1 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:07,760 Hello and welcome to the program UFO Warning. 2 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:11,360 In this episode we're talking about the Minnesota Dog Man. 3 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:13,520 That's correct, the Minnesota Dog Man. 4 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:16,239 I've been thinking about doing an episode on Dog Man. 5 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:18,440 It's been a while. It seems to always be a very 6 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:22,240 popular subject and someone asked me in the comment section 7 00:00:22,240 --> 00:00:24,800 if I could if I could talk about that again. 8 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:29,520 So despite this cold I'm fighting, I found some stuff 9 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:33,000 over here at fandom.com, cryptidsfandom.com, actually 10 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:34,920 talking about the Minnesota Dog Man. 11 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:37,360 They got some reports. They look pretty cool, so let's 12 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,840 take a look at them. This first one says Minnesota 13 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:42,680 Dog Man. The Minnesota Dog Man is an 14 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:46,000 alleged Cryptid cited in various Minnesota counties. 15 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:49,880 It is similar to the Michigan Dog Man and the Beast of Bray 16 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:52,360 Rd. It could very well be the same 17 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:54,640 type of creature. Yeah, I think this thing could 18 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:56,800 be like Bigfoot. It could be all over the place. 19 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:58,520 Who knows? I says. 20 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:03,040 In one of the early months of 2009, a man reported seeing a 21 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:06,120 dog man near Fergus Falls in Otter Tail County. 22 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:09,880 Here's how he described the encounter, He says. 23 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:13,440 I'll start off by saying that I have never believed in any of 24 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:18,320 these sorts of creatures, but I saw something in early 2009 that 25 00:01:18,320 --> 00:01:21,560 really disturbed me and is making me change my mind. 26 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:26,080 I was not under the influence of any drugs and I have better than 27 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:30,560 average eyesight and the lighting was nearing sunset but 28 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:36,400 I was still able to see clearly. So I get this underway and 29 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:40,000 explain my story and maybe someone can shed some light on 30 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:44,040 this for me. I live in Fergus Falls, MN which 31 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:48,280 is in West central Minnesota about an hour drive from Fargo, 32 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:51,520 ND. My mother-in-law lives out in 33 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:56,120 the country about 3 to 4 miles out of Fergus Falls and I was 34 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:59,280 staying there while my wife and her mother went shopping in 35 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:01,720 town. They called me and asked if I 36 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:06,040 wanted to go to a 7:00 PM movie. So I left the house at about 37 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:11,160 6:30 PM, maybe 6:45 PM to meet them at the theatre. 38 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:15,440 About two miles from their house on a country Rd. known as the 39 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:19,560 Wendell Rd. along the Mystinka River, I saw three white tailed 40 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:21,360 deer. Two of the deer were rather 41 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:24,640 small, probably just yearlings and a larger doe who I assumed 42 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:28,120 was her mother. Me being an avid hunter, lover 43 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:31,480 of wildlife and future wildlife biologists stopped to look at 44 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:34,000 the deer. I should also mention that I 45 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:37,640 hunt in the area and I spent my whole life in the Ferguson Falls 46 00:02:37,640 --> 00:02:39,840 area. The deer were following the 47 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:43,760 small Creek bed, which is in fact the Mistinker River, so 48 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:46,320 there were hardly any trees except for one. 49 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:50,680 Maybe I didn't see it because of the trees, but I just noticed 50 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:54,640 something crouching behind the tree on my side of the road, 51 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:58,880 looking at the deer and to my disbelief, hunting them. 52 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:03,840 It just sat there looking at the deer, taking no notice of me, 53 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:07,920 even though I was in my truck no more than 40 yards away with a 54 00:03:07,920 --> 00:03:10,720 Clearview with nothing instructing my view of it. 55 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:15,360 It had one hand on the tree that it was bracing itself with. 56 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:20,960 What struck me as shocking was the fact that it seemed to be A2 57 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,600 legged creature and not a four legged one. 58 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:28,560 Its hands, quote UN quote, appeared to have opposable 59 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:33,320 thumbs and were rather slender and long, very unlike a wolf. 60 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:37,440 The creature looked as though if it stood upright it would be 61 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:42,200 over 7 feet tall with a protruding muzzle, broad 62 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:47,120 shoulders, a slender waist, thick muscular thighs, and being 63 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:50,800 as there was snow on the ground, I couldn't see the feet. 64 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:54,160 He was deep, dark and caller throughout the body. 65 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:59,360 After several seconds of looking at the creature in shock, the 66 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,680 deer ran off. Then something amazing happened. 