1 00:00:02,559 --> 00:00:05,500 Hello and welcome to the program UFO Warning. In 2 00:00:05,500 --> 00:00:08,119 this episode we're talking about the Michigan Dog Man. 3 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:10,120 That's correct, the Michigan Dog 4 00:00:10,120 --> 00:00:12,280 Man. Now I know that might sound a 5 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:15,840 little bit off the beaten track from UFOs, but I 6 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:19,720 really enjoy these cryptid subjects, whether it's the 7 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:23,920 Michigan Dog Man, Bigfoot, these various non -human 8 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:28,140 entities, these large black wolves, these black panthers 9 00:00:28,140 --> 00:00:30,100 that are in places that shouldn't be at. To 10 00:00:30,100 --> 00:00:34,080 me it all ties in together in this UFO phenomena and 11 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:36,700 we're just trying to figure out how this fabric is 12 00:00:36,700 --> 00:00:39,180 weaved. Now this first article gives us 13 00:00:39,180 --> 00:00:41,980 a little background. This is from wikipedia .org, the 14 00:00:41,980 --> 00:00:44,420 site we all love and sometimes hate. It 15 00:00:44,420 --> 00:00:47,460 says, in folklore the Michigan Dog Man was a 16 00:00:47,460 --> 00:00:51,680 creature allegedly witnessed in 1887 in Wexford County, 17 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:54,780 Michigan, United States. It was described as a seven 18 00:00:54,780 --> 00:00:58,700 -foot -tall blue -eyed or amber -eyed bipedal canine 19 00:00:58,700 --> 00:01:02,060 -like animal with a torso of a man and a fearsome 20 00:01:02,060 --> 00:01:04,879 howl that sounds like a human scream. According 21 00:01:04,879 --> 00:01:07,780 to legends, the Michigan Dog Man appears in a ten 22 00:01:07,780 --> 00:01:10,260 -year cycle that falls on years ending at seven. 23 00:01:10,740 --> 00:01:11,920 Sightings have been reported in 24 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:14,460 several locations throughout Michigan, primarily in the 25 00:01:14,460 --> 00:01:17,880 northwestern quadrant of the lower peninsula. So 26 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:20,640 if you look at Michigan on a map, of course, it kind 27 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:22,160 of looks like a giant mitten there with the thumb 28 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:23,460 pointing to the right. That's 29 00:01:23,460 --> 00:01:25,680 the lower peninsula and then those two peninsula 30 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:26,920 darting off the top there. That 31 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:28,980 would be the upper peninsula. This 32 00:01:28,980 --> 00:01:31,540 creature was unknown to most of the modern world 33 00:01:31,540 --> 00:01:33,700 until very late in the 20th century. It 34 00:01:33,700 --> 00:01:36,360 is said to have been stalking the area around 35 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:40,580 the Manisley River since the days when the Ottawa 36 00:01:40,580 --> 00:01:43,560 tribes lived there. Original sources for alleged 37 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:46,540 sightings made prior to 1987. However, 38 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:49,160 have not been documented beyond Steve Cook's song 39 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:52,380 discussed below. The first alleged encounter of 40 00:01:52,380 --> 00:01:55,440 the Michigan Dog Man occurred in 1887 in Luxford 41 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:58,200 County when two lumberjacks saw a creature which they 42 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:01,160 described as having a man's body and a dog's head. In 43 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:04,460 1937, a Paris Michigan Robert Fortney was attacked 44 00:02:04,460 --> 00:02:07,620 by five wild dogs and said that one of the five 45 00:02:07,620 --> 00:02:11,200 walked on two legs. Reports of similar creatures also 46 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:15,320 came from Alligan County in the 1950s and in Manisley 47 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:18,720 and Cross Village in 1967. Linda 48 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:21,100 Godfrey in her book, The Beast of Bray Road, 49 00:02:21,340 --> 00:02:23,300 compares the Manisley sightings to a similar 50 00:02:23,300 --> 00:02:25,720 creature sighted in Wisconsin known as the 51 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:30,180 Beast of Bray Road. It goes on to say that the 52 00:02:30,180 --> 00:02:34,520 Cook song in 1987, this chalky Steve Cook at WTCM 53 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:37,320 FM in Traverse City, Michigan recorded a song 54 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:40,280 titled The Legend which he initially played as an 55 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:43,420 April Fool's Day joke. He based the song on myths 56 00:02:43,420 --> 00:02:45,960 and legends from around North America and had never 57 