Real Cujo Killed?

Well, not so much Cujo as a demon dog? A strange creature was killed in Turner, Maine. It appears to bring an odd legend to an end. There have been sightings of the weird creature for the past fifteen years and a number of dogs and other pets have allegedly been killed by the beast over the years.

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.

So far I have not been able to locate any pictures of the beast. Wildlife officials declined to go look at the dead animal and scavengers have destroyed the body at this point. I'll post a link to pictures if I run them down. Conversely, if anyone has a link, please post it in the comments section.

Stephen King will doubtless be incorporating the devil dog into a story at some point!

UPDATE: Thanks to Don Singleton and Inland Empire View we have photos. And whatever it is, it is butt ugly.