67 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:06,920 It looked right at me as though blaming me for losing his meal. 68 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:11,320 He just sat there looking at me and blinking but not moving. 69 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:15,800 This scared the crap out of me so I hit the gas pedal and drove 70 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:18,399 off. It was very dark after the movie 71 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:22,079 so I didn't much feel like trudging through the 3 1/2 feet 72 00:04:22,079 --> 00:04:26,080 of snow with the possibility of a monster looking in the area 73 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:29,400 who is currently looking for a meal that I scared off. 74 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:33,720 So at about 10, AMI went back there and walked down to the 75 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,480 tree. Under the tree there was no 76 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:38,560 snow. There were no tracks that I 77 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:43,160 could see, but leading up to the tree there were 3 tracks leading 78 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:47,640 in from my grandmother in Law's field, which was hard black 79 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:49,640 dirt. And if you know what a Minnesota 80 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:52,920 field looks like in late winter, early spring, you can't make 81 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:56,360 anything out of the dirt. The tracks I did find were only 82 00:04:56,360 --> 00:05:00,480 about 6 or 7 inches in length, but we're clearly canine prints. 83 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:04,000 I'm thinking about that six or seven inches canine prints. 84 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:08,200 That's pretty big actually. I think with the exception of 85 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:10,960 four toe looking marks in the snow. 86 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,480 That's weird. Yeah, that's a strange one, 87 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:16,080 ain't it? There's one from Saint Louis 88 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:20,080 County that says the second story is from another unnamed 89 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:22,160 man. He saw the creature in early 90 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:25,800 September. The year was 1999 on an Air 91 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:27,560 Force Base in Saint Louis County. 92 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:29,840 He said that it looked like a dog man. 93 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:33,120 Here's the e-mail he sent to a dog man counter site. 94 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:37,760 First off, I would like to keep my name confidential just for 95 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:41,960 the fact that this happened on an Air Force Base and I don't 96 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:45,080 know who reads this stuff. This happened sometime in 97 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:48,360 September of 99. I forget the exact date. 98 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:52,720 It was early in the month though it was between 2:00 and 3:00. 99 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:57,440 AMI was a security forces airman working third shift on base 100 00:05:57,440 --> 00:05:59,840 patrol. Now mind you, this is an Air 101 00:05:59,840 --> 00:06:02,680 National Guard base that I worked at full time. 102 00:06:02,840 --> 00:06:06,400 It's on the north side of Duluth, MN next to the 103 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:10,480 International Airport. North to northeast is nothing 104 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:13,160 but large wooded areas, forest areas. 105 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:17,120 Third shift on the base was pretty boring. 10:00 PM to 6:00 106 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:22,120 AM and us full timers worked a skeleton crew usually 5 or 6 of 107 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:23,680 us. On 3rd shift. 108 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:27,840 I was in the patrol truck doing my usual rounds checking doors 109 00:06:27,840 --> 00:06:31,200 and fence lines late at night on the north side of the base. 110 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:35,160 Was usually creepy enough on patrolling by yourself. 111 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:39,640 Anyway, I was on this road driving toward our baseball 112 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:43,520 field when my headlights caught a pair of eyes reflecting back 113 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:45,800 at me. They were almost eye level with 114 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:50,800 me and I was sitting in an F150. Around this time a few of the 115 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:54,720 guys have been seeing this huge buck around the property, like a 116 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:57,080 16 pointer or something around that size. 117 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:01,240 I was about 80 yards or so when I saw these eyes reflecting back 118 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:03,080 at me. So I'm thinking it was a big 119 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:05,800 deer. I got to see this thing so I hit 120 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:07,800 the gas and started speeding toward the field. 