| Michigan Dogman | |
|---|---|
 "Official" sketch of the creature. | |
| Background | |
| Type | Cryptid |
| Continent | North America |
| Country | United States |
| One-Time? | No |
| Theories | 路 Werewolf 路 Hoax 路 Wolf/Dog/Bear |
The Michigan Dogman is a mysterious cryptid that has made many appearances throughout Michigan, (sometimes in various neighboring states) first being seen in Wexford County.
The Dogman is best known for being the subject of the Steve Cook series of Dogman-related songs starting with "The Legend". It is also featured in the final episodes of both seasons 1 and 4 of the History Channel show, MonsterQuest.
Appearance[ ]
It is often described as having the body of a man and the head of a dog, or simply a large dog that walks on two legs.
Possible Explanations[ ]
There are several explanations as to what the creature could be. Theories include:
- An undiscovered species (a Cryptid)
- A paranormal or supernatural creature
- A werewolf
- Dogs, bears, wolves, or other wildlife.
Trivia[ ]
- The Dogman was the subject of a 2011 Rich Brauer film starring Larry Joe Campbell.
| v · e · d Cryptids
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| North American Cryptids |
| Airborne Frogman 路 Batsquatch 路 Beast of Bray Road 路 Belled Buzzards 路 Bigfoot 路 Black Demon 路 Black Star Penguins 路 Blue Birdman 路 Boston Lemur 路 Buena Vista Giant Spider 路 Campfire Creature 路 Carmel Creature 路 Champ 路 Charles Mill Lake Monster 路 Chupacabra 路 Coonigator 路 Copenhagen Devil 路 Crawfordsville Monster 路 Crocodingo 路 Deer Man 路 Demon Leaper 路 Deridder Roadkill 路 Dos Palmas Winged Snake 路 Dublin Lake Monsters 路 East River Monster 路 El Verde Creature 路 Enfield Horror 路 Flannel Shirt Sasquatch 路 Flying Horse of Mexico 路 Flying Horse of Virginia 路 Flying Rays 路 Giant Penguin 路 Giant Shrimp in the Laundry Room 路 Gow-Row 路 Green Clawed Beast 路 Green Eyes 路 Grunch Road Monster 路 Herring Cove Sea Serpent 路 Highway Beast 路 Jackson Dragon 路 Killer Cactus 路 Kinderhook Blob 路 Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp 路 Lusca 路 Manor Road Pig-Dog 路 Mantis Man 路 Melrose Creep 路 Metepec Creature 路 Michigan Dogman 路 Montauk Monster 路 Moss Man 路 Mothman 路 Mountain Boomers 路 Mud Mermaids 路 Mutant Canine 路 Nightcrawler 路 Octoman 路 Oil Pit Squid 路 Oklahoma Octopus 路 Panama Creature 路 Pennsylvanian Albino Bigfoot 路 Red Devil-Bat of Chester 路 Ripley Ostrich-Horse 路 River Lizards 路 Riverside Monster 路 Rochester Rat-Dog 路 Sewer Blob 路 Sheepsquatch 路 Skunk Ape 路 Snallygaster 路 Sugar Bundle 路 Sun Birds 路 Swift Peter 路 Texas Big Bird 路 Texas Stiltwalkers 路 The Awful 路 Tick Canyon Giant Rabbit 路 Tumor Seal 路 Whatzit 路 Wood Devils |
| South American Cryptids |
| Arica Monster 路 Atlantic Ocean Winged Abomination 路 Beast of Macach铆n Airport 路 Brazilian Werewolf 路 Calama Creature 路 El Cuero 路 Gargantuan Globulous 路 Huallepen 路 Kap-Dwa 路 Manta Man 路 Mapinguari 路 Minhoc茫o 路 Parana Creature 路 Sawtooth Dolphin 路 Telepathic Football |
| Asian Cryptids |
| Ahool 路 Buru 路 Con Rit 路 Ebu Gogo 路 Gilled Antelope 路 Inflatable Hedgehog 路 Iranian Toothed Bird 路 Jodhpur Baby 路 Kting Voar 路 Maltese Tiger 路 Man Dragon 路 Masbate Monster 路 Rock Apes 路 Sakhalin Island Sea Wolf 路 Sukotyro 路 Wuhnan Toads |
| European Cryptids |