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:49,000 heard of an actual Michigan Dog Man at the time of 58 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:50,780 recording. I made it up completely from 59 00:02:50,780 --> 00:02:53,140 my own imagination as an April Fool's prank for the 60 00:02:53,140 --> 00:02:56,560 radio and stumbled my way to a legend that goes back 61 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:00,020 all the way to the Native American times. Quote 62 00:03:00,020 --> 00:03:04,260 Steve Cook sceptoid .com, wag the dog man. Cook 63 00:03:04,260 --> 00:03:07,360 maintains his skepticism about the possibility of a 64 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:10,060 real dog man and he had this to say about the 65 00:03:10,060 --> 00:03:11,780 matter. I m tremendously skeptical 66 00:03:11,780 --> 00:03:14,520 because I ve sort of seen the way folklore becomes 67 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:17,200 built from the creation of the song to what it s 68 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:19,800 turned into but I do believe people who think 69 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:22,600 they saw something really did see something. I 70 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,000 also think the dog man provides them with an 71 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,540 avenue to explain what they couldn t explain for 72 00:03:27,540 --> 00:03:29,700 themselves. Some people think that well the 73 00:03:29,700 --> 00:03:31,720 idea of this whole dog man thing came out of this 74 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:34,360 silly song written. A lot of people though say 75 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:36,600 look this thing s been around for a long time and 76 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:38,660 this guy says he s never heard of it. Whatever 77 00:03:39,300 --> 00:03:43,440 that doesn t preclude us having seen what we ve 78 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:45,260 seen especially when you re talking about accounts going 79 00:03:45,260 --> 00:03:48,020 back to 1887. So that s a little bit of 80 00:03:48,020 --> 00:03:50,340 the background and now I want to take a look at 81 00:03:50,340 --> 00:03:53,640 this original newspaper article. So 82 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:56,980 this article is from the Times Herald Port here on 83 00:03:56,980 --> 00:03:59,900 Michigan. It says July 23rd, Thursday, 84 00:03:59,908 --> 00:04:04,740 1987 written by Jim Minkeralal, Associated Press 85 00:04:04,740 --> 00:04:07,120 reporter. Title, Interest in Legend Grows 86 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:10,780 After Dog Man Attacks. And then the headline says in 87 00:04:10,780 --> 00:04:14,300 this decade called the 80s, the 7th year is here and 88 00:04:14,300 --> 00:04:16,800 somewhere in the Northwood s darkness a creature walks 89 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,180 upright and best advice you ever get is don t go out 90 00:04:20,180 --> 00:04:22,580 at night, Steve Cook, the legend. Now 91 00:04:22,588 --> 00:04:26,460 the date liner says Luther, an animal attack on a 92 00:04:26,460 --> 00:04:28,980 cabin in the northern Michigan village of Luther, 93 00:04:29,460 --> 00:04:32,180 has sparked the imaginations of people from Lake County 94 00:04:32,180 --> 00:04:35,440 to Travis City with tales of a half man, half dog 95 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:37,460 creature looking in the woods. Some 96 00:04:37,460 --> 00:04:39,780 people think maybe it s true and Anne Cavender, 97 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:42,540 Bartender, Joyce S. Tavern and Luther were the main 98 00:04:42,540 --> 00:04:44,800 topic of the conversation in recent days has been 99 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:48,280 the mysterious attack on a cabin outside of town. Now 100 00:04:48,280 --> 00:04:50,920 you got to wonder could that be a black bear? It 101 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:53,020 says you have a lot of people who are superstitious 102 00:04:53,020 --> 00:04:55,980 and your mind can work strange ways on you. The 103 00:04:55,980 --> 00:04:58,840 incident created rumors of a wild dog man stems from 104 00:04:58,840 --> 00:05:01,960 an animal attack on a cabin near Luther. Recently 105 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:05,180 DNR officers from the Baldwin Field Office 106 00:05:05,180 --> 00:05:07,680 inspected the cabin and said there was considerable 107 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:10,320 damage to the screen and molding around a door and 108 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:12,760 window. An animal had ripped into the 109 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:15,960 screen and molding and both apparently trying to get 110 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:18,820 into the cabin. When the cabin owners called the 111 00:05:18,820 --> 00:05:20,900 DNR they initially thought it might be a bear attack 112 00:05:20,900 --> 00:05:24,040 but officers determined the damage had been done by a 113 