Elmendorf Beast - Lufkin Animal

smadewell · Post by **smadewell** » 10-26-2004 09:24 PM

I've turned this infamous beastie into a heraldic creature and named it the Womac. I look forward to your critique and comments....

Laird · Post by **Laird** » 10-26-2004 11:16 PM

LOL ... just finished watching Dr. Seuss's biography on PBS.org
so this seems totally and completely appropriate.

smadewell · Post by **smadewell** » 10-27-2004 01:23 PM

Laird wrote: LOL ... just finished watching Dr. Seuss's biography on PBS.org
so this seems totally and completely appropriate.

Cryptozoologic creatures tend to fire the imagination of the popular culture, not unlike the strange beasts we find in heraldry, which probably have some basis in real life sightings of unknown and/or unidentified animals and the exaggerated reports and fanciful yarns spun about them.

So, in light of that, I have no problems introducing the Womac into the encyclopedia of heraldic creatures.

More than a few folks think this creature is the infamous Chupacabra (Goat-sucker) that's been blamed for animal deaths in places like Puerto Rico, Mexico, Florida (USA) and now the Great State of (Shoot First! Ask Questions Later!) Texas. Reports on and renderings of the Chupacabra can be found:

http://www.parascope.com/en/1096/chupa/chupa.htm

You might remember the mystery creature that was sited in Baltimore County, Maryland:

http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/3545312/detail.html

This beast was being called a Hyote by locals, because it looked like a cross between a Hyena and a Coyote. Turns out is was nothing more than a fox with sarcoptic mange:

http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/3604238/detail.html

I suspect the Pollok and Elmendorf beasts are probably just Coyotes or Coyotes with birth defects or perhaps a Coyote crossed with a Peruvian Hairless Dog and/or a Mexican Hairless Dog (Xoloitzquintle).

Either way, ... these animals obviously suffered from sarcoptic mange, if not some type of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) and/or some type of infectious and/or parasitic disease(s).

The image below shows the Elmendorf Beast, the Pollok Beast and finally a Coyote with mange.

Anyway, ... here's the latest updated on the "investigation" from Linda Moulton Howe:

http://www.earthfiles.com/news/news.cfm ... vironment.

Devastated · Post by **Devastated** » 10-28-2004 06:34 AM

It is a Mexican hairless Xoloitzcuintle dog (recognized by many kennel clubs throughout the word) with larger than usual teeth, and a bit genetically the worse for wear. But that's exactly what it is. End of fake friggin' argument.

SvladCjelli · Post by **SvladCjelli** » 10-28-2004 09:39 AM

I don't agree necessarily until DNA tests are done. However, I do not think it is a chupacabra (drop it george!!! not every animal with teeth is a chupacabra).

Devastated · Post by **Devastated** » 10-29-2004 06:41 AM

Whit said the DNA was canine. Doesn't make it a dog, but sure eliminates most of the competition.

snowbird · Post by **snowbird** » 10-29-2004 10:20 AM

But how do you explain the wonky teeth? Do you think that Whitley was right in theorizing experimentation?

snowbird

Devastated · Post by **Devastated** » 10-30-2004 06:46 AM

Could be a mutation. The teeth, that is.

The animal is definitely a Xoloitzcuintle.

Yes, Whit's experimentation thing could be an idea.

There is also an animal like this in Aztec mythology, nowadays widely represented in Oaxacan rugs.

snowbird · Post by **snowbird** » 11-01-2004 09:29 AM

I did a search for the "Xolo" and saw that it was a fairly streamline animal, including the snout. Quite nice, actually but the sunny, dry weather must be hell on its skin... definitely not a norther dog like my Siberian...

snowbird

Devastated · Post by **Devastated** » 11-02-2004 07:33 AM

I was at a major dog show this last weekend and had a chance to touch some Xolos. They are much tamer looking than these photos, I have to admit. The photos look like a Xolo/hyena cross. But I have a Oaxacan rug with the exact same animal as in the photos. It's an old theme here in Mexico, new perhaps in Elmendorf. The Xolo owners had not heard of the Elmendorf beast, BTW.

smadewell · Post by **smadewell** » 11-15-2004 05:17 PM

Devastated wrote: I was at a major dog show this last weekend and had a chance to touch some Xolos. They are much tamer looking than these photos, I have to admit. The photos look like a Xolo/hyena cross. But I have a Oaxacan rug with the exact same animal as in the photos. It's an old theme here in Mexico, new perhaps in Elmendorf. The Xolo owners had not heard of the Elmendorf beast, BTW.

I'd like to see a pic of that!

smadewell · Post by **smadewell** » 11-15-2004 05:29 PM

Here's my final version of the beastie in all its heraldic glory!

http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~h ... _sbmd.html

I've given this beast a heraldic name - Womacanally, instead of calling it a Chupacabra. I've named it a Womacanally for the animal shot and killed by Devin MacNally in Elmendorf, Texas, and the animal shot and killed at the Womack home in Pollok, Texas.

Not sure that anyone will ever use this beast as part of their coat of arms, but ... you never know. I think it'll be used in heraldry about as much as the Bonacon.

Wondering if I ought to send this rendering to C2C. I've seen sillier submissions.... Hmmm....

Devastated · Post by **Devastated** » 11-16-2004 07:20 AM

smade, I'll post a photo of the rug the next time I'm near it.

smadewell · Post by **smadewell** » 11-17-2004 07:38 AM

Devastated wrote: smade, I'll post a photo of the rug the next time I'm near it.

Kewl! I'd appreciate that! Thanks!

cherry · Post by **cherry** » 11-22-2004 11:57 PM

The Elmendorf Beast looks like a cross between
a wilderness African dog and hyena.

Maybe it is a clone.