a Monster in Maine, a Beast in le Gevaudan

Mysterious animal found dead in Maine. people are claiming it is the legendary creature that has been terrorizing housepets and various other fauna in the area for the last 15 years. Experts don't really know what it is; one of the more reasonable theories is that it is some kind of rare breed of wolf/wild dog hybrid. Makes sense to me. here is another look:

Apparently, this thing was hit by a car while chasing a cat. If this is the creature of Maine legend, it is also rumored to have gone up against dobermans and rottwielers and come out on top. there have been various recorded sightings of the monster, a few of them describing how demonic and frightening the creature was to encounter. It took a few minutes but then I realized that the above image was reminding me of this next one:

This is a bad copy of a drawing of the Beast of le Gevaudan, a legendary wolf-like creature that plagued the 16th century French town from which the creature got its namesake. if you flip the picture vertically and then horizontally, you'll see what i mean. here is another depiction of the Beast of le Gevaudan:
you can't really tell from this reproduction of the picture, but the beast is standing amidst human body parts which put its scale just between enormous and elephantine. aside from the size exaggeration, it looks very much like the Mystery Beast of Maine. (key: look at the tail, and the shape of the head.)
of course these aren't anatomically perfect drawings -- their proportions are a little bit distorted -- but they do contain elements that are rather similar to the photographs above.

conclusion: maybe there is more to the creatures of legend than we previously thought.