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:26,720 dog. There were dog tracks around the 114 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:29,040 cabin, paw prints on the window and marks of a dog 115 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:32,200 s teeth on the molding the dog was never found. The 116 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:35,080 incident was minor but when word of the attack leaked 117 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:38,060 out last week it spread rumors that have spread 118 00:05:38,060 --> 00:05:40,100 throughout northern Michigan. The 119 00:05:40,100 --> 00:05:43,200 attack coincides with a prophecy made in a song 120 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:46,000 that has been very popular in the counties between 121 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,040 Baldwin and Travis City. The 122 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:50,640 song called The Legend tells of a mythical dog 123 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:53,100 man that appears during the 7th year of every decade. 124 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:56,160 In other words in 1947, 57, 125 00:05:56,560 --> 00:06:00,000 67, 77 and so on the song was written and performed 126 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,840 by a character calling himself Bob Farley. It 127 00:06:02,848 --> 00:06:05,260 is the brainchild of Stephen Cook production 128 00:06:05,260 --> 00:06:08,260 director for the radio station WTCM in Travis 129 00:06:08,260 --> 00:06:10,840 City. This spring Cook wrote the music 130 00:06:10,840 --> 00:06:13,900 and lyrics as a promotional gimmick for the country in 131 00:06:13,900 --> 00:06:17,100 Western station that can be heard in 26 counties from 132 00:06:17,100 --> 00:06:20,540 Baldwin north to Charlevoix. Cook 133 00:06:20,540 --> 00:06:24,100 28 performed the music and lyrics using his alter ego 134 00:06:24,100 --> 00:06:27,100 Bob Farley, a combination farmer, philosopher and 135 00:06:27,100 --> 00:06:30,000 social critic radio audiences have come to 136 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,440 accept as a real person. Since 137 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:36,160 first played April Fool's Day The Legend has created 138 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:39,560 a stir overnight becoming the nation's most popular 139 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:43,320 song and prompting calls from listeners inquiring 140 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:44,840 whether the tale is true. The 141 00:06:44,840 --> 00:06:47,680 song also prompted downstate residents to call the 142 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:49,760 Travis City Chamber of Commerce to check whether 143 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:51,620 there really is such a creature. The 144 00:06:51,620 --> 00:06:54,600 song itself has a Johnny Cash flavor, chronicling 145 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:57,280 sightings of fictional creatures that resemble dogs 146 00:06:57,280 --> 00:06:59,160 but walk upright like men. The 147 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:01,400 lyrics explain that the creature first appeared in 148 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:04,620 the 1800s terrifying a crew of lumberjacks working near 149 00:07:04,620 --> 00:07:09,380 the Mastie River. In 1897 the song continues a 150 00:07:09,380 --> 00:07:12,200 farmer was found dead with dog tracks around his body. 151 00:07:12,740 --> 00:07:14,600 In 1917 a sheriff in northern 152 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:17,040 Michigan found a team of horses alongside the road. 153 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:18,460 The expression in their dead 154 00:07:18,460 --> 00:07:20,760 eyes suggesting they died of fright. The 155 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:23,580 song tells about Clalmark's seven feet four inches high 156 00:07:23,580 --> 00:07:26,040 on a church store in 1957. A 157 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:28,220 report from a group of hippies staying in the 158 00:07:28,220 --> 00:07:31,800 cabin in 1967 that a dog man was looking in and 159 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:34,260 grinning throughout the window and a report from 160 00:07:34,260 --> 00:07:37,940 the village of Bel Air in 1977 of weird screams from 161 00:07:37,940 --> 00:07:40,400 the woods. According to the song the creature 162 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:43,340 may be one dog man or a whole pack of them. Maybe 163 00:07:43,340 --> 00:07:46,480 it's a whole sub society who knows cook said. Some 164 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:48,580 of the calls that came into the station after the 165 00:07:48,580 --> 00:07:51,980 song was aired were reports of unusual happenings. For 166 00:07:51,980 --> 00:07:54,680 example Robert Fortney of Cadillac said he had a 167 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:57,580 strange thing happen in 1937 the year he graduated 168 00:07:57,580 --> 00:08:01,120 from high school. Fortney now 