Interesting point about the deer. I’ve heard tales that a deer can disembowel a man with, not the antlers, but the sharp edge of the hoof. I always took them to be about half ‘old wive’s tale’ (with some basis in fact), because I know I wouldn’t want to suffer a kick from a deer, threat of disemboweling or no, and that is why I was always taught to approach a downed deer in a way that kept the antlers and the hooves away from you and to touch its eye with a twig/arrow/tip of your gun to be sure it was truly dead before trying to gut it.

The giant beaver theory is interesting too. The disemboweled, but not eaten, nature would seem to indicate threat killing over predation, but one never knows. I hope we hear more on this.

Nothing in the local media so far either, but you won’t find much “investigative journalism” up here anyway… the papers basically echo what is written elsewhere.

Another point I should have made in the previous post is that in light of the Sasquatch video out of Norway House last year (it was shown on a tabloid TV show in the US), many northern communities have become envious and are wont to attribute strange occurances to paranomal explanations. Superstition/traditional beliefs are also powerful motivators in certain communities.

Depending on the quality of the observer, “strange sightings” on the lake could be all sorts of things, from caribou swimming, to deadhead logs, etc. I wonder how many “sightings” there were prior to the discovery of the dogs, or if people started looking for “strange” things after the mysterious dog deaths.

I guess it is pretty strange though. We need more info, but I doubt you’ll hear any follow up reports. Someone from Cryptomundo should book a fishing trip to Lac Brochet and do a follow up! (Not me, this is a shameless tourism plug for N. MB)

Take care all.

Thanks for commenting, especially due to your experience with the area.

Are you familiar with sightings of possibly unknown animals in Reindeer Lake? If so, how often do they occur and what do the witnesses report?

Also, do you happen to have any more information from the local media - where the dogs were found, were they part of the same team, were the bodies found together, etc.?

1. There was a confirmed sighting of a grizzly bear near Thompson, MB about 8 years ago.

2. These were sled dogs. Often these dogs are tied up and have their own individual dog houses. And there are usually a lot more than 3 sled dogs. They make lots of noise when something is around. Often targets of wolves, which is why they are sometimes kept on islands.

3. Probably not a cougar. It would be staying as far away from a bunch of sled dogs as possible. Not to mention they don’t range that far West or North (however see #1).

4. It doesn’t take long for scavengers (ravens, crows, magpies, various small mammals) to completely remove the internal organs of a dead animal. 3 days and the maggots/beetles will have it all cleaned out regardless.

5. Re: Female Caribou. Woodland caribou females are now with calf, and tend to stay on islands in the summer to protect against wolves. Facing 3 dogs, she would probably take to the water and swim away, but it’s still a plausible theory. Antlers are still growing at this time of year I think.

6. Wolves like to tear stuff to shreds, from what I’ve seen of wolf kill sites.

7. twblack wrote: “I just do not know maybe a sick person out their getting even with the owner.”

This is the most probable explanation.

8. Need more info here before anything can be said with certainty.

-I think the “eats the livers and leaves the rest” stories about Bigfoot are mainly from accounts and deer carcasses in OH.

-Caribou lose their antlers every year, but apparently some females don’t lose them until the summer. But then reindeers supposedly don’t make it to Reindeer Lake anymore.

-The Ogopogo sightings are all over the map concerning what it allegedly is. There are some theories that alleged it is a “cadbosaurus” and some that allege it is a beaked or archaic whale like a zeuglodon. But there are supposedly some “long necked” sightings as well.

Loren, we need more info if we are going to come up with the answer.