Torstar News Services report:
'A snaggle-toothed, furry creature with a bald face and a rat’s tail
has mystified natives in northern Ontario, but they have a name and a
history for it. “The elders used to see it a long time ago,” the manager of Sam’s Store in Big Trout Lake said on Friday. “No one has seen one for 40 years or so. The elders have a word for it: omajinaakoos. In English, it means ‘the ugly one’.” Two Health Canada nurses training at the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Band reserve south of Hudson’s Bay said
their dog Sam hauled out the 30-centimetre creature it found in early
May floating face down near the causeway on the reserve, band spokesman
Darryl Sainnawap said. “It looks like a mixed breed of an otter and a beaver,” he said. “We’re just as curious as everyone to find out what it is.” What do you think? Otter? Baby bear? Beaver? Something more mysterious?
I found a site with more pictures and if you can figure out what it is, please tell us.
http://fishki.net/comment.php?id=69962
Posted by: JAFO | May 25, 2010 at 11:08 PM
ITS LOOKS LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN THE FINANCE MINISTER AND A WILD BORE.
Posted by: TED | May 24, 2010 at 04:03 PM
Why doesn't someone just do some genetic/dna testing to prove what it is without a doubt?
Posted by: Adriana | May 24, 2010 at 01:58 PM
Looks like a model. Something put together. Good job on wasting the public's time on the net. You wasted mind. Good picture, how did you do it. It's art....
Posted by: Bill Small | May 23, 2010 at 10:26 AM
Sigh...
Do some research, it's an otter!
Posted by: Mike Brown | May 23, 2010 at 09:56 AM
I have to agree with Tom
Posted by: Kathy hagan | May 22, 2010 at 02:56 PM
When politicians look at auditor sheila frazer thats what they see.
Posted by: ed | May 22, 2010 at 10:45 AM
My first thought was a deformed wild Boar.
Posted by: Shelly | May 22, 2010 at 07:42 AM
a rare white faced beavotter
Posted by: mike | May 22, 2010 at 06:07 AM
Cool,well seems as the story says,the creature was gone for a bit and now is back,i just wounder if the dinosaur will make a comeback.YEOWWW
Posted by: Steven Sheen | May 22, 2010 at 01:35 AM
It looks like a Fisher or Martin that has been waterlogged and lost the hair on its face and extremities.
Posted by: Sarah | May 21, 2010 at 10:50 PM
Looks like a Muskrat to me.
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http://www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=232
Posted by: Markalanwhittle | May 21, 2010 at 09:05 PM
Looks like another 'photoshopped' image to me...
Posted by: Peter Michael | May 21, 2010 at 05:06 PM
A member of council
Posted by: Tom Robertson | May 21, 2010 at 03:43 PM