You need a place to hide, if you’re gonna see this.
This is the creature King Ryons and Cavall encountered on the plains in The Thunder King (No. 3 in the Bell Mountain series). No one had ever seen one before, and lived to tell about it. Ryons called it the Death Dog.
The video is from Tim Haines’ TV special, Walking With Prehistoric Beasts. He re-created the extinct Hyaenodon as a super-predator, and inspired this scene in my book.
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I think I’m glad that those guys are extinct.
There might still be some in Detroit.
I think if I was ever attacked by one of these Death Dogs, I would try to slug it in the throat. If I was attacked by a pack of them, I would ask Jesus to receive my spirit.
It only takes one. These critters were truly bad news.