Androscoggin County Creeper Found Dead; Source of "Horrible Stench" Extinguished—"Hybrid Mutant" Looks Mysteriously Like Dog

Why does cryptozoology have an eccentric reputation? See this story, with accompanying photographic evidence, of what is supposed to be a mysterious, "evil, evil" beast that has terrorized the people of Maine for 15 years. Certainly, we should all reserve judgement until the DNA evidence is in, or until a visitor from the future returns to retrieve the vulture-cleaned bones of the monster it accidentally left behind in our primitive era, but it certainly looks like a dog to me.