68 said he was target 169 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:03,620 shooting in the woods behind the fish hatchery in 170 00:08:03,620 --> 00:08:07,360 Paris when he was attacked by five wild dogs. They 171 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:09,660 came out of the woods right at me he said. The 172 00:08:09,660 --> 00:08:12,220 lead dog came right at my throat and had to shoot 173 00:08:12,220 --> 00:08:13,740 him. The rest of them started to 174 00:08:13,740 --> 00:08:16,060 sink away. The last dog to leave was a 175 00:08:16,060 --> 00:08:18,980 giant black animal. Before it left Fortney said it 176 00:08:18,980 --> 00:08:22,400 stood on his hind legs and glared at him. Now 177 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:24,920 that's a weird one. It's almost like we have this 178 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:28,620 light in life imitating art thing going on here with 179 00:08:28,620 --> 00:08:32,200 this song written with these entertaining lyrics 180 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:34,580 and then people coming along and saying yeah well 181 00:08:34,580 --> 00:08:37,080 actually I have had an experience like this almost 182 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:40,039 as if this Steve Cook was channeling something in a 183 00:08:40,039 --> 00:08:41,960 way very weird. Now let's take a look at this 184 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:43,980 next article talking about some experiences people 185 00:08:43,980 --> 00:08:46,980 claimed have had involving this dog man as we look 186 00:08:46,980 --> 00:08:48,920 to decide whether this is just a figment of some 187 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:51,880 songwriter's imagination or a real thing. Now 188 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:54,040 this last article that we're looking at is from 189 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:58,580 listverse .com dated November 10th 2021. It 190 00:08:58,580 --> 00:09:01,800 says by Aaron Fox and then fact checked by Darcy 191 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:05,360 Hinkinen 10 disturbing dog man sightings of the 192 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:08,280 American Midwest. The werewolf is one of the 193 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:11,080 most iconic monsters of history both fictional and 194 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:14,780 historical from the legend of king Lycon to the 195 00:09:14,780 --> 00:09:17,880 leading wolf man in well the wolf man the idea of 196 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:21,720 walking upright half wolf half man has invaded many 197 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:24,840 a fantasy enthusiast imagination. One 198 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:27,000 would be hard pressed to call a werewolf a cryptid 199 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,020 though and that is where our new friend the dog man 200 00:09:29,020 --> 00:09:31,960 steps in also referred to as the michigan dog man 201 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:35,860 the beast of bray road or simply as an upright canid 202 00:09:35,860 --> 00:09:39,580 canid this de factoed modern werewolves have been 203 00:09:39,580 --> 00:09:41,980 spotted from the start of the 20th century through 204 00:09:41,980 --> 00:09:44,460 even to this day most of the sightings have taken 205 00:09:44,460 --> 00:09:47,220 place in the u .s states of michigan and wisconsin 206 00:09:47,220 --> 00:09:50,860 here is a list of 10 modern werewolf sightings in 207 00:09:50,860 --> 00:09:53,960 the areas around lake michigan listed in order 208 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:56,780 from earliest to latest however this list hardly 209 00:09:56,780 --> 00:09:58,960 scratches the fleet bit and surface of these mysterious 210 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:01,480 canine encounters yeah i'm not sure i'd call this 211 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:03,660 thing a werewolf actually to me this is a simple 212 00:10:03,660 --> 00:10:06,220 type of cryptid and we really haven't decided if 213 00:10:06,220 --> 00:10:08,820 it even exists yet but it is very interesting one of 214 00:10:08,820 --> 00:10:10,760 the first dog man sightings take place around the great 215 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:12,940 lakes took place in the wisconsin city ever seen 216 00:10:12,940 --> 00:10:16,080 right on the western coast of lake michigan and very 217 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:18,660 near to the border of illinois the man by the 218 00:10:18,660 --> 00:10:22,180 name of mark shackleman was working as a night watchman 219 00:10:22,180 --> 00:10:25,860 for the saint clutter cup convent in 1936 one night 220 00:10:25,860 --> 00:10:29,240 during his rounds shackleman saw a canine looking black 221 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:32,240 furred incarious smelling creature with what he 222 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:35,020 described as long claws the dog man was kneeling and 223 