Comments on: MonsterQuest: Mutant Canines

By: kittenz

kittenz — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:06:18 +0000

During the course of my life I have handled literally thousands of dogs: my own pets, clients’ dogs, strays and feral animals, shelter dogs and more. I’ve had pet wolves, wolf/dog and coyote/dog hybrids, and foxes. When I first saw the closeup photo of the notorious “Maine Mutant”, during the initial media frenzy that followed its discovery, I knew at once that it was some type of canid, but the photo was shot in such a way and at such an angle that the face was foreshortened and its appearance distorted. It was hard to see whether it was a stray dog or some sort of hybrid. But after seeing the full-body photos, it was pathetically obvious that the poor thing was not a Mutant at all, but a badly neglected mixed breed Chow dog.

What I found fascinating was the media sensationalism, and subsequent worldwide debate, that surrounded this very ordinary incident. Who would have thought that one forlorn little roadkilled dog could be immortalized in such a way?

I’m not complaining though, because that is how I first found Cryptomundo :).

By: Speckie

Speckie — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:54:52 +0000

I enjoyed the documentary as well, but fell asleep just before the end. Did the DNA test come back?

By: hobgoblin

hobgoblin — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:55:03 +0000

Just saw the Mutant Canine doc and thought it was entertaining. Still no word on the DNA though? When I initially saw the pics of the Turner animal, it reminded me immediately of an illustration in Douglas Barlowe’s Guide to Fantasy. It’s a side portrait of the title creature from the 70’s era book/film “Wolfen”. Again, pure fantasy, but the face is uncannily similar. Check it out if you get a chance.

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:03:13 +0000

Curious86- What, you’ve never seen a pug or English bulldog? You can really say there is no way a dog can have a muzzle that short? I beg to differ.

By: curious86

curious86 — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:15:24 +0000

you’re wrong cryptidsrus, that’s not a dead dog; its in the muzzle man! The muzzle is too damn small for any known dog, wild or tamed. I don’t care how many breeds you need to mix into a dog, you can even cross it with a Wolverine, you can’t produce an animal with that short a snout. And trust me, I’ve seen a lot of dead dog carcasses, you can’t chalk it up to bloating or something. I saw that photo tonight on the show and noticed instantly that peculiarity; this is no ordinary animal.

By: redneck rick

redneck rick — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:55:32 +0000

Love the show, big fan of anything crypto, but I am objective. I grew up in the country in Arkansas and I have seen what a pack of coyoties can do to a calf and seen what they can do when they get in the chicken house or the hog pen and it aint pretty. And as soon as a human shows up they are out of here. So when they say mutant I think feral dogs or wild animal or even a hybrid of the two. But I am a crypto nerd so I keep watching the shows and when I go hunting I keep an eye out for anything moving in the brush. These days I shoot my camara more then my gun so who Knows, I might get lucky and catch somthing on film (digital) some day. Again, love the show.

By: kittenz

kittenz — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:50:08 +0000

The published descriptions that I have seen, of the mystery predator in Maine, sound a lot like descriptions of a lynx.

By: troll

troll — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:32:29 +0000

Yep, according to my friend Kim Del Rio, who was interviewed for the show, and The Monsterquest website the following episode will air on Janurary 16th.

American Werewolf - Eyewitnesses in Wisconsin and Michigan report seeing a tall hairy man - beast some describe as a dogman…a centuries old legend based on myth, not a real animal. But what are they seeing? MonsterQuest will deploy professional hunters and trackers in an area with recent sightings, armed with a tranquilizer gun. And for the first time eyewitness accounts will be put to the test, using polygraphs and hypnosis&the results will astonish.

By: ammoniad

ammoniad — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:11:43 +0000

Hey Loren, is it true Monster Quest is going to do a program about the Werewolf sightings in Wisconson?

By: cryptidsrus

cryptidsrus — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:30:36 +0000

For ONE moment, I actually thought it resembled some of the more famous “phantom dogs” of America.