Mystery creature

[wolflady]

I was curious about this and looked at the pictures too and it just looks like a run of the mill mixed-breed dog to me. I've worked in a shelter and have seem some pretty strange mixes in my day, so this didn't seem odd to me at all. There are a lot of snub-nosed breeds of dogs, and mixed with something like a chow or some other equally thick-furred breed of dog could very well make a mix like this. Poor thing.

If it was such a mystery, these people should have been a little more quick on the up-take and made an effort to collect the body and examine it.

RIP beastie.

Remember good ol' Sam?

This face is pretty frightening, and he may not have looked like a typical dog, but he was...same thing with beastie.

[GreyhoundGirl]

Poor thing...

[wolf_Q]

It looks like a dead dog (chow mix?) to me. :/

[elizabethann]

Good God! This picture scared the crap out of me! I wasn't expecting it! I'm going to have nightmares now!

[Alysser]

It looks like a dog on my block. The eyes look a little weird in the first pic but what else is so "evil" about it? Poor Dog RIP beastie.

[managemysite]

that is one ugly dog
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[areias]

I saw that earlier...I think it looked like a plain dog too, maybe a chow/rott mix or something. If it had gotten hit by a car or it was sitting there for a little bit, it would look wierd..animal control should be the ones picking up roadkill too, so it's not just decaying there. I was surprised to read that it had sat there for a couple days after being discovered-and that no one had taken it for their own? People tend to do things like that.

[k9krazee]

Looks like a chow mix to me too, poor thing

[buttercup132]

that is one ugly dog
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That wasnt very nice.....
It looks like a chow mix
I dont see any goat resemblance
I see a normal dog...
It has kind of a puppy face.
And they said they couldnt describe what it was cause the snout and ears didnt match or whatever. Well umm thats the joys of mixes they are MIXED and get different tributs of both dogs. These wildlife people sure are smart..

[zippy-kat]

At the bottom of the article, it says it was eventually picked up and DNA tested to be a wolf/dog hybrid.

I don't think it looks evil and was a little shocked to read that so many were scared of him. I agree with whomever said the story had a yetti-esque quality. Poor guy, was probably feral and trying to survive the best he knew how.

[Karen]

They are now saying *bing*bing*bing* it was a chow mix -

http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.co.../3039522.shtml

[IRescue452]

Its a chupacabra. Wait, even more rare, its the last of the turnspit breed! It does fit the description for a turnspit and those legs look like it could turn a wheel. I see poodle in it, even in the skinny muzzle, though it should be longer. I don't see chow rottie or pittie.

[BOBS DAD]

I don't know about "how strange" it looked. YOU GET HIT BY A CAR and lay on the side of the road in the sweltering heat as you die - and we'll check out how contorted your facial expressions may be!!!

Also as someone mentioned, decomposition, rigomortis and swelling/bloating can change your otherwise appealing mug! But sad as the death may be, the idea of an unyet discovered genus or mystery beast is quite alluring.

I would seriously like to start a Yeti sighting somehwere near my hometown.

SERIOUSLY, I am not joking.

Get me a big ol' hairy suit. Make some gi-nourmous molded playtex feet coverings to strap onto my boots (so I can leave lots of footsprints in fresh mud to later be examined). Take giant strides so I leave prints that look like I'm a taller creature. Carry with me something like elephant poop (no maybe like horse poop - elephant poop would probably be kinda hard to readily find) and drop it around here and there (of course near my footprints). Find the craziest and most eccentric neighbor I know (one that already believes in UFOs, alien beings and crop circles - hey... that sounds like my Mother-in Law) and hang out in front of her kitchen window until I am absolutely sure "she has seen me".

The possibilities are endless. This would be good for the community! Bring people together, give them common interests and bring in tourism - boosting the economy. ALL GOOD THINGS....

[zippy-kat]

Hey, I live less than 2 hrs from Roswell, I can send an alien your way -- but you're on your own for Elvis.

[CathyBogart]

As for the "horrible stench", perhaps the dog had gangrenous wounds.