00:10:35,020 --> 00:10:37,760 scratching at an indigenous people's burial ground near 224 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:40,520 the convent but he fled as soon as shackleman's 225 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:43,640 approach to investigate he returned the next day only 226 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:46,400 to find footprints and claw marks although apparently 227 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:49,580 two of the fingers seemed to be withered from what 228 00:10:49,580 --> 00:10:52,020 the night watchman could tell from the markings 229 00:10:52,020 --> 00:10:55,520 shackleman scheduled to work two nights in a row went 230 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:58,080 back the next night and once again he witnessed a 231 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:01,520 creature scratching at the mound however this time the 232 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:04,440 animal didn't run away it stood up at six feet tall 233 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:07,120 and made eye contact with shackleman and then it 234 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:11,140 spoke it was only one word though less than an actual 235 00:11:11,140 --> 00:11:14,840 word and more of a name gatteraw the night watchman 236 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:17,640 summoned up his courage and refused to run away he 237 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:20,060 simply maintained eye contact before praying to 238 00:11:20,060 --> 00:11:23,100 god turning around and walking slowly the dog man 239 00:11:23,100 --> 00:11:26,360 sneered at mark still stirring menacingly but 240 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:28,560 didn't move mark shackleman never saw the creature 241 00:11:28,560 --> 00:11:31,900 again though he did often smell the dead meat scent 242 00:11:31,900 --> 00:11:34,080 well that's pretty disturbing now of course 243 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:37,440 that was in 1936 and not in the year ending as 244 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:42,460 seven as some people insist here's one 1938 Paris 245 00:11:42,460 --> 00:11:45,480 michigan this is number nine our next story takes 246 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:48,000 us to michigan and the domain of the michigan dog 247 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:51,360 man though most pre 1987 sightings of the dog man 248 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:53,720 are showcased in steve cooks april full -state song 249 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:56,860 the legend the story of robert fortney is one of 250 00:11:56,860 --> 00:11:58,540 the first to take place that doesn't show up into 251 00:11:58,540 --> 00:12:01,480 music this is important to bring up because most of 252 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:03,260 the werewolf encounters and steve cooks piece are 253 00:12:03,260 --> 00:12:05,820 fictionalized with cook believing that he made the 254 00:12:05,820 --> 00:12:08,720 legend up however this story proves that the dog 255 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:12,540 man was actually truly has been around before his song 256 00:12:12,540 --> 00:12:15,560 was published in the late 1980s robert fortney was a 257 00:12:15,560 --> 00:12:19,360 fit was fishing one summer day on the on the muskegon 258 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:22,760 river closest to the town of paris michigan the year 259 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:26,420 was 1938 and 40 was 17 years old suddenly fortney 260 00:12:26,420 --> 00:12:29,220 was attacked by a pack of wild dogs six as far as 261 00:12:29,220 --> 00:12:31,240 fortney could count the teenager was lucky to have 262 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:33,940 his rifle handy before any of the dogs could lunge he 263 00:12:33,940 --> 00:12:37,320 fired one warning shot into the air after that all of 264 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:39,940 the dogs scattered saved for one this black fur 265 00:12:39,940 --> 00:12:42,540 canine proved to be no ordinary dog however as 266 00:12:42,540 --> 00:12:45,480 soon as the shot rang out it proceeded to stare into 267 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:47,920 fortney's eyes with his own piercing blue gaze from the 268 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:50,860 distance of 10 feet then it started grinning not 269 00:12:50,860 --> 00:12:53,800 succumbing to fear robert fortney fired one more 270 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:56,780 warning shot this time causing the maybe werewolf 271 00:12:56,780 --> 00:12:59,760 to run off however instead of scaling on all fours 272 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:02,360 this would be a werewolf this would be werewolf 273 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:04,640 stood up to around six feet tall before running 274 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:07,420 away on two legs fortney would be one of the many 275 