| Awd Goggie 路 Beast of Bosnia 路 Beast of Bodmin Moor 路 Beast Of Tenby 路 Black Bird of Chernobyl 路 Boneless 路 Canvey Island Monster 路 Catalonia Fallen Angel 路 Chudinov Organisms 路 Crimean War Monstrosities 路 Flying Worm of Prague 路 Freiburg Shrieker 路 Gnome of Girona 路 Grampus 路 Grass Monster 路 Grecian Dolphin 路 Highway Humanoid 路 Hollingworth Lake Monster 路 Kovahsi Creature 路 Loch Ness Monster 路 Octosquatch 路 Owlman 路 Pennine Pterodactyl 路 River Thames Monster 路 Sea Monk 路 Sewer Humanoid 路 Shug Monkey 路 Singing Spiders of Paris 路 Sussex Serpent 路 Vampire Caterpillar 路 Wolfie 路 1856 French Pterodactyl |
| African Cryptids |
| Ambize 路 Dingonek 路 Emela-ntouka 路 Ennedi Tiger 路 J'ba Fofi 路 Kongamato 路 Manatee of Helena 路 Mbielu-mbielu-mbielu 路 Mokele-Mbembe 路 Mutant Muppet 路 Ngoubou 路 Spiny-backed Chimpanzee 路 Trunko |
| Australian Cryptids |
| Burrunjor 路 Elephantman 路 Hairy Lizard 路 Hook Island Sea Monster 路 Kabagon 路 Landsborough Gangle 路 Moha Moha 路 Pukehina Predator 路 Queensland Tiger 路 Tusked Yowie |
| Miscellaneous Cryptids |
| Antarctic Godzilla 路 Bermuda Beast 路 Ningen 路 Qupqugiaq 路 Rhinoceros Dolphin 路 Sky Jellyfish 路 Sky Serpents |
| v · e · d North America
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| North American Cryptids |
| Airborne Frogman 路 Batsquatch 路 Beast of Bladenboro 路 Beast of Bray Road 路 Belled Buzzards 路 Bigfoot 路 Black Demon 路 Black Star Penguins 路 Blue Birdman 路 Boston Lemur 路 Buena Vista Giant Spider 路 Campfire Creature 路 Carmel Creature 路 Charles Mill Lake Monster 路 Chupacabra 路 Coonigator 路 Crawfordsville Monster 路 Crocodingo 路 Deer Man 路 Demon Leaper 路 Deridder Roadkill 路 Dos Palmas Winged Snake 路 Dublin Lake Monsters 路 East River Monster 路 El Verde Creature 路 Enfield Horror 路 Farmer City Monster 路 Flannel Shirt Sasquatch 路 Flying Horse of Mexico 路 Flying Horse of Virginia 路 Flying Rays 路 Giant Penguin 路 Giant Shrimp in the Laundry Room 路 Gow-Row 路 Grampus 路 Green Clawed Beast 路 Green Eyes 路 Grunch Road Monster 路 Herrington Lake Monster 路 Herring Cove Sea Serpent 路 Highway Beast 路 Jackson Dragon 路 Killer Cactus 路 Kinderhook Blob 路 Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp 路 Manor Road Pig-Dog 路 Man in the Plastic Bag 路 Mantis Man 路 Melrose Creep 路 Metepec Creature 路 Michigan Dogman 路 Montauk Monster 路 Moss Man 路 Mothman 路 Mountain Boomers 路 Mud Mermaids 路 Mutant Canine 路 Nightcrawler 路 Octoman 路 Ogopogo 路 Oil Pit Squid 路 Oklahoma Octopus 路 Panama Creature 路 Pennsylvanian Albino Bigfoot 路 Red Devil-Bat of Chester 路 Riverside Monster 路 Rochester Rat-Dog 路 Sewer Blob 路 Sheepsquatch 路 Snallygaster 路 Sugar Bundle 路 Sun Birds 路 Swift Peter 路 Texas Big Bird 路 The Awful 路 Thetis Lake Monster 路 Tick Canyon Giant Rabbit 路 Tumor Seal 路 Werewolf of Defiance 路 Whatzit 路 Wood Devils |
| North American Alien Sightings |
| Aliens in Aisle Five 路 Ausso One 路 California Fetus 路 Crazy Critter of Bald Mountain 路 Crescent 路 Cycloptic Aliens of Harrah 路 Dade City Flowers 路 Falkville Metal Man 路 Farmersville Green Man 路 Flatwoods Monster 路 Gaffney Aliens 路 Garson Invaders 路 Georgia Stalks 路 Gliders 路 Hopkinsville Goblins 路 Long Prairie Cans 路 Medford Shmoos 路 Newport Stumps 路 Nuevo Laredo Alien 路 Old Saybrook Blockheads 路 Pancake Bakers from Space 路 Pascagoula Creature 路 Prospect Monoliths 路 Ririe Carjackers 路 Sorrento Crawler 路 Space Brains of Palos Verdes 路 Space Penguins of Tuscumbia 路 Syracuse Giant Insects 路 The Purple Glob 路 Tripod Creature 路 Van Meter Visitor 路 Veggieman |
