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Some of the legends and folklore intrigue me. You always wonder what the inspiration was. I'm curious to know what dna testing shows about this animal.
Strangely in the upper midwest, (mostly WI, MI areas), there have been sightings of dogs/wolfs walking around on 2 legs going back to the late 1800s, Many of the encounters describe behavior and features just like you would see from a werewolf in the movies.
Linda Godfrey has been studying and following these things for years, some of her stories are crazy.
I believe there are many strange things out there, that most of us have no idea about.
I saw this on the Coast to Coast website and immediately thought of the novel I read many years ago --Midnight by Dean Koontz. Anyone else read it? I think it might be time to reread Midnight, one of the best fiction books I've ever read. Watchers was another great one by Koontz, even better than Midnight.
I'm sure with some DNA testing they can determine the nature of this wolf dog. It's too bad it got shot doing what it does naturally.
It's obviously a canine. Perhaps a dog - what, no one has noticed that dogs have spectacularly varied morphologies? - or perhaps a dog/wolf hybrid, if one wants to insist that dogs and wolves are different species (biologically, they're not). Perhaps it's part coyote, which also hybridize with both wolves and dogs.
Oh, about about that breathless "We have no idea what it is!" nonsense? Let's see what Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has to say about that:
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Here’s what is not in question: The animal came within several hundred yards of the rancher’s
livestock. He shot it and reported it as required by law. The animal was a young, non-lactating female
and a canid, a member of the dog family, which includes dogs, foxes, coyotes and wolves.
I saw this on the Coast to Coast website and immediately thought of the novel I read many years ago --Midnight by Dean Koontz. Anyone else read it? I think it might be time to reread Midnight, one of the best fiction books I've ever read. Watchers was another great one by Koontz, even better than Midnight..
We have coyotes in my area and they sometimes attack cats. But livestock? Seems it would be difficult for a coyote to take down a horse or a cow.
A pack of coyotes will nip at the tender back tendons, taking turns running until the horse/cow/deer or whatever trips. Then the whole pack is on them. Yes, it happens.
Or a wolf/coyote. That's happening more and more, apparently.
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