Michigan Dogman

The Account

Encounters cluster in Michigan every ten years since 1887. Witnesses describe glowing amber eyes, a wolf-like head on a human-shaped torso, and a scream that empties the woods of birdsong.

From the Public Record

In folklore, the Michigan Dogman was a creature allegedly witnessed in 1887 in Wexford County, Michigan, United States. It was described as a seven-foot tall, blue-eyed, or amber-eyed bipedal canine-like animal with the torso of a man and a fearsome howl that sounds like a human scream. Folklore claims the creature emerges on a recurring ten-year pattern linked to years ending in the number seven, and that loud clapping can drive it away. Sightings have been reported in several locations throughout Michigan, primarily in the northwestern quadrant of the Lower Peninsula.

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