121 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:10,680 This is where it all happened so fast it's almost hard to 122 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:12,920 explain. There was a little slope behind 123 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:16,280 the baseball field. It sloped down probably about 12 124 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:20,360 to 15 feet into a brush line. The brush went about 30 feet 125 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:22,600 then turned into a thick tree line. 126 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:26,360 The brush was probably armpit high to me and pretty tough to 127 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:30,800 diverse through being so thick. As I turned into the baseball 128 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:34,400 field and turned the truck toward the thing, I just caught 129 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:37,760 the rear end of the thing, leaping down the slope below the 130 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:40,840 blank side of my headlights. The thing was no more than about 131 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:43,160 20 feet ahead of me when it leaped. 132 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:47,120 All I got to look at was the back end of this thing and it 133 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:49,800 was big. The best I can do to describe it 134 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:52,560 is to say that it was a wolf slash dog. 135 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:56,280 Like in nature. It had a long tail, longer than 136 00:07:56,280 --> 00:07:59,160 two feet. The hind legs looked exactly 137 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:03,320 like those of a dog, same with the back paws, but the paws were 138 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:05,520 huge. They were bigger than my hands 139 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:09,560 for sure. The hair fur was WAVY yet matted 140 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:12,280 and thick. The collar was blondish or very 141 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:15,120 light brown. I didn't notice any grey on it. 142 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:18,240 But this all happened within about two to three seconds. 143 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:21,800 I sat in my patrol car for a couple of seconds, confused the 144 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:24,920 thinking. I knew what I saw, but it 145 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:27,600 couldn't have been what I saw. So I hopped out with my 146 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:31,400 flashlight and my M16 rifle and walked to the edge of the slope. 147 00:08:32,159 --> 00:08:35,000 All I heard was this thing running through the woods in 148 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:38,480 front of me, heading in a northwest direction, and this 149 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:40,880 thing sounded like a moose charging through the trees. 150 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:43,960 It made a lot of noise. That's when I started to get 151 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:46,960 really scared, thinking if this is some sort of a wolf or 152 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:50,200 whatever it could be, my M16 isn't going to do a thing to 153 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:52,840 this animal. So I jumped back into my patrol 154 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:56,000 truck as fast as I could and headed back to the SF 155 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:59,640 headquarters. I never told any of the other 156 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:02,240 members about this for fear of ridicule. 157 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:06,080 Are being called crazy. There is no way I misidentified 158 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:09,280 this thing. I'm a trained observer, an avid 159 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:12,480 hunter, and have worked with animal rehabilitation with 160 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:16,080 Minnesota DNR in the past. I know my animals and the 161 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:19,720 Northwoods extremely well. I saw exactly what I saw and 162 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:23,760 that was a back end of a large wolf dog thing. 163 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:27,320 Basically had its eyes level with mine while I was in a 164 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:30,600 patrol truck. The back end was definitely much 165 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:34,400 larger than any of the largest deer or black bears I've seen. 166 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:38,200 The points I remember the clearest were the tail and the 167 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:41,720 back paws, as well as the texture and color of the hair 168 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:43,840 fur. This is my story. 169 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:46,680 I've never told it to anyone for fear of ridicule. 170 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:49,840 I swear to it to be the truth. Wow. 171 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:54,400 Since it happened early September 1990, nine, 2:30 AM. 172 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:58,480 That is really neat. Here's one that says Todd 173 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:01,120 County. Lastly, the third story is from 174 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:03,440 another unnamed man. It says it was reported in the 175 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:06,440 city of Long Prairie in the center of Todd County. 176 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:11,240 This is how the encounter went. I was visiting my grandmother up 177 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:14,280 in Long Prairie, MN. I was spending a week with her, 178 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:17,520 mostly just to help her with whatever she needed to help 179 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:20,160 with. It was summer and early one 180 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:23,800 morning before the sun was even up I went outside to attend the 181 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:27,240 garden and maybe even get some squirrels for some squirrel 182 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:30,800 dumplings for dinner. So I slung my semi automatic 183 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:33,360 assault rifle over my shoulder and headed out. 184 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:35,840 I had just gotten me about 20 squirrels. 