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Maine beastie update

By jlynch on August 17, 2006.

The Maine beastie is apparently getting significant media coverage on the eastern seaboard. Loren Coleman (a cryptozoologist) has some more photos and thinks that it is a dog gone feral, possibly a chow or akita. All very plausible, imho.

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Ugh... the word "cryptozoologist" makes me jump every time. Kent Hovind is to blame...

So... no skull left AND the locals say this isn't even the real mystery beast. I guess I'll just have to hang with Ogopogo and the sasquatches while I wait for more details...

...dog gone feral, possibly a chow or akita...

That's what I thought when I saw the pictures...

By afarensis (not verified) on 17 Aug 2006 #permalink

pough wrote: "...I guess I'll just have to hang with Ogopogo and the sasquatches while I wait for more details..."

I'll be chillin' with the chupacabra.

speculation abounds:

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.

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.

Show me the DNA!

By somnilista, FCD (not verified) on 18 Aug 2006 #permalink

can you please send picture of this strange road kill? thanks kerry