Maine Mystery Beast
Paul Szauter (2006)

Acrylic on cloth
Approximate dimensions 52" x 28"

Residents of Lewiston, Maine, tell tales of a foul-smelling, evil-looking creature with glowing red eyes that haunts the Maine woods, preying on cats, dogs, and livestock. In August 2006, a Maine resident found a strange animal dead by the side of the road, about a week after she saw it in her yard. Subsequent DNA testing proved it to be a dog, but the Maine Mystery Beast legend is larger than one mistaken sighting. Here is the legend in all its glory!

See the photos that sold out the newspapers in Lewiston! Read the story here!

Read the touching story of how this banner found a loving, understanding home on Nobody's Business and Boing Boing.