| North American UFO Sightings |
| 4th of July UFO 路 Butterfly UFO 路 Lubbock Lights 路 Warren UFO |
| North American Hauntings |
| Annabelle the Doll 路 Arlington Attic Ghost 路 Avon Haunted Bridge 路 Bassett Ghost Cars 路 Bell Witch 路 Blue Albino Woman 路 Bobby Mackey's Music World 路 Boy Scout Lane 路 Demon's Road 路 Demon Cat 路 Demon of Brownsville Road 路 Devil Baby of Hull House 路 Eunice Welsh's Mausoleum 路 Faceless Figure of Dead Man's Curve 路 Fantasma Colorado 路 Ghost Bus of Highway 93 路 Ghost Cow 路 Ghost Deer 路 Ghost Mammoth 路 Ghost Moose 路 Ghost Wolf 路 Ghosts of Disney 路 Ghosts of the Charles Haskell 路 Graceland Cemetery 路 Grant Park 路 Green Lady of Wahiawa 路 La Belle Cemetery 路 Mandy the Doll 路 Moody's Light 路 Old Man Weary 路 Old Woman in the Crawlspace 路 Purple Bubble 路 Purple Head Bridge 路 Ring of Children and the Banshee 路 Robert the Doll 路 Seaweed Charlie 路 Stiffy Green 路 Tall, Dark, & Gruesome 路 Tanaka the Drowned Ghost 路 Vincent Hitchcock the Doll 路 Waverly Hills Sanatorium 路 Wyoming Woman in Black |
| North American Phenomena |
| Black Aggie 路 Black Mist of Casa Grande Mountain 路 Bleeding House on Fountain Drive 路 Blinking Crucifix 路 Carnivorous Pink Cloud 路 Coke Mystery Vending Machine 路 Cursed Grave of Carl Pruitt 路 Dancing Underpants 路 Death Valley Sailing Stones 路 Face in the Courthouse Window 路 Flying Mist Mattress 路 Fountain Cloud 路 Handprint of the Carbon County Jail 路 Handprint of the Chicago Firehouse 路 John Lawson Mannequins 路 Kokomo Hum 路 Michigan Blue Hell 路 Moodus Noises 路 Polybius 路 Smiling Stones 路 St. Louis Light 路 Swirling Basement Thing 路 Taos Hum 路 The Black Angel |
| North American Beings |
| Axeman Of New Orl茅ans 路 Bandage Man 路 Bunny Man 路 Black Flash 路 Butterfly People of Joplin 路 Cloak Man of Clifton Heights 路 Danbury Frog People 路 Dark Baby 路 Donkey Lady 路 Grinning Man 路 Harlequin 路 Houston Batman 路 Invisible Man of Palmetto 路 Mad Gasser of Mattoon 路 Maryland Goatman 路 Mauston Birdman 路 Melonheads 路 Mercy Brown Vampire 路 Mexican Being of Light 路 Muppet Clown 路 NASA Gargoyle 路 New England Faceless People 路 Northfield Pigman 路 Ohio Bridge Trolls 路 Pedro the Pygmy 路 Phantom Barber 路 Phantom Clowns 路 Phantom Sniper of Camden 路 Phantom Whistler of Louisiana 路 Pig Lady 路 Pope Lick Monster 路 Porterville Gnome 路 Richmond Vampire 路 Santa Lucias Dark Watchers 路 The Smiley Face Killer 路 Stroudsburg Rain Man 路 Subway Man 路 The Green Man 路 Third Eye Man 路 Toronto Tunnel Monster 路 Toxic Lady |
| North American Events |
| Battle of Los Angeles 路 Beaumont Blackout 路 Disappearance of David Lang 路 Disappearance of Glen and Bessie Hyde 路 Disappearance of Oliver Lerch 路 Massacre of Doc Johnson 路 Max Headroom Broadcast 路 Philadelphia Experiment |
| North American Locations |
| Anjikuni Village 路 Bennington Triangle 路 Bermuda Triangle 路 Blood Bowl 路 Bremen Troll Bridge 路 Bridgewater Triangle 路 Clown Motel 路 Devil's Gate Reservoir 路 Devil's Kettle 路 Devil's Tramping Ground 路 Disney's River Country 路 Doveland, Wisconsin 路 Helltown 路 House of Blue Lights 路 Island of the Dolls 路 Langville, Montana 路 Shirtwood Forest 路 Spider Gates 路 Stairway to Hell 路 Urkhammer, Iowa 路 Zone of Silence |
Gallery[ ]
Photo Gallery[ ]
Big Rapids, 1961
Garden Peninsula,1968
Onaway, 2004
Bendon, 2007
The official sketch of the creature
An alleged photo
Video Gallery[ ]
The Legend- Steve Cook
The Michigan Dogman- Evidence (2008)