185 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:38,800 My grandmother's place has a lot of squirrels when all of a 186 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:41,960 sudden I picked up my last squirrel and saw I saw something 187 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:45,200 just on the edge of the woods behind my grandma's property. 188 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:50,440 I saw some humanoid dog thing. It never attacked me, it just 189 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:52,440 sat there. So I fired a couple shots at the 190 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:55,560 creature, it yelped and ran off into the woods. 191 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,360 I then went into the house and proceeded to call the local 192 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:01,120 Police Department. They never found proof of what I 193 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:04,880 saw other than a few paw prints, so they claimed I just shot at a 194 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:07,000 wolf. My grandmother was worried and 195 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:10,600 confused by the events taking place, so at dinner she sat me 196 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:12,360 down and asked me about what I saw. 197 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:16,280 I told her the whole story. Strangely enough, she seemed to 198 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:18,440 believe me. I showed her where I saw the 199 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:22,000 thing and where I was when it happened, etcetera. 200 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:25,560 I never saw it again. But if otherwise gotten over the 201 00:11:25,560 --> 00:11:29,600 whole ordeal, I'm not sure I'd be shooting at these things. 202 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:32,880 Yeah, what a story. This is a cool sight. 203 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:35,160 I'll put it over at Kofi. Let's see if we can find a 204 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:38,120 couple more here. And so I found this one over at 205 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:41,560 dogmanencounters.com. I'll put the link on Kofi. 206 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:45,160 It says Washington County, Minnesota encounter. 207 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:48,800 It was a summer of 97 and I was 13 years old. 208 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:52,560 I was roller blade. I was rollerblading from a part 209 00:11:52,560 --> 00:11:54,560 of town called Old Cottage Grove. 210 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:57,480 I guess I should start off by saying that the city where this 211 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:01,000 happened was a suburb of St. Paul, MN called Cottage Grove. 212 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:06,160 It was around 9:30 PM and I was rollerblading back home from a 213 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:07,680 girlfriend's house with a friend. 214 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:11,440 We were just coming around a bend in the road that went past 215 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:14,120 a farm that I believe at the time was called Green Acres 216 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:17,680 Farm. I'm not exactly sure what it was 217 00:12:17,680 --> 00:12:21,360 they did at the farm, but I do know for sure at the time there 218 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:23,960 were always cattle of all different ages, sizes, and 219 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:25,960 genders. Which brings me to the 220 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:28,840 conclusion that maybe I was just at the right place at the right 221 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:31,240 at the wrong time. As I was running the bend in the 222 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:34,080 road to start coming up the hill, I felt a very strong sense 223 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:36,400 of fear. It was like my body was telling 224 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:39,480 me to get the heck out of there, yet I couldn't figure out why. 225 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:43,160 I can tell you this much though, for the first and only time in 226 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:45,960 my life I felt like I was no longer at the top of the food 227 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:48,360 chain. Right when I started to pick up 228 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:52,000 the pace to get out of there is when I heard a sound that came 229 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:56,520 from the fenced in cattle farm to my left, maybe 15 to 20 yards 230 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:59,560 behind me. It sounded like nails grabbing a 231 00:12:59,560 --> 00:13:03,320 pole or fence and then what sounded like what a dog's paw 232 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:06,520 and claws would sound like when walking or running on a tile 233 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:09,400 floor. Except this just sounded like a 234 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:11,400 quick leap on the streets pavement. 235 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:15,080 As I turned around to look, there stood what looked like to 236 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:20,120 be a wiry Gray haired werewolf. It was like time stopped. 237 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:24,360 There was a street light at the time in the woods maybe 5 feet 238 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:27,200 behind me so all I could make out was a silhouette of this 239 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,560 monster. It had to be at least 7 feet 240 00:13:29,560 --> 00:13:32,080 tall with the head of what looked like a German shepherd 241 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:34,160 with huge ears and a huge muzzle. 