(opens the full-size plate in a new tab) Michigan Dogman
Canine Humanoid
Disc jockey Steve Cook wrote the creature into a 1987 April Fools song. Listeners then began reporting it.
A bipedal canine hominid that peacefully stalks the northern woodlands, whose modern mythology was inadvertently manufactured by a radio DJ's April Fool's song.
Etymology. Known simply as the Dogman, describing its hybrid nature.
Anatomy. A seven-foot-tall, bipedal canine-like animal possessing the distinct torso of a man. It is characterized by piercing blue or amber eyes.
Ecology. Native to the dense forests of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, particularly around the Manistee River.
Behavior. Despite unleashing a fearsome howl that sounds exactly like a human scream, it generally acts peacefully. Folklore claims it operates on a strict ten-year cycle, emerging exclusively in years ending in the number seven, and can be driven away by loud clapping.
Mythology. While early accounts stretch back to 1887 lumberjacks, the creature was utterly unknown to the modern public until 1987. Disc jockey Steve Cook completely fabricated the modern lore as an April Fool's joke via his song 'The Legend', only to be shocked when listeners called in claiming they had actually seen it.