Comments on: “Mutant Canines” on MonsterQuest

By: Robtastic1

Robtastic1 — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:36:25 +0000

I’m liking monster quest a lot better than the josh gates show…His show seems way too scripted.

By: cryptidsrus

cryptidsrus — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:29:14 +0000

I wish that the DNA would not have decayed. It would have been wonderful to determine at least whether the dog was a hybrid or not.

Oh, well…..

I disagree with you, Emonix, that the “eagle” part of the episode was great. To my mind, It was shameful manipulation of people’s expectations—a form of “padding” to keep people interested. I can understand the reasons behind it, but it is still wrong to me.

As usual, you rocked, Loren!!!

By: Rangoon

Rangoon — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:46:41 +0000

An interesting point to those that think like myself that the “Turner beast” was a hybrid wolf dog, that the show fails to mention, is that there is a wolf/dog sanctuary not that far away in Chattam.

Loki wolf sanctuary has roughly 95 animals, some of which are full wolves and the majority which are hybrids. They do escape from time to time as the operator will admit.

By: Saint Vitus

Saint Vitus — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:46:10 +0000

If hybrids are involved, they are probably wolves crossed with some sort of mastiff or Great Dane, that would explain the unusual appearance reported by witnesses. If you cross a wolf and, say, a husky or malamute, the result is not that differnt-looking from a wolf, but if a wolf and a mastiff or similar breed mated, the result would look quite unlike any known wild canid.

By: Uriah

Uriah — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:26:40 +0000

I really enjoyed this show, and the previous ones I’ve managed to catch, but let’s be honest it done a little hokey. it’s produced, with the camera cut scenes of scientists working and the suspenseful music, in a way that borders on sensationalism and definitely comes off campy.

That being said I love it, it’s one of my favorite shows.

About this particular episide though, I was glad they mentioned hybridization, but I don’t think they delved into it enough. Whatever people are seeing is probably not one single mystery animal, it is something different and unique in each of the areas where these sightings are taking place. We have no knowledge how a feral dogds will interact and interbreed with existing canid populations, nor what would come of that intermixing.
It stands to reason that if a domesticated dogs went wild, the larger dogs would fare the best. Anything small would be prey. So if there is an emerging new species (or breed) from this feral intermixing it further stands to reason that they would show an increase in size.

By: Saint Vitus

Saint Vitus — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:19:23 +0000

I think the series is great, but the way they discussed the Maine “mutant” was a bit sensationalistic. They didn’t reveal that it was really just a dog until the very end of the show, but I guess they felt they had to do that to keep people watching. I had never heard the theory that the thing might actually be a Dire Wolf. I wouldn’t have believed that for a second about the Maine mutant, but I supposethere is a slight chance that these other sightings could be Dire Wolves. After all, the Dire wolf died out only 10,000 years ago, that’s practically yesterday! Is it known whether they hunted in packs? All these sightings have been of lone animals, if I remember correctly.

By: mitchigan

mitchigan — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:38:16 +0000

Nice to see you on the tube Loren. Stranger than mutant canines, I thought it was stranger that all the witnesses were named Leo.

By: Emonix

Emonix — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:56:12 +0000

Saw the episode and loved it. Love the suspense when the camera reveals that there is a “beast” behind the horse carcass and later revealed that it is (or might) be a….

By: sasquatch

sasquatch — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:04:09 +0000

underwhelming….woof.

By: gridbug

gridbug — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 03:58:33 +0000

Just finished watching the Mutant Canines episode… while not the most “sensational” program I’ve seen, it had two awesome things going for it; welcomed appearances by Loren Coleman AND the Amazing Mohawk DNA Scientist Guy!

I think it’s safe to say that “MonsterQuest” is easily on par with the classic “In Search Of…” program as top notch crypto TV.

Well done, everyone!