00:13:07,420 --> 00:13:10,560 collars that steve cook would receive in 1987 after 276 00:13:10,560 --> 00:13:13,320 putting a song the legend on the radio the creature 277 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:15,800 that cook made up as a prank turned out to be 278 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:18,280 very very real to the longtime michigan native 279 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:22,660 robert fortney this number eight 1961 rapids michigan 280 00:13:22,660 --> 00:13:24,540 says they have little videos going along with 281 00:13:24,540 --> 00:13:27,100 some of these are pretty neat this story is one of 282 00:13:27,100 --> 00:13:29,140 the rare encounters in which someone had allegedly 283 00:13:29,140 --> 00:13:32,220 captured a photograph of this upright canid cryptid 284 00:13:32,220 --> 00:13:35,520 it was the year 1961 though the anonymous 285 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:38,760 narrator fails to specify which month it is it was 286 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:41,200 around three in the morning in the michigan town of 287 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:43,580 big rapids where the unknown source was up late 288 00:13:43,580 --> 00:13:46,480 at night at his home he lived right across from the 289 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:48,560 manufacturing plant that he worked at as a night 290 00:13:48,560 --> 00:13:51,340 watchman the plant sat right next to the haymores 291 00:13:51,340 --> 00:13:54,280 state game area and this is where the source claims 292 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:56,880 have seen someone or something making noise by 293 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:58,480 the chain link fence bordering the property 294 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:01,780 thinking it was an intruder the narrator goes from his 295 00:14:01,780 --> 00:14:04,420 work to his house to grab a gun but when he returns 296 00:14:04,420 --> 00:14:07,140 outside he instead sees a six foot tall grayish 297 00:14:07,140 --> 00:14:10,280 brownish upright canid stumbling about in his 298 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:13,140 driveway thinking quickly on his feet the anonymous 299 00:14:13,140 --> 00:14:15,120 source rushes into the house to try and grab his 300 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:17,540 camera instead when he returned outside the dog 301 00:14:17,540 --> 00:14:20,420 man was already out of his driveway and feathered into 302 00:14:20,420 --> 00:14:22,940 the dark street however at one point the creature did 303 00:14:22,940 --> 00:14:25,220 move near a streetlight where the anonymous source 304 00:14:25,220 --> 00:14:28,140 was able to snap one of maybe four or five alleged 305 00:14:28,140 --> 00:14:30,760 pictures of the michigan dog man before it ran off 306 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:34,280 into the night it always helps to have names on 307 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:37,900 these things i will say that this is 1988 alto and 308 00:14:37,900 --> 00:14:40,840 lull michigan it says this story is remarkable in as 309 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:43,100 much as it details a man who claims that a dog man 310 00:14:43,100 --> 00:14:46,080 has followed him since he was young with two separate 311 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:49,760 encounters spanning 20 years apart the first one takes 312 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:52,840 place in 1988 in alto michigan just southeast of 313 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:55,560 the city of grand rapids the anonymous source in an 314 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:57,560 elementary school at the time was playing during 315 00:14:57,560 --> 00:15:00,800 recesses around 10 in the morning he decided to run 316 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:02,840 into the woods adjacent to the elementary school 317 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:05,880 playground to hide and also cheat at the game of war 318 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:08,460 he made his way to a river by some train tracks 319 00:15:08,460 --> 00:15:11,080 when he heard a huge splash and witnessed a dark 320 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:14,480 furred dog man bolt into the woods switching between 321 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:17,140 two and four legs to run before disappearing at this 322 00:15:17,140 --> 00:15:19,620 point the narrator ran straight home to his bed 323 00:15:19,620 --> 00:15:22,860 keeping silent about his sighting until adulthood he 324 00:15:22,860 --> 00:15:27,320 described it as 80 feet tall 300 pounds blue eyed 325 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:29,640 this time it's seeming almost like a timber wolf 326 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:33,280 but upright and with longer legs the second sighting 327 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:35,980 took place in the nearby town of lull and the 328 00:15:35,980 --> 00:15:39,280 