Dead on the side of the road in Maine, could this be proof of the fabled lycanthrope?
 
Just what is this beast? A genetic experiment gone awry? Or just natural selection at work? Is it the same mystery creature that’s been slashing dogs’ throats in the area? My vote says it’s a werewolf, if for no other reason than that since I was a young’un I’ve thought it’d be fun to be one. Some are calling it a coyote-dog cross. Bollocks. I’ve seen coy-dogs. That, sir, is no coy-dog.
Oh, BTW, the best werewolf short story — bar none — is the late James Blish’s “There Shall Be No Darkness.” It’s hard to find: Pronzini’s Werewolf! collection has it.
lycanthrope? I am not familar with that one. How about a Barghest?
Well, you learn something new every day! I hadn’t heard of a Barghest before; I wonder if the stories of the death-dog haunting the Yorkshire area influenced Doyle’s Hound of the Baskervilles?
A lycanthrope, as every good Dungeons & Dragons junkie or werewolf fanatic knows, is a were-person: were-wolf, were-bear, were-boar, etc.
I think my daughter would have set me straight on the D & D angle.
There is probably a connection between the “Barghest” and the Hounds of Basterville. A good local fear always makes a good story.
BTW, thanks for blogging. I enjoy your blog.
My only explanation would be:
Those people at the Animal Liberation Front really luv them some animals. And if you’ve seen some of the women who hang with that crowd, an actual dog might start looking pretty good.
Ever wonder why there’s no wolf silver-tipped ammo? It’s just not cost effective. I was thinking about that while watching “Underworld: Evolution” last night. My wife’s out of town, so I’m catching up on all the movies “We” don’t watch. So I’m inclined to concur with your conclusion, it’s clearly a werewolf.
Chupacabra!
Nice one, Craig! My wife’s Latina, and even she didn’t think of that!
It looks like a Chow mix of some kind. Chows can be mean mofos.
I’d read the story in the paper, and saw that Animal Control refused to come look at it. By now it’s been picked clean by the scavengers. There was no mention of pictures taken though, so this is really cool to see.
Scary looking beastie.