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MonsterQuest: Mutant Canines

Mutant Canines "Dog Killers"

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BEHAVIOR

These elusive creatures are thought to lurk in the woods and have reportedly attacked and killed pet dogs and other animals.

WHEREABOUTS

These mangy beasts have allegedly been sighted across the United States, although the bulk of the reports have come out of Maine and Minnesota.

VITAL STATS

Eyewitness accounts often describe mutant canines as furry and wolf-like. Some reports detail a beast weighing an estimated 120 pounds, with a flat snout, broad hunched shoulders, short mangled ears and a bushy tail.

RELATIVES

Gray wolf or timber wolf, wolverine, hyena

HISTORY

For centuries, eyewitnesses in Maine have reported spotting mutant canines. One theory holds that these creatures are surviving Dire wolves, a carnivorous mammal thought to have died out 10,000 years ago.

MOST RECENT SIGHTING

In 2006, a mysterious canine-like creature was found dead alongside a road in Turner, Maine. Some residents believed it was the same wild-eyed, screaming-in-the night creature who had allegedly been terrorizing and killing domestic animals in the region for years. DNA testing later revealed the beast to be a wolf-dog hybrid.