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Werewolves, wolfmen, lycanthropy … it’s the stuff of spooky novels and Hollywood films, right? After all, people can’t shapeshift and change into bats or snakes or birds or wolves … or can they? Maybe they did once. Maybe the accursed really did turn into werewolves once upon a time in Eastern Europe where so many myths about monsters still linger like morning mists on the foothills of the Carpathian mountains. But that was centuries ago, none can possibly exist in the high tech world of the 21st Century, can they? Well, yes, according to many witnesses — and the werewolves are not lurking around the haunted forests of Romania but right in the good old, USA in Wisconsin, as a matter of fact.

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Land of cheeeseheads, Green Bay Packers…and werewolves?

The earliest sightings of a werewolf in Wisconsin go back to the last century during the year 1936.

A strange creature was spotted near a country road east of Jefferson, Wisconsin. According to the witness, Mark Schackelman, he saw a man-wolf digging in what he thought was an old Indian grave. Fearing for his life, Schackelman watched the beast briefly, and then quietly fled.

Reportedly, intrigued by what he had seen, Schackelman returned to the same area the next night hoping for another glimpse of the beast. Imagine his surprise when he not only saw the creature again, but also heard it speak a bizarre, gutteral language.

Did witness Mark Schackelman see a werewolf?

Later, Schackelman shared his experience with friends and described the man-wolf he twice encountered as tall—about six feet—with a muzzled face, long curved fingers, and a sickening odor reminiscent of decaying beef.

The Bray Road Beast

Another report from southern Wisconsin emerged during the closing weeks of 1939.

A young couple reported their terror-filled encounter to the local police, describing a shaggy, wolf-like man walking along the highway on its hind legs. They claimed the creature was extremely muscular and had long grey hair hanging from its body. When the lights from their car lit up the beast it turned, snarled, and then ran into the shadows farther away from the shoulder of the road.

The couple’s description is very similar to Schackelman’s and all other sightings since. The last reported sighting of The Bray Road Beast occurred during 2011.

Between 1939 and the present hundreds of werewolf sightings were reported. One of the most spectacular involved Doristine Gibson, an 18-year-old resident of Elkhorn, Wisconsin.

Mysterious Bray Road, the dark lair of the werewolves?

According to Troy Taylor of Prarie Ghosts, while driving along Bray Road near Delvan on October 31, 1999, Gibson thought she ran over something on the road. Then…

“She stopped the car and peered into the darkness to see a dark, hairy form racing toward her. She jumped back into the car and was attempting to drive away when the beast jumped onto her trunk. Luckily, it was too wet for the creature to hang on and it fell off onto the pavement. Doristine returned to the site later on that evening with a young girl that she was taking out trick-or-treating and saw a large form on the side of the road.”

The sighting ignited a firestorm of reaction within the community. Taylor writes that “She told about her encounter the next day and as word spread, more local people began to step forward with their own encounters with the beast, dating back to 1989.”

Not long after Gibson’s encounter, a woman named Lorianne Endrizzi—again driving at night on Bray Road—reduced her speed when she saw a figure crouching by the side of the road. Thinking it might be an injured person, she steered towards the shoulder to stop and offer assistance. But then… “When she slowed down, she took a closer look at the figure on the passenger side of the car. She was no more than six feet away from it at the time. The sighting lasted for about 45 seconds and she stated that she clearly saw a beast with grayish, brown hair, fangs and pointed ears. ‘His face was…long and snouty, like a wolf,’ she claimed.”

The beast had bright, glowing yellow eyes and stared right at her. Later, recalling old books and films she had seen as a child, she became convinced that what she stumbled upon was a werewolf.

The damned: A man-wolf depicted in art

Werewolves seen gnawing on bloody prey

From the descriptions of witnesses, some who later needed sedatives, the beast appears very much like the classic descriptions of a werewolf or wolfman.

It has been seen running on four legs, walking and running upright on two, or crouching in a hunched postion gnawing on bloody prey at the side of the road. According to some witnesses the creature looks very much like a man with a wolf, or German shepherd, shaped head. The snout is long and pronounced and bristling with sharp teeth and noriceable fangs.

The creature stands about six feet high and has distinctly pointed ears.

Some witnesses’ descriptions — corroborated over decades — describe most of the thing’s fingers as long, curving claws.

Most werewolf encounters occur during the night

Almost all encounters with the nocturnal creature occur at night. People driving down the road spot the beast as it’s crouching or standing by the side of the road with their headlights.

Some witnesses insist that the werewolf stared at them. Those shaken people swear the man-wolf’s hungry, primitive gaze is enough to freeze the heart.

A few testify that the thing’s eyes are deep red, but most witnesses report that headlight beams reflect back glowing yellow-colored eyes.

Many of the witnesses insist that what they encountered was not imagined or a trick of the shadows at night, but a real living and breathing werewolf.

Linda Godfrey, werewolf hunter

Perhaps the most famous hunter of werewolves in modern times — at least in Wisconsin — is Linda Godfrey.

Godfrey’s book chronicles real werewolf encounters

Linda Godfrey has been tracking the man-wolf for about two decades. She told her story in the 2003 book, “The Beast of Bray Road — Tailing Wisconsin’s Werewolf.“

Godfrey, who’s appeared on many radio shows across the United States, is convinced that the Bay Road Beast is real. Whether it’s truly paranormal, or people who’ve been cursed, or even individuals that may be afflicted with a rare medical condition, remains unknown.

For those thinking they can avoid running into a werewolf by simply staying away from Wisconsin, the bad news is that during the past century werewolves have been reported in Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, and Georgia.

Native Americans also have tales of man-wolves that were sometimes seen cavorting with wolf packs, loping across the Great Plains, even turning up in the Southwestern states.

More bad news: despite the myth, the appearance of werewolves is not governed by full moons. The hideous creatures have been spotted in Wisconsin on moonless nights and even several times during daylight hours.





During 2009 FOX News reported on the Wisconsin werewolf. [Video]

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