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Mystery Creature terrorizes neighborhood
MYSTERIOUS CREATURE TERRORIZES MEMPHIS NEIGHBORHOOD
Posted Oct 24.03
Original headline: Mysterious creature terrorizes neighbors
In a neighborhood of area off South Cooper, residents say a mysterious creature on the prowl
has grown larger, more violent and they're afraid its closing in on them.
"We are scared to come out at night." say Helyn Williams.
In the past few months, cats and all our dogs have been disappearing. Workers from the
Shelby County Environmental Office didn't find anything when they combed the area
Wednesday afternoon. But Helyn Williams knows something dangerous is out there, because
she videotaped dead animals found mutilated along the railroad tracks.
No one has ever seen the creature but many have heard it.
"Its real loud I mean it makes a ringing in your ear and it shakes the whole brick house." said
Lori Armour. Could it be the sounds from a nearby factory, or the squeal of brakes on the train
tracks? Wildlife officer Andy Tweed says the most likely culprit is a coyote.
"Apparently it just looks like a coyote problem right now it may be something larger than that
but we haven't found evidence it." But neighbors feel certain its much larger and more fierce.
Many of them have installed fences and some have even mounted outdoor cameras that they
can monitor from inside. "If it can catch a cat I know its big and fast and the footprints are real
big." says Armour. Ernestine Smith worries that the humans will be the next victims.
"I think whatever it is, if it gets any larger it will probably start eating people." Whatever it is,
everyone wants it captured before that happens. On Friday morning the city plans to chop
down some of the thick brush.
They think it will force the animal to go elsewhere, but neighbors say they want it caught so
that it doesn't move on and endanger others.
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