Feb 17, 2016 | Michigan Cryptozoology
MYSTERIOUS MICHIGAN The Legend of the Michigan Dogman Steve Cook was a Traverse City radio DJ and wrote a song based on accounts he had heard about a strange creature known as “Dogman.” He thought it would be a great April Fool’s prank and let the song debut on April...
Feb 17, 2016 | Michigan Cryptozoology
READER SUBMISSION Some years ago in northern lower Michigan, I saw a strange creature fly over my car with wings that were bat like. You could see veins through them and everything. It had a deer-like head and was four legged. I was too embarrassed to report it...
Feb 16, 2016 | Michigan Cryptozoology
THE SAGINAW BAY WATER MONSTER READER SUBMISSION Istumbled across your website while looking for places to go ghost hunting with some friends. After reading a few of your stories on here, it reminded me of a few of my own. My family owns a very old home on Saginaw...
Feb 16, 2016 | Michigan Cryptozoology
MYSTERIOUS CREATURES IN MICHIGAN The Michigan Merman Sighting Written by Mysterious Michigan Yes, it could’ve just been bad eyesight or too much rum, but on May 13, 1782, Vanant St. Germain, a Canadian fur trader, spotted what he believed to be an actual merman...
Feb 16, 2016 | Michigan Cryptozoology
LEGENDS OF MICHIGAN Mishipeshu, the Guardian of the Sacred Copper Written by Mysterious Michigan Mishipeshu. Try and say that word fast three times. If this Ojibwe word for “great lynx,” is too hard to pronounce, you can also call it a “water panther.” We all know how...
Feb 16, 2016 | Michigan Cryptozoology
The sun has set and the moon is illuminating the night sky. Deep in the woods, a group of hunters are seated around a campfire. The fire light casts shadows on the trees but beyond that, the woods are pitch black. The gang is talking, laughing and having a few beers...