Spawn of Hell or just a chow dog gone feral? Blue Crab Boulevard is pleased to continue to feed the frenzy report on the mystery beast of Turner, Maine. After all, it's what we do best with our coverage of the animal uprising! After examining what was left of the creature (which wasn't all that much as the story reveals later), Loren Coleman, a Portland author and cryptozoologist, announced that he thought it a chow or chow mix gone feral. Others are blaming extraterrestrials. No, really.
"I think this dead animal is a chow or chow-mix, a relatively small dog, that was feral, which is unusual for that area," he told the Sun Journal newspaper. He noted, however, that his was only an educated guess based on the findings so far.
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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.
People from Litchfield, Sabattus, Greene, Turner, Lewiston and Auburn have come forward to speak of a mystery monster that roams the woods.
"It's crazy. Everybody's talking about it. We sold out of newspapers by 9 this morning," said Debi Bodwell, who was at work at Schrep's Corner Store in Turner. "Everybody is mad because the game wardens haven't come out to take a look at it."
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.
One person who remains convinced that the creature was no dog was the woman whose photos were carried in the Sun Journal and in news organizations across the country. Michelle O'Donnell doesn't know what it is, but she's convinced it wasn't a dog.
Nonetheless, she's surprised by the interest in the creature.
"I didn't know the story would be this big," she said. "My phone has been ringing off the hook."
We're officially going with the Hell-spawn theory, only because it makes for more sensationalism! Earlier post is here including links to pictures of the Hellhound.
My first thought when I saw it was a mix chow too. Looked like a normal dog to me, and chow dogs can be rather aggressive vs other animals, and that’s when they are ‘tame’ I’d fear to see a ‘wild’ chow, they’d be insane, probably.
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