Ktci-awa
By: Nikko Lee
Death had three causes according to game warden Diane Pinchino: natural forces, human stupidity or human cruelty. She’d seen her share of heart attacks while cross-country skiing at midnight under the full moon, over-ambitious fallen hikers, and accidentally-on-purpose hunting accidents. But this was her first supposed mauling.
The call came into the warden service just after noon, when a couple of surveyors from Echo Lake Development came across an arm, then a leg. After the rash of missing and dismembered pets in the fall, the small year-round community of Monhegan off the coast of Maine was already on the lookout for a predator that wasn’t indigenous to the island. The last thing Diane wanted was to add a human being to the list of casualties.
“It’s got to be