winter of 2008 the anonymous man now has a 329 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:42,000 family all sleeping soundly when you heard a thud on 330 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,700 the roof his canine related childhood memories 331 00:15:44,700 --> 00:15:47,880 immediately flooded back without prompting he quietly 332 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:52,220 snuck outside and that was when the very same blue 333 00:15:52,220 --> 00:15:54,920 eyed dog man poked his head out from the top of 334 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:58,100 the roof staring directly at him then the dog man 335 00:15:58,100 --> 00:16:00,580 leaped 30 feet from the roof and bolted on all 336 00:16:00,580 --> 00:16:03,380 fours to the tree line only stand up and stare at 337 00:16:03,380 --> 00:16:07,300 the anonymous man for a full minute he fully ran 338 00:16:07,300 --> 00:16:09,560 at the dog man with a machete that he had brought 339 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:13,600 with him the dog man just stared almost grinning now 340 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:16,340 before uttering a single audible don't the man 341 00:16:16,340 --> 00:16:19,360 stopped dead in the tracks and was overwhelmed by a 342 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:23,060 supreme weird sense of calm he dropped his machete and 343 00:16:23,060 --> 00:16:26,360 backed away slowly and the dog man turned and walked 344 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:30,620 calmly into the woods disappearing wow it's kind 345 00:16:30,620 --> 00:16:32,660 of like when we hear it these with these big foot 346 00:16:32,660 --> 00:16:34,400 creatures sometimes people try to shoot him and the 347 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:36,600 things just disappear it's it kind of goes into this 348 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:39,740 whole interdimensional aspect of these things this is 349 00:16:39,740 --> 00:16:44,340 from elkhorn wisconsin 1989 ray bray road is a modest 350 00:16:44,340 --> 00:16:47,580 stretch of road running east from the modest 351 00:16:47,580 --> 00:16:50,760 wisconsin town of elkhorn it is also the particular 352 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:53,120 stretch of road in which the beast of bray road 353 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:56,960 gets his name though a sighting in 1989 would be 354 00:16:56,960 --> 00:17:00,120 the first in this beastly cryptids illustrious career 355 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:03,920 it is a brisk fall night around 1 30 a .m all is 356 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:06,160 dark and quiet on the back country bray road connecting 357 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:10,520 highway 11 and county road in in lori indrizi is 358 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:13,140 driving from her job as a manager of elkhorn large 359 00:17:13,140 --> 00:17:16,060 and that's when she sees it at the side of the 360 00:17:16,060 --> 00:17:19,520 road a dark brownish gray figure is kneeling with his 361 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:22,359 back turned to her short pointed ears bearing the 362 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:25,619 only real thing to stand out as indrizi drove closer 363 00:17:25,619 --> 00:17:28,840 it turned showing off a strangely canine face its 364 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:31,900 elbows were up and his claws were facing out so i 365 00:17:31,900 --> 00:17:34,440 knew it had claws claims indrizi i remember the long 366 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:37,560 claws those claws seem to be holding roadkill and its 367 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:40,540 eyes reflected the glow of her headlights it appeared 368 00:17:40,540 --> 00:17:44,080 to be five foot seven and 150 and 150 pounds from 369 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:46,600 what she could tell at fleeting glance however 370 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:49,560 unlike most wild animals this canine creature didn't 371 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:52,160 run off but instead gazed directly into her eyes 372 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:55,860 indrizi drove off she felt as if it were so like a 373 00:17:55,860 --> 00:17:58,640 human that there could be no trace of a wild animal 374 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:01,760 being felt in those eyes to this day i believe it 375 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:05,440 was satanic she says it was just my feeling i 376 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:07,880 don't really believe in werewolves but per se but 377 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:10,580 i believe something could be conjured up my 378 00:18:10,580 --> 00:18:12,320 grandmother was very religious and she believed 379 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:15,260 it too at some point lori indrizi went to report her 380 00:18:15,260 --> 00:18:18,080 story to the walroth