242 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:37,000 I could see this thing was built like a bodybuilder. 243 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:41,200 There stood by people like a man, not like what some folks 244 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:44,600 say with these things having dog like limbs. 245 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:48,680 It had long slim hands with black nails on his fingertips. 246 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:52,880 It had a slim waist but its upper body was muscular beyond 247 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:54,960 belief. The thing that always stuck with 248 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:57,720 me beside the point of seeing this thing in the 1st place was 249 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:01,240 that its head was turned to the side and snout up in the air. 250 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:04,520 The one thing that really stuck out and was out of place to me 251 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:07,920 was that I could see this thing breathe as though it was winter, 252 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:11,040 but mind you it was the end of June, almost July. 253 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:14,520 It looked as though it was smelling my scent but that's 254 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:17,320 just what it looked like. I'm not positive on that. 255 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:20,720 Before I knew it I was yelling to my friend to get the heck out 256 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:25,040 of there and not to look back but it's almost as though he was 257 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:28,080 in another world because he didn't seem to feel little on 258 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:31,840 see what I just experienced. I'm somewhat of an artist and 259 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:34,160 drew a picture of what I saw which was a werewolf. 260 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:38,520 Fast forward 17 years later and I still hadn't told anyone about 261 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:41,160 this encounter. That is until my oldest brother 262 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:44,000 and I were trading stories one summer evening and it just sort 263 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,320 of came up as we were talking about Bigfoot. 264 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:49,720 Mind you, my brother's a firm believer in this animal, so I 265 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:52,200 said the heck with it and started telling him about what 266 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:55,000 happened to me. Going to the point of pulling 267 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:56,680 out the original drawing, I drove it. 268 00:14:56,920 --> 00:15:00,240 To my surprise, he didn't look at me or laugh at me like I was 269 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:03,280 positive he would have. Instead, he started to ask me if 270 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:07,240 I had ever heard of the Michigan Dog Man or seen anything on it, 271 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:11,080 which I replied no. He then pulled up an image on 272 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:15,120 the Internet of a sketch that an eyewitness had drawn and I swear 273 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:18,600 to you, it sent shivers down my spine because it not only looked 274 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:22,000 like my drawing, it looked exactly like the thing I saw 275 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:26,120 that night in the summer of 1997, an old Cottage Grove, MN. 276 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:30,160 To this day, I still find myself trying to wrap my head around 277 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:33,760 what I saw. I'm 33 years old now, yet still 278 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:36,480 find myself trying to rationalize what I crossed paths 279 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:38,920 with that night. It feels good to get this out 280 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:42,280 there and someone off my chest. I hope someone finds something 281 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:44,600 helpful in this experience and I hope this sort of thing never 282 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:47,760 happens again. Wow, that was really neat. 283 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:51,840 We'll do one more report here and find these dog band stories 284 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:54,280 to be really fun. Very interesting. 285 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:57,080 If you'd like to hear something maybe once every week or two, 286 00:15:57,080 --> 00:15:59,320 kind of like we did with the big report, with the Bigfoot 287 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:01,880 reports, let me know in the comments section. 288 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:03,400 If there's a demand for it, I'll do it. 289 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:07,920 This last one is from a site called Linda godfrey.com, 290 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:12,840 lindagodfrey.com or Linda Godfrey's blog and says author 291 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:16,400 and investigator Strange Creatures, this is the Duluth 292 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:17,840 Dog Man. Now we had the other one we 293 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:21,400 talked about with the guy who was in the Air Force or Air 294 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:24,840 Force National Guard. This one says the Duluth Dog 295 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:30,800 Man, dated November 22nd, 2016. Minnesota is a state with far 296 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:34,280 fewer reports of Dog Man than I would expect, given its heavy 297 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:36,240 forest and abundant water sources. 