it IS weird, be nice to know exactly WHAT it was...Hey manatees in NY, Chupas in Maine, what's the world coming to?

by **Avalon** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:41 am

What about a cross with something like a Schipperke? It's even got a European nickname of "Little Black Devil." <a href="http://www.pedigree.co.nz/breeds/?b=165&p=s&pp=">www.pedigree.co.nz/breeds/?b=165&p=s&pp=</a>

by **pugzleyca3** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:50 am

My first impression was that this looks like the werewolves in the movies. Ok, go ahead and laugh. But that is what it reminds me of.

by **sunny** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:24 am

It looks to me like a cross between a wolf and a smallish half-breed huskie.

by **Et in Arcadia ego** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:42 am

<blockquote>Quote:<hr>My first impression was that this looks like the werewolves in the movies.<hr></blockquote> That's exactly what my wife said.. ____________________ Some are born to sweet delight, some are born to endless night.

by **OnoI812** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:33 am

Warg From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Worg) Jump to: navigation, search A warg (or worg) is a mythological creature that resembles a wolf, but is generally larger and more intelligent. In Old Norse Warg (vargr) is a euphemism for wolf (ulfr), and still the modern Swedish word for wolf. Also cognate is Old English warg "large wolf". The Proto-Germanic *wargaz meant "strangler", and hence "evildoer, criminal, outcast". -------------------------------------------------------- <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/37/Warg.jpg/250px-Warg.jpg" style="border:0;"/> Taken from the Old English warg, the Wargs or Wild Wolves are a race of fictional wolf creatures in J.R.R. Tolkien's books about Middle-earth. They are usually in league with the Orcs or Goblins whom they permitted to ride on their backs into battle. The Wargs speak a rudimentary language of their own. It is probable that they are descended from Draugluin's werewolves of the First Age. In The Hobbit, the Wargs appear twice, once in chasing Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf, and the dwarves just east of the Misty Mountains, and once at the Battle of Five Armies. In The Lord of the Rings, they are most prominently mentioned in the middle of The Fellowship of the Ring, where a band of Wargs, unaccompanied by Orcs, attacks the Fellowship in Hollin. In Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, wargs appear to be more like a "hyena/bear/wolf hybrid" rather than wolves, in an effort to distinguish them from regular wolves by presenting them as some sort of distant cousin. It should be noted, however, that although Tolkien never gave a fully complete description of the Wargs (he simply noted that they were demonic wolves) they do seem to have a somewhat regular wolf-appearance in both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings passages where they are mentioned. During the War of the Ring in 3018-19, wolves prowled outside the walls of Bree. Saruman kept wargs in dens beneath Isengard, and during the War of the Ring he sent Orcs mounted on wargs into battle. Saruman's warg riders were ferocious and deadly. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Norse mythology In Norse mythology, wargs are in particular the demonic wolves Fenrir, Skalli and Hati. In the Hervarar saga, king Heidrek is asked by Gestumblindi (Odin), What is that lamp which lights up men, but flame engulfs it, and wargs grasp after it always. Heidrek knows the answer is the Sun, explaining She lights up every land and shines over all men, and Skalli and Hatti are called wargs. Those are wolves, one going before the sun, the other after the moon. But wolves also served as mounts for more or less dangerous humanoid creatures. For instance, Gunnr's horse was a kenning for "wolf" on the Rök Runestone, in the Lay of Hyndla, the völva (witch) Hyndla rides a wolf, and to Baldr's funeral, the giantess Hyrrokin arrived on a wolf. [edit] Wargs in other popular media A worg as depicted in World of Warcraft. Enlarge A worg as depicted in World of Warcraft. In the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, worgs appear as a minor enemy. They are depicted as evil, intelligent wolves that speak their own language. Worgs also appear in World of Warcraft as a wolf more common to undead areas. Also used by the orcs as mounts. Wargs are large wolf like enemies in the Castlevania series. In A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin wargs are people who can live through a particular animal if they choose in a symbiotic relationship <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3e/Orc_on_worg.jpg" style="border:0;"/>

by * » Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:24 am

....looks like a chow cross to me: <img src="http://petsurvivors.com/images/our_dogs/Katrina_Chow_06.jpg" style="border:0;"/>

by **Avalon** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:29 pm

Loren Coleman is now speculating that it could have been a feral Akita or Chow, or mix. <a href="http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/mainebeast2/">www.cryptomundo.com/crypt...inebeast2/</a>

by **Corvidaerex** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 6:49 pm

The feral Akita/Chow theory makes the most sense. But my god, that thing has a horrifying face. It is almost shaped like a sheep's face -- if you've seen sheep heads in rustic butcher shops, you know what I mean -- and the thing just looks evil and wrong. If I ever have a run-in with a "dog" with eyes like that, I'll shoot first and ask questions later. The odor part is interesting. An unbearable stench is a hallmark of cryptoids. The "glowing eyes" could just be reflections from flashlights or exterior house lights.

by **orz** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 7:51 pm

<blockquote>Quote:<hr>An unbearable stench is a hallmark of cryptoids.<hr></blockquote> It's also a hallmark of the rotting corpses of dead dogs. <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smile.gif ALT=":)"> Seriously, this is a pretty scary looking creature! <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/eek.gif ALT=":eek">

'Hybrid Mutant' Found Dead in Maine

'Hybrid Mutant' Found Dead in Maine

photos of the carcas

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re:weird thing

Schipperke cross?

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Re: Schipperke cross?

Re: Schipperke cross?

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Loren Coleman agrees

the face is all wrong

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