The beast of Bray Road kneeling by a creek.

The Beast of Bray Road was thought to be a werewolf seen in Wisconsin and Michigan from 1989-1992. It was named after its first sighting, which was on Bray Road, an isolated country road near Elkhorn, in southeastern Wisconsin. Occurring in a small town of 6,500 people, the sightings attracted a lot of media and the beast was a popular urban legend among teenagers.

Description of the Beast

Mostly everyone who has claimed to see the Beast described it as a massive wolf that walks on its hind legs. They estimate it to be 6 ft. tall, but perhaps it spanned as tall as 8 feet. It had human-like hands and body, but it was completely covered with fur and had the snout of a wolf. It stares at people with a smirk, has sharp eyes, and carries an awful odor. It caused no harm to date, but eyewitnesses claim it to be demonic. The beast is most often seen at night, but has been seen during the day as well. He chased a few people and was spotted by the side of the road eating animal carcasses. Some believe it to be a dogman-like creature that has survived prehistoric times and somehow it now wanders the countryside of Wisconsin.

The Beast of Bray Road, a wolf-like creature that walks on two feet.

One of the earliest accounts took place in 1936 by a night watchman at St. Colleta, a Catholic convent near Jefferson, Wisconsin. Mark Schackelman claims to have seen the beast two separate times, both around midnight. He spotted the Beast clawing on top a Native American Indian burial mound. He went after the “wolf” and the Beast fled.

During the second night of Schackelman’s watch, he approached the beast at the mound again, this time the Beast stood up on his hind legs and faced him. To his astonishment the creature was over 6 feet tall and was covered in dark hair, fangs, pointed ears, he described it as having awful smell, like rotting meat. The Beast growled, Schackelman,scared out of his mind, repeatedly prayed to God that he would be safe. After snarling at him, he said the creature walked away.

Another sighting happened in 1989 when Lorianne Endrizzi, a 24-year old, was driving down Bray Road at around 1:30 A.M. She thought she saw a person hunched over on the side of the road, so she slowed down to see if the “person” needed help. When she looked over at the figure, she saw that the person was actually a half man, half wolf abomination. It had a long snout, yellow eyes, fangs, and was covered in grayish-brown hair. The Beast was holding roadkill with its human-like hands with claws, and as she was watching, it continued to devour the animal. The beast continued to stare at her, eating the animal, until she drove away. The Beast of Bray Road has also been described as being bear-like or baboon-like. It has a resemblance to the Dogman of Michigan, Lobizon of South American, and Snarly Yow. Some say that it could also be related to Bigfoot.

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