298 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:39,640 So when a report came last week describing a very recent 299 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:43,040 encounter, I was glad to see it. And the best part is that this 300 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:47,040 witness is a professional artist and so provided me some very 301 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:50,360 compelling illustrations. She also found the courage to 302 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:53,280 return to the spot this past weekend and take a few photos. 303 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:57,560 I've left most of the report in her own words with minor edits, 304 00:16:57,560 --> 00:17:00,080 mostly for the natural reputation that occurs during a 305 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,960 multi e-mail exchange. It says here's the account. 306 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:05,800 Hi Linda, I wanted to report a sighting. 307 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:09,160 I am a 41 year old graphic designer. 308 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:12,960 I was driving just out of the town in Duluth, MN on Maple 309 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:16,240 Grove Rd. It was a dark night, the clouds 310 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:19,400 covering most light of the 47% full moon. 311 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:24,079 The area I drove was on the very edge of residential area where 312 00:17:24,079 --> 00:17:28,280 houses were sparse, leading to the old farmland with a very old 313 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:30,760 barn. As I drove I noticed something 314 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:33,280 dash in front of me from right to left. 315 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:36,800 I saw a heading from the edge of a residential area where houses 316 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:40,160 are sparse, running into a field with a very old barn. 317 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:44,320 My eyes struggled to make sense of a very tall creature, 7 feet 318 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:48,120 I would guess it wasn't on hind legs and they got some pictures 319 00:17:48,120 --> 00:17:50,040 that are pretty cool. This area, I guess where they 320 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:52,760 spotted it at. The creature moved faster than 321 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:56,240 normal. The face was wolf dog like with 322 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:59,320 a longer snout and its high set small pointed ears. 323 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:02,920 The back was very angled with extra long front legs in 324 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:06,280 comparison to the back. The length discrepancy caused it 325 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:09,520 to walk more stiffly, almost with an injured type stride. 326 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:13,760 The forearm was muscled but it wasn't primate or walking on its 327 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:16,320 knuckles. It had more of a forward stride 328 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:20,520 like a deer, just not as smooth. Since the night was shadowed. 329 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:24,640 It reminded me of a shadow person as the black was such an 330 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:27,520 intense black. It's hard to describe if you've 331 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:31,080 never seen a shadow being. The eyes seemed maybe orange in 332 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:34,280 my view. For a second I wondered if it 333 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:38,960 was my imagination, but I continued to watch and saw far 334 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:42,200 coming headlights shine through between the moving legs. 335 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:45,480 The oddest part was the feeling of incredible fear and dread. 336 00:18:46,120 --> 00:18:49,560 I was literally so scared. Later I sat in a lit gas station 337 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:53,040 until my husband came home. It definitely wasn't a moose. 338 00:18:53,360 --> 00:18:56,600 Angled shoulder too tall and steep, leg height different, 339 00:18:56,960 --> 00:19:01,600 wrong head wrong ears not round body, body proportion wrong. 340 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:04,400 Not a Bigfoot, not a for human like. 341 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:07,960 Anyway, it felt unlike any animal I've seen with almost 342 00:19:08,120 --> 00:19:11,320 unnatural speed. My sister and her boyfriend and 343 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:14,720 her friend have all seen it on its hind legs a few years ago. 344 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:17,720 It lives near her house. She said it stood and watched 345 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:19,640 them on the edge of the field with red eyes. 346 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:23,040 Mine was a side view. It felt otherworldly. 347 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:25,960 I am a physically gifted person as well. 348 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:27,680 I'm familiar with sprints and such. 349 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:29,920 Fear does not begin to describe it. 350 00:19:30,120 --> 00:19:33,720 The feeling lingers like feeling a thick sludge weighing on me. 351 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:38,120 Really like a energy attack. I was an active camper, hiker, 352 00:19:38,120 --> 00:19:40,000 et cetera. Now I don't want to be out in 353 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:41,960 the dark. The woods are driving alone at 354 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:43,560 night. I know better. 355 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:45,320 To fear these things is not good. 356 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:49,080 It's just hard to shake. It also felt like a bad omen, as 357 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:52,360 silly as that sounds. It took me a week to want to 358 00:19:52,360 --> 00:19:54,280 drive up there to the location to see it. 359 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:57,560 If I could see anything, but I didn't see any prints as most of 360 00:19:57,560 --> 00:20:00,720 the road was paved. In the daylight I could see it. 361 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:05,080 Definitely went up into a field with a barn and an old building. 