The Girt Dog of Ennerdale

[My Good Babushka]

In 1810, a mysterious creature began killing sheep in northern England. It was killing eight sheep a night and eluding all traps until finally the creature was shot near the Ehen River. It had taken over 300 sheep. The carcass of the predator was 112 lbs. It was stuffed and set up in a museum in Keswick, then then it was lost. They named it the Girt Dog of Ennerdale. It was described as a tawny dog with tiger stripes. It may have been a now extinct thylacine, native of Tasmania, escaped from a traveling menagerie, but we’ll never know.

[pangaia]

1. Thanks for the post.

It sure beats politics.

[Enthusiast]

2. Had to be a Tasmanian Wolf/Tiger.

[aidbo]

3. I was thinking the same

[Enthusiast]

4. An amazing example of convergent evolution.

[Quantess]

5. The poor animal was lucky to have escaped from the circus.

I can't imagine he'd be used in the petting zoo.