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'Hybrid Mutant' Found Dead in Maine
2006-08-17
Posted by:anonymous5089

#35  Thanks Mom! You must be a cheesehead or a yooper!

HODAG SITE
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2006-08-17 20:42  

#34  It's a hodag!
Posted by: mom   2006-08-17 20:38  

#33  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.

The infamous crashing boar.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-08-17 19:33  

#32  Sgt. D.T., nope, no dope, evah. (Smokes and coffee, I hope, don't count, beer/wine in rather moderate amounts, but no at the event time).
Posted by: twobyfour   2006-08-17 18:52  

#31  You weren't smoking any of that 'BC Bud" were you, two by four?
Posted by: Sgt. D.T.   2006-08-17 18:12  

#30  Looked anything like the creatures from the movie THE DESCENT?
Posted by: Lancasters Over Dresden   2006-08-17 17:23  

#29  'Twas beauty that killed the mutant.
Posted by: Mike   2006-08-17 15:08  

#28  Sea Monkeys?
Posted by: Scott R   2006-08-17 15:06  

#27  When I saw the original link's picture, I immediately thought of some kind of hyper-chow. I do see resemblance to Akitas too. Not very "mutantish". Now, that cross-breeding offspring of mucky/Joe M., that would be something to fear (in postings at least).
Posted by: BA   2006-08-17 14:25  

#26  Werewolf puppy.
Posted by: Thoth   2006-08-17 13:41  

#25  Not very fortean (some kind of feral dog, not a wolf-dog hybrid), but a cyptide nonetheless.

thatr clears it up! ;-)
Posted by: RD   2006-08-17 13:33  

#24  http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/mainepix/

Update
http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/mainebeast2/

Not very fortean (some kind of feral dog, not a wolf-dog hybrid), but a cyptide nonetheless.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2006-08-17 13:14  

#23  
All it wanted was to be loved. Yes, yes, we are the monsters.
Posted by: Master of Obvious   2006-08-17 12:17  

#22  Has anyone seen Stephen King lately?
Posted by: Xbalanke   2006-08-17 12:03  

#21  Wolf - Chow mix.
Posted by: ed   2006-08-17 11:14  

#20  As a state contractor, I had occasion to visit almost each one of the 502 lovely cities and towns of the good state of Maine. North of "Banga", I met at least one hybrid mutant every day.
Posted by: GORT   2006-08-17 10:59  

#19  An unshorn lumberjack?
Posted by: Jules in the Hinterlands   2006-08-17 10:39  

#18  Too many Mentos with diet coke.
Wait... those were in Buckfield, the next town over. This is in Turner.

Never mind.
Posted by: oddfellow   2006-08-17 10:37  

#17  A "hybrid mutant" in Maine?
Oh, it's an animal...
Posted by: tu3031   2006-08-17 10:27  

#16  The dreaded WereBeagle.
Posted by: mojo   2006-08-17 10:24  

#15  Wildlife officials and animal control officers declined to go to Turner to examine the remains.
Your tax dollars at work.
Posted by: wxjames   2006-08-17 10:19  

#14  Manolo, ponny's not available, but for trying, you can have a ponnytail. ;-)
Posted by: twobyfour   2006-08-17 09:53  

#13  It's the result of a SECRET Halliburton contract with Stephen King to produce a new killing robot werepossum thingy.
Posted by: Almost Anonymous5839   2006-08-17 09:53  

#12  No, you watched Men it Black FLASH its just FLASH one of their FLASH aliens FLASH!
Nothing here go away.
Posted by: 3dc   2006-08-17 09:26  

#11  Ozone hole and El Nino and the combined increase in Solar Rays and the fluctuating magnetic field with shifting poles are destroying EVERYTHING!!!!

IT is Bush's FAULT! Can I have a pony now?

-M
Posted by: Manolo   2006-08-17 09:08  

#10  Global warming.
Posted by: newc   2006-08-17 08:42  

#9  Starving Wild boar.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2006-08-17 08:33  

#8  It's Manbearpig! Quick, alert Al Gore!!
Posted by: Swamp Blondie   2006-08-17 08:27  

#7  cots = cuts
Posted by: twobyfour   2006-08-17 07:43  

#6  Reminds me of something I saw about 2 years ago in BC, Canada. While biking on a road in Roberts Creek that cots through woods on both sides, something ran across the road in front of me, about 5 yards distance. Imagine a slightly overgrown weasel, charcoal grey, but with a neck and head of a horse (scaled down) and three pairs of short legs (not pulling your leg). I braked and stopped, utterly flabbergasted. The critter disappeared into undergrowth bushes. To this day, I have no idea what I saw, and I have pretty good idea about the known fauna in the area.
Posted by: twobyfour   2006-08-17 07:42  

#5  Most likely a case of Wolf/wild dog that ended up looking U-G-L-Y.
Posted by: Charles   2006-08-17 07:28  

#4  GM
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-08-17 07:20  

#3  Ima thinkin' movie deal: Chupacabra vs. Hildebeast. Anybody got an unused pyramid?
Posted by: ed   2006-08-17 07:18  

#2  A second Hildebeast?
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-08-17 06:33  

#1  No doubt a chupacabra!
Posted by: SteveS   2006-08-17 04:12  

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