362 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:08,680 The area is very close to the town of Duluth, but oddly this 363 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:12,440 is just far enough out that the field runs along a road that is 364 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:14,520 surrounded by Birch woods and swampland. 365 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:17,680 Our temps were really nice, 60° at the time. 366 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:21,680 This is hunting season and the deer are super active. 367 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:26,000 Our normal temps are much cooler than this every other year and 368 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:29,160 it says. Here is the illustration sketch 369 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:32,760 of what I saw that night. I am a wildlife artist with a 370 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:35,120 very keen eye and photographic memory. 371 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:40,000 I'm used to drawing musculature, accurate portrayals of animals. 372 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,280 So when I explained what I saw, hopefully there's a bit of 373 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:44,520 credibility. She's got some really nice 374 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:47,560 illustrations she's done here. I'm very talented. 375 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:51,880 It says the reason I drew what I did was because common responses 376 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:55,200 from people compared the animal to a wolf, bear, deer or moose. 377 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:58,720 I went online, drew each animal as a real representation of 378 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:01,480 actual shape and looked up the average height. 379 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:04,360 None of these look accurate. The main thing I noticed was the 380 00:21:04,360 --> 00:21:08,320 sheer size, slope of the back, and very different long limbs. 381 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:11,240 I drew this mainly to try and figure out what I saw. 382 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:13,800 I don't care if my name is mentioned, I'm definitely not 383 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:17,720 seeking any attention, just to understand what this thing was. 384 00:21:18,120 --> 00:21:20,920 I just call it the Bray Rd. creature. 385 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:23,680 Closest thing I could come to it and what I saw. 386 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:27,520 I just have a few comments. The first one is that if this 387 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:32,000 creature stood 7 feet tall while on all fours, it would have been 388 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,520 even taller if it ever stood on its hind legs. 389 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:38,040 Since bipedalism is a hallmark trait if any dog man, we can't 390 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:40,880 be sure that's what the witness saw, but it certainly seemed 391 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:44,520 larger and differently built than your ordinary wolf or dog. 392 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:47,360 Another unusual thing she mentioned was the overwhelming 393 00:21:47,360 --> 00:21:49,720 lingering sense of fear and dread she experienced from 394 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:52,400 seeing the creature. This is a common occurrence, 395 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:55,720 encrypted sightings and other types of anomalous encounters, 396 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:58,920 but doesn't normally happen in the case of mundane animals 397 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:02,080 crossing a road. The third thing I took note of 398 00:22:02,360 --> 00:22:03,880 was the presence of the old barn. 399 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:07,320 For some reason, barns and other outbuildings often play a part 400 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:09,560 in encounters with both Dog Man and Bigfoot. 401 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:12,040 I don't know whether the buildings serve as shelter, 402 00:22:12,360 --> 00:22:15,360 hiding places, or hunting grounds for small tasty mammals, 403 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:18,200 but they do pop up fairly often in such reports. 404 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:22,880 Finally, my unfortunately necessary disclaimer. 405 00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:26,200 Although she included the rough location, that land is 406 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:29,440 undoubtedly private property and must be respected as such. 407 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:33,240 Trespassing is strictly illegal and can bring harsh prosecution 408 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:35,640 of finds. I believe from long experience 409 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:39,080 that sightings of such creatures are random and rare and are more 410 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:42,120 likely to happen for those who are not searching for them. 411 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:46,280 Yet I do believe there must be many more places as Minnesota 412 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:49,280 where strange candid creatures abide. 413 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:53,200 What a nice article man. These reports are also cool. 414 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:55,520 They were very detailed, I noticed. 415 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:58,360 They're just telling you exactly what they feel in the first 416 00:22:58,360 --> 00:22:59,960 person. Neat, neat stuff. 417 00:22:59,960 --> 00:23:01,400 I really enjoyed doing this program. 418 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:04,600 Until next time, this is UFO warning over and out.