county animal control and hers 381 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:20,500 would be one of the first to enter into the animal 382 00:18:20,500 --> 00:18:22,900 control officer john frederickens manila envelope 383 00:18:22,900 --> 00:18:26,660 labeled werewolf and where the first of many sightings 384 00:18:26,660 --> 00:18:29,720 of the beast of bray road would first be collected 385 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:32,200 man that's crazy all right now i'm going to do one 386 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:33,980 last one and then if you want to go to this site 387 00:18:33,980 --> 00:18:36,460 listfirst .com you can take a look for yourself really 388 00:18:36,460 --> 00:18:39,040 interesting and i think well written reports there 389 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:41,740 this last one that we're looking at is from 1991 390 00:18:41,740 --> 00:18:45,680 elkhorn wisconsin it says the second story to enter 391 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:48,380 into john frederickens report however wouldn't take 392 00:18:48,380 --> 00:18:51,460 place until two years later though it would happen on 393 00:18:51,460 --> 00:18:55,320 the exact same stretch of road where lori indrizi saw 394 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:58,680 her for a friend pat lustre lori indrizi's mother 395 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:03,340 was a part -time school bus driver and in 1991 she 396 00:19:03,340 --> 00:19:05,840 would actually have a student on her bus with a 397 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:09,260 report of a walking dog man except to further add 398 00:19:09,260 --> 00:19:11,720 to the legend of the bray road beast this one took 399 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:15,260 place on halloween night doris gibson was driving to 400 00:19:15,260 --> 00:19:17,500 a friend's house to pick up another friend from a 401 00:19:17,500 --> 00:19:19,740 party when she hits something on the thoroughly 402 00:19:19,740 --> 00:19:22,640 foggy stretch of bray road causing her front tires to 403 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:25,560 lift off the ground she got out of a car to 404 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:28,320 investigate thinking she had hit a small animal but 405 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:31,280 found signs of neither animal nor injury so she 406 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:33,460 made her way back to the car that was when it 407 00:19:33,460 --> 00:19:37,340 lunged at her through the fog brown straight for a 408 00:19:37,340 --> 00:19:40,840 canine face a muscular frame and strutting on two 409 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:43,820 legs gibson quickly bolted to her car door not 410 00:19:43,820 --> 00:19:46,700 particularly in the mood to get closer i just put my 411 00:19:46,700 --> 00:19:49,360 foot on the gas pedal and i started going however as 412 00:19:49,360 --> 00:19:51,880 soon as she tried to pull out of there the upright 413 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:55,120 canid tried holding on to the rear bumper of the car 414 00:19:55,120 --> 00:19:58,580 to prevent it from getting away is claimed that deep 415 00:19:58,580 --> 00:20:01,140 scratch marks were etched into the car's rear the 416 00:20:01,140 --> 00:20:04,380 next day this is not where the story ends though on 417 00:20:04,380 --> 00:20:06,920 the way back that night gibson's new passenger and 418 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:10,140 friend shouted look at that thing the two of them saw 419 00:20:10,140 --> 00:20:13,580 the same muscular werewolf -esque being and gibson took 420 00:20:13,580 --> 00:20:17,020 roughly zero seconds before deciding to put the the 421 00:20:17,020 --> 00:20:19,800 pedal to the floor and get out of there wow 422 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:22,480 interesting stuff yeah there's some more sightings 423 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:24,840 here for just for sake of time i will go through 424 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:27,600 them all but this is a neat topic the dog man i 425 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:29,660 know some people really enjoy this topic really 426 00:20:29,660 --> 00:20:32,540 follow it closely some folks think that they're 427 00:20:32,540 --> 00:20:35,620 just mistaken identity cases that these things are all 428 00:20:35,620 --> 00:20:38,220 black bears or pranksters or just a figment of 429 00:20:38,220 --> 00:20:40,320 someone's imagination i think like a lot of 430 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:42,600 descriptive stuff they really deserve further 431 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:44,740 investigation especially the ones where we have evidence 432 00:20:44,740 --> 00:20:47,480 of maybe a car being attacked or a house being 433 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:49,840 an attempt to break in on a cabin or something like 434 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:53,480 that until next time this is ufo over and out