Creature killed dogs

[sebastian]

Here's the news:
"Mystery beast blamed for killing 3 dogs
Last Updated: Thursday, August 10, 2006 | 4:26 PM CT
CBC News
People on a northern Manitoba reserve are avoiding a lake after three sled dogs were gutted amid reports that a strange creature is on the loose.

Chief Joe Dantouze of the Northlands First Nation in Lac Brochet said Thursday that he had never seen an animal kill in the manner that befell the dogs.

The dogs were found gutted on a island in nearby Reindeer Lake on Sunday morning and another four dogs have gone missing.

Manitoba conservation officials have been looking into the matter and have taken the bodies of the dead dogs for analysis.

Dantouze said some people claimed to have spotted a mysterious creature on the lake, but didn't give a description.

"There were signs that people had seen something out on the lake but they don't know what type of animal it would be," Dantouze said.

People believe the mysterious creature killed the dogs, he said.

"They're afraid right now. People are afraid to go out on the lake, like for fishing, and to use the beaches around the lake.

"And I think, who wouldn't be if something like this would happen to another lake? I think people would be scared and I think that's how it is right now."

Dantouze said the band has advised people to stay away from the lake for the time being."

[Gerry]

Why don't they think there was a human element at work?

[sebastian]

That will depend on if those dogs were gutted by knife or by teeth.

[Sean V.]

When I first read this, my initial thought was "Wolverine", but I could be wrong. (Have been before & will again, no doubt.)

I wonder if there will be anything else on this. Perhaps I should contact the RCMP or Forestry detachment there and see if there any updates on the situation.

[Deleted]

Howdy,

Nice forum .. sophisticated texting options .. I'm suitably impressed

Might I draw your attention to there existing certain similarities between what has reported in Manitoba (as detailed above) and what has been referred to as The Beast of Bolivia. (Bolivia, North Carolina). In a nutshell, homeowners were finding their sizeable pitbull terriers dead at the end of their leads typically with crush wounds to the head and neck regions. One particularly disturbing development was as follows .. the homeowner returned home to find the beloved massive pit bull dead at the end of their lead. The homeowner, unsure what to make of it .. transported the carcass to an adjacent field and buried the unfortunate animal. The following day the owner again returns home .. only to find the remains having been exhumed and returned to where they had originally been discovered (at the end of the yard-lead). I know if I came home to this sort of super-high strangeness .. you would soon see a large For Sale sign on my front lawn (Priced to Move!)

Killing for the 'pleasure' of killing.

Part 1 of 5 (Monsterquest Vampire Beast)

[vilnoori]

This sounds like a big cat. Cougars hate dogs. They prey on goat-sized animals, biting the neck. Some will stalk humans if hungry and desperate enough. If they are coming close to population areas it is because something is wrong and they have become desperate--missing teeth, old, young and inexperienced, or whatever. And they hunt mainly at night. Cats will kill just for the pleasure of it, too. And a cat will cache it's prey. Maybe it came back to it's cache and found it had been buried elsewhere, and dragged it back to it's original spot. They're right to be cautious.