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So..... evidently this was in the news paper. or somthing. My friends gonna get me the paper. but has anyone heard anything else about it?

Dead Chupacabra found in Turner, ME

I dont have the paper yet so i cant say much... but ill put more when i get it. but im guessing its another dead fox or somthing.... :hmm: but then again.. maybe its the real thing...... :mellow:^_^ or not.. :unsure:

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Mysterious beast

By Mark LaFlamme, Staff Writer

Wednesday, August 16,2006 user posted image

TURNER - An animal found dead along the powerlines over the weekend may be the mystery creature that has roamed the area for years, mauling dogs and frightening residents.

Or it could be a dog that has been running wild in the woods.

It depends on who you ask.

The animal was found along Route 4 on Saturday after neighbors say it was struck by a car while chasing a cat across the street. The carcass was photographed and inspected by several people who live in the area, but nobody seems to know what it might be.

"This is something I've never seen before," said Mike O'Donnell, who lives near the area where the creature was found. "It's an evil looking thing. It looks like half-rodent, half-dog."

Wildlife officials and animal control officers told about the find 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.

But Loren Coleman, considered by some to be the leading cryptozoologist in the world, said one thing is clear: the creature found in Turner is not likely somebody's pet.

"It certainly doesn't look like a chow or any kind of domesticated dog that I've seen," Coleman said after reviewing photos of the animal. "It may be a hybrid between a dog and a wolf."

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"It's the weirdest looking thing I have ever seen in my life," said Michelle O'Donnell, of Turner. O'Donnell saw the animal run across her property a week and a half ago. "It's a hybrid mutant of something."

Since 1991, residents across Androscoggin County have reported seeing and hearing a beast that defies classical description. Theories have ranged from a fisher, a coy dog, a hyena or a dingo to more fanciful ideas: some believe the local creature is Maine's own Chupacabra.

In 2004, the enigmatic animal was blamed for attacking and killing a 16-year-old Doberman in Wales. Last year, it was a suspect when a Rottweiler was mauled in Greene. Others have reported seeing it or hearing the creature's screams in the night.

Witnesses have said that the animal had eyes that glowed in the night. Others reported a high scream that chilled them. One woman considered moving out of her Litchfield home after hearing the animal's monstrous cry one night in 1991.

Whether the creature found dead in Turner this weekend is the same one that spurred those legends could not be verified, though the descriptions of the animal were consistent with past accounts.

Michelle O'Donnell said she spotted the animal near her yard roughly a week before the carcass was discovered.

"It was evil, evil looking. And it had a horrible stench I will never forget," she said. "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."

Down the road, Kenny Buck said it was his cat that was chased by the creature. The cat was found dead near Route 4 a day before the bigger, meaner beast was discovered.

"That's no dog," he said of the dead animal found near his property.

Dana Johnson, a professional trapper known as "The Creature Catcher," examined the photographs Tuesday night. His guess: a black coyote with abnormal features.

The neighbors who found the animal called a Maine game warden who told them he could not drive from Poland to Turner to inspect the remains. The warden told them it was probably a coyote and told them to research it online. They were advised to call Central Maine Power Co. to haul the carcass away, since it was found near the powerlines.

Michelle O'Donnell said she researched the Internet extensively and could not identify the animal that way. She and her husband said they were more interested in finding out what it is than having it hauled away in haste.

"We've been hearing stories about this thing for years - about this thing that's been attacking, shredding and eating other animals," said Mike O'Donnell. "This is something that's not supposed to be out there."

Coleman, the cryptozoologist who has been studying wildlife for 46 years and who has written 27 books on the subject, said he was bothered by the ears and the snout of the creature found in Turner. It reminded him of a case years ago in Northern Maine in which an animal shot by a hunter could not be identified.

So perplexing was that case, wildlife officials sent away for DNA analysis. In the end, it was declared a rare wolf-dog hybrid.

Since the attack that killed the Doberman in 2004 in Wales, several people from Litchfield, Sabattus, Greene, Turner, Lewiston and Auburn have come forward to speak of a mystery monster that roams the woods. Skeptics have insisted the creature is probably a coy dog, a fisher or a wolf. Those who have seen it, demand that it is none of the above.

What was found dead in Turner over the weekend was described as charcoal gray and weighing between 40 and 50 pounds. It had a bushy tail, an extremely short snout and short ears. There were also curled fangs hanging over the lips.

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ok theres the story...... my friend didnt know what paper her mom found it in.. so i was like... ug.. so just looked at all the news papers around turner.. and found it.....

so there.......... hahahahahaha

this one came from the http://www.sunjournal.com

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awesome...looks like a dog lol..at least its mysterious and prolly not in any animal/zoo records :). excellent..thnx for posting the article up

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That's definitely a dog, perhaps a little abnormality but still, it's a dog:)

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Yeah, if that's not a dog then I'll put my own mother up for auction on eBay. It's defiently a canine- no doubt about it. If anything it's probably just become a bit disfigured and/or altered from the elements and the surrounding area. Nothing too strange about this "creature." :no:

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Yeah, if that's not a dog then I'll put my own mother up for auction on eBay.

I bid .35 cents.

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,208683,00.html

As I read this article, it amazed me that no officials came out to get a DNA sample nor did anyone think to get a piece of this dead creature and demand a DNA anaysis.

I mean, you have an animal no-one can identify, there have been probs and reports of something in the area, they actually have a body....and nothing is done? I find that weird.

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,208683,00.html

As I read this article, it amazed me that no officials came out to get a DNA sample nor did anyone think to get a piece of this dead creature and demand a DNA anaysis.

I mean, you have an animal no-one can identify, there have been probs and reports of something in the area, they actually have a body....and nothing is done? I find that weird.

Here we go again. :lol:

Folks up there aren't exactly the brightest crayons in the box. Understandable that no one bothered to scientifically look in to it. Science is of the devil!

:lol:

And the creature has been identified: it is a Rodent of Unusually Large Size! Everyone in Maine who had ever seen "The Princess Bride" moved away in 1998! :lol:

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it's DNA came back as a wold-dog hybred.

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I beg your pardon?

Half dog-half hill

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,208683,00.html

As I read this article, it amazed me that no officials came out to get a DNA sample nor did anyone think to get a piece of this dead creature and demand a DNA anaysis.

I mean, you have an animal no-one can identify, there have been probs and reports of something in the area, they actually have a body....and nothing is done? I find that weird.

:blink: Thats... ugh...

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Just goes to show that a dog will hump anything.

:rofl:

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,208683,00.html

As I read this article, it amazed me that no officials came out to get a DNA sample nor did anyone think to get a piece of this dead creature and demand a DNA anaysis.

I mean, you have an animal no-one can identify, there have been probs and reports of something in the area, they actually have a body....and nothing is done? I find that weird.

Sometimes it takes three (3) This one in Maine, something unusual in France, and recently a man attacked by an as yet to be identified creature in Venice, Florida. There should be enough content for a documentary here.

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If another incident yielded the dna of a wolf-dog hybrid, then i dare say it's the same here. Looks like it, as well. I've seen a couple of those, although i have to say the snout is shorter than the ones i've seen.

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I agree it does looks like a Wolf / Dog Hybrid. Definitely something from the canine family tree.

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