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See my September 2, 2006, update on this story, at “Gone Where The Goblins Go”.

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The Lewiston, Maine, Sun Journal, in a late online update for September 1, 2006, is reporting that DNA results show that the animal carcass found on the side of Route 4 in Turner, Maine, belonged to a species that is 100% dog, according to HealthGene of Toronto.

Check back tomorrow for more details from Mark LaFlamme’s discussion and my thoughts on the matter.

Here I am with the carcass of the beast, a wee dog that grew to be a Maine Mutant Monster. Sun Journal photograph by Douglas Van Reeth. Used by permission. Click to enlarge.