TURNER BEAST

Around 2006, a strange doglike creature was reported in Androscoggin County, Maine.  It stared with its blue eyes at people.  Then it or something like it was killed by a car. at Turner. There was considerable doubt expressed as to what it actually was.  DNA analysis said it was some kind of dog.  However, doubt was expressed.  It had five toes, which dogs are not supposed to have.

It was variously suggested that it was a hyena, a wolverine or a fisher (by which I mean the animal so-called, not a hapless passing angler). 

My own guess, for what it's worth, is that it was a dog of some sort, a peculiar crossbreed.  The extra toe might have been a deformity.  Crossbred dogs can take so many forms that it is quite plausible that their doggishness (yes, that is a genuine word) may not always be recognized easily.