Comments on: Not Lizard Man

By: springheeledjack

springheeledjack — Thu, 22 May 2008 04:03:01 +0000

A mastiff could easily do that kind of damage (probably smaller dogs too…but mastiffs come to mind)

Once saw a picture of a guy with a mastiff and he used to walk his dog with his pick-up truck…had the leash around one of the side view mirrors and would go down the street with the thing, because he couldn’t keep up on foot, or stop the thing if it decided to run…

By: mmccooey

mmccooey — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:38:38 +0000

I agree, bored dogs will chew anything. But do they have the jaw strength necessary to chew metal? Maybe a Hyena (but I haven’t seen too many running around in North America lately), but does anyone know if a wolf would be capable of this?

By: mmccooey

mmccooey — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:11:41 +0000

Interesting. You would have to think that it would require a lot of jaw strength to leave those type of marks. I agree w/ archer1945, a Hyena might be able to do it, but it’s not like there are a lot of them running around in North America. I don’t think it could be a coyote, but does anyone know if a wolf could do this?

By: Endroren

Endroren — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:18:08 +0000

Ever seen a house where the owners let the dogs go wild? Bored dogs will chew almost ANYTHING to pieces. They don’t need a good grip to chew something up. Eating a van is strange, sure, but falls easily within the realm of something a big, strong, bored dog could pull off. I’d love there to be more to this case but this seems like a reasonable conclusion.

I will say that I’m THRILLED to actually see the results of the DNA tests reported. So often you hear “they’re sending it in for testing” and that is the end of it.

By: DreamKeeper

DreamKeeper — Mon, 19 May 2008 01:34:39 +0000

I definitely don’t believe this was some dog, not even a wolf.

But it made me wonder. Were there any missing dog reports put in that night? Say whatever totally dilapidated this car first snacked on some domestic dog, the culprit could then be covered in dog blood when it decides to eat the van as dessert. So it just left the dog blood behind and never really harmed itself in the whole attack.

By: archer1945

archer1945 — Mon, 19 May 2008 00:25:21 +0000

There isn’t any way it could have been a coyote because they aren’t that big and do not have the jaw strength to do that kind of damage. I would say the same thing is probably true for a wolf because the only really big wolf in North America is the timber wolf and they are pretty much restricted to the western part of the country ie, Idaho and Montana.

The only wild member of the dog family that is most likely to have the jaw strength to this kind of damage would be a hyena and how many of those are running wild in the US. Not only that but why would any coyote, hyena or wolf attack a car? And not just attack it once but numerous times.

By: red_pill_junkie

red_pill_junkie — Sun, 18 May 2008 20:05:02 +0000

Mastiffs are molosoids, a breed of dogs that were used in ancient times to fight in battles alongside soldiers. Although now dog breeders make sure the temperament of these animals is balanced and peaceful, to train one of these giants for combat or defense is strongly discouraged, because the damage they could inflict is tremendous.

Having siad that, one of the things I wish the most is to own a dogue de bordeaux

By: steele79

steele79 — Sun, 18 May 2008 00:13:58 +0000

well i don’t know about you but i have a great dane and he’s a chewer and if motivated i have no doubt he could do that to a car in a short amount of time . being familiar with large breed dogs like danes mastiffs etc. They are very capable of chewing though walls solid oak tables stereo systems you name it they have very powerful jaws. i even knew of a mastiff that destroyed a dish washing machine that had been removed and was sitting in his backyard and he got bored so its very possible

By: flame821

flame821 — Sat, 17 May 2008 21:29:52 +0000

I have to agree with Richard, for one dog to do that during one night? It seems a bit far fetched and why would a pack of dogs decide to gnaw on a van?

I can see one obsessive dog managing that over a period of days or weeks, but I just can’t picture a dog doing this amount of damage over night. Not to mention the strength it would take to dent metal like that, even dogs with muscular faces and jaws (like Pitbulls or American Bulldogs) would have to work at doing that amount of damage.

I know this sounds silly, but was there any blood on that car before hand? Say from maybe a road accident involving a deer or something of that nature? Something that would attract a canine to the car in the first place?

By: cryptidsrus

cryptidsrus — Sat, 17 May 2008 20:09:32 +0000

Could be a coverup, could be a lot of things…

I do agree that it must have been a big dog to do something like that. Looks to me maybe a coyote or wolf.
One never knows.