Continuing Coverage of the Mystery Beast
August 17, 2006
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*Update 1:30 pm*
The Bangor Daily News has more on the mystery beast found near Turner, Maine over the weekend. I particulary enjoyed the statement made by an observer.
One person who posted comments about the mystery animal in a blog had her own theory: perhaps the animal that was killed in Turner over the weekend died as a result of a run-in with the real mystery creature, which still remains a phantom.
Now that, ladies and gentlemen, is how to keep a good story thriving.
Tom Remington
*Update 1:30 pm*
I have been reading different accounts of this story. There are two stories in the Bangor Daily news here and here. I can’t believe there are people out there who want to kill such an entertaining story (for those of you who might not suspect anything here, I’m kidding. Go with me on this.).
I have received comments here and at the Maine Hunting Forums where I also posted the picture. Some just want to pass it off as a dog and another mourns the loss of life.
Come on people. We live in the same state as Stephen King. What better place than to find a creature of unknown origin that’s black to boot. I still have yet to find a better comment than the one saying that maybe the real mystery beast chased this thing, whatever it is, into the road and the Mystery Beast lives on. Now that makes a much more interesting story. Don’t you think?
Just think. It appears that no real definative answers will be learned therefore the stories can continue. The howls at night will still be heard. The strange looking creature spotted only in glimpses here and there will live on, yes, yes, YES!
Okay, I’m a little over the top on this one but there are a lot of people out they starving for closure on this mystery beast thing. Even the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife wouldn’t play along. According to one article in the Bangor Daily News, a game warden in Poland was a real party pooper.
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 power lines.
What a downer. Call CMP and haul the carcass away? No fun at all. I think someone should take the photos available and enter into a few quiet hours of Photoshop time and really spice this story up. Let’s put Maine on the map and get all sorts of stories and rumors flying about.
I’ll get you started. One night when I was visiting my son in Bangor, we went for a walk by Stephen King’s house and I know I saw something that could very well have been a mystery beast……….to be continued.
Tom Remington
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Alls I know is I’ll be in Maine in a little over a week for bear season; I’m packing extra ammo and the guide better pick me up before dark LOL
Looks like something you’d get mating my mother-in-law and her sister.
Too too Funny. Mating my mother-in-law and her sister.
It’s funny because some of the reactions I’m getting are saying it is just a regular dog. I am led to believe that none of the pictures that have been made available make the animal look out to be as dreadful looking as it is described in any written reports.
lighten up. This discussion is about what the animal may be and its origins. Science sometimes puzzles all of us and our curiousity wants to know how this happened.
Yes it is a life but we want to know what it is.
Wow, “Pumpkin” needs to take some meds. First it is sad that the animal is dead, a point i think we all agree on, but then she is going to “laugh [her] butt off” if it turns out to be a “retarded chow”!! that is real consistent.
Anyways, it looks like it is probably a dog. This happens occasionally, someone finds a dog that is genetically diseased and fraks out because it doesn’t look like anything they have ever seen. Suddenly everybody is claimin it is a chupacabra and then a few weeks later officials find out it is only a weird looking dog.
I grew up in Turner, and we were always telling stories about those damn things and everyone used to laugh.. hahaha bastards. told u there was a werewolf in turner.
Great! At least we have a few embellishers. How about more of them tales from turner. Hey, good title. Maybe Stephen King could jump on that. “Tales From Turner I, Tales From Turner II, …..”
Hey pumpkin, thanks for playing along but can you add like you heard the animal had a strange growth coming out of its stomach or some such nonsense so the story is more fun? LOL
A retarded CHOW? HA HA HA. I think that should be physically and/or mentally challenged.
I have lived in litchfield and I have heard tons of stories about people seeing stange looking animal in green and turner one of the stories was my brothers friend saw and it was green at night and went faster than the speed of light so they only got a glimps of it and tons of other people that I know heard about my teacher told me about it too.
[...] *Update 1:15 pm* It was brought to my attention from a reader that I miscued in calling Mr. Loren Coleman a she. I have corrected that error and apologize for any confusion or embarassment I may have caused. Thanks, Moose. The world has watched and read as answers are far and few between as to what exactly was this “Mystery Beast” neighbors in Turner, Maine found beside the road. We broke the story for you back on Wednesday and followed that up the next day with another story. Many major media outlets including Fox, United Press International and locally by the Lewiston Sun-Journal and Bangor Daily News, have been following this story but the Maine Warden Service chose not to get involved. I have a seperate story this morning that follows this one all about that debacle. [...]
Well you didnt have to erase my stuff. lol Now it looks like your talking to yourself. I dont see anything wrong with having a sense of humor, and if you did not like what I had to say you could have just sent me a little email.
I am actualy wanting to move to Maine, I have for years. I feel like this site feel into my hands as a sign. I have been saving for the move but just kind of feel weird leaving all my family behind for the fresh start.
[...] Actually the people at the Black Bear Blog have photos of the the critter. Thanks for the photos! [...]
DNA tests have removed the veil of mystery from a creature that created a media and internet sensation. It was just a dog – 100 percent dog, according to the Sun Journal of Lewiston, Maine.
The newspaper ordered tests to end the speculation by readers who thought the creature may have been a Tasmanian devil, a dingo, a wolf or coyote. Some of the more outlandish theories involve mutations and extraterrestrials.
I suggest that the Beast and others even more frightening have escaped from Stephen Kings imagination and are now roaming the Wilds of Maine. Just a thought…
I’m a vet tech who works in Lewiston, when we heard about this we all laughed. Some of the articles posted made a big deal out of an “extra claw” on its foot… which was clearly a dew claw. This “beast” is a chow or chow mix either in an early form of decomposition or with a slight congenital disorder.
Way to go Maine!