Michigan has its own cryptid in the form of a half-dog, half-man creature. At least it

did until its creator revealed it to have been a hoax. But that wasn't the end of the

dogman, because it turns out that people really enjoy having their own urban legend, and

a story can be enjoyed has a story, without needing to be more than that.

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Wag the Dogman. In the counties of northern Michigan,

folks tell tales of a strange creature stalking the night. At first, most to encounter it

think it's just a large black dog. But then the beast rears up on its hind legs and reveals

its true nature. A seven-foot tall bipedal monstrosity with the head of a canine, surprisingly

blue eyes, and the torso of a man. It lets out an unearthly howl that sounds almost like a human

scream, sending all but the most stalwart of witnesses fleeing in fear. This creature called the

Michigan Dogman was virtually unknown to the modern world before the last part of the 20th century,

though it is said to have been stalking the woods around the Manusky River since the days when

the Odawa tribe lived there. In recent years, the Dogman has also become a creature of legitimate

note and study in the cryptozoology community, even warranting an entire episode of Monster Quest.

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