A review of the MonsterQuest episode "Vampire Beast"
This episode of "MonsterQuest" takes us to North Carolina and a small farming community actually named Bolivia. Sturdy guard dogs in the village have been killed by a mysterious creature, known in local folklore as the Beast of Bladenboro or the Vampire Beast. Apart from Bolivia, the bizarre creature (which looks like a dog but sounds like a tiger) has struck in Lexington, Greensboro and Bladenboro.
"MonsterQuest" eventually reaches the conclusion that the killer is a stray cougar, an animal not normally found in the Tar Heel State.
Maybe. And then, maybe not. Apparently, it's a common trait of a certain kind of ghosts to look like a cross between a black dog and a (big) black cat. The Vampire Beast doesn't seem to kill for food, but for sport. Also, one of the eye-witness episodes sound ghostly: in the dead of night, the creature supposedly exhumed the dead body of a dog, and brought it back to exact spot of the killing! Typical cougar behaviour? I don't think so, Mr. Hajicek. THE VAMPIRE BEAST WILL STRIKE AGAIN.
Addendum 23/11 2012. According to "Varmints" by Chad Arment, a mysterious carnivore sometimes described as dog-like, sometimes as feline, has been stalking North Carolina ever since the 1890's. It used to be called the Santer. Obviously, the Beast of Bladenboro and the more recent Vampire Beast are modern variations of *this* creature, the identity of which remains unknown. How many stray cougars can there possibly *be* in NC? And yes, the Santer also had a penchant for attacking sturdy dogs...
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