Michigan Dogman


 



The Michigan Dogman is a werewolf or werewolf-like creature first reported in 1887 in Wexford County, Michigan. Sightings have been reported from multiple locations in  Michigan, primarily in the northwest quadrant of the Lower Peninsula. In 1987, the legendary Michigan Dog Man became famous when a  WTCM FM player recorded a song about the creature and reported sightings.


Cook recorded the song with keyboard accompaniment and assigned it to Bob Farley. After playing the music, Cook received calls from listeners saying they had encountered a similar being. In the weeks following Cook's first broadcast, it was the most requested song on the radio. He also sold the song's tape for $4 and donated the proceeds from the single to an animal shelter. Over the years, Cook received more than 100 reports of the creature's existence. Cook later added verses to the song in 1997 after hearing words of an animal being broken into by a strange dog at a cabin in Luther, Michigan. 

The first known sightings of  Michigan Dogman occurred in Wexford County in 1887 when two loggers saw a creature that described it as having a human body and a dog's head. 


In 1938, in Paris, Michigan, Robert Fortney said he was attacked by five stray dogs, one of which was walking on two legs. Reports of similar creatures came from Allegan County in the 1950s and Manistee and Cross Village in 1967.

Linda S. Godfrey, in her book The Beast of Bray Road, compares sightings of Manistee to a similar being seen in Wisconsin, known as the Beast of Bray Road. 

 In 1961, a night watchman was patrolling a manufacturing plant in Big Rapids, Michigan, and saw a strange figure. At first, he thought it was a person until he saw the dog's features. 

He pulled out his gun and was about to open fire when he remembered his camera and pulled it out and took a picture of the horrible monster. The photos have yet to be analyzed, and the image remains a mystery.


Hoax
In 1987, disc jockey Steve Cook recorded a song titled "The Legend" at WTCMFM in Traverse City, Michigan. This was initially played as an April Fool's joke. But he sang a song based on the actual description of the creature. Billschannel considers  Michigan Dogman a hoax.



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