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This is the second part of a two-part episode. The first part dealt with descriptions

and folklore of dog men, as well as stories of encounters with and sightings of them.

This part will address more stories of encounters

and explanations that have been put forth

on the nature of dog man and dog man phenomena. Just a few years after the legend came out, an article was written for the

Wallworth County Week, a newspaper around Elkhorn, Wisconsin, a little bit southwest of Milwaukee.

In December of 1991, journalist Linda Godfrey had heard enough stories of odd

were wolf-like sightings in the area to cause

her to ask her editor if she could check it out and write something up.

Her article, tracking down the Beast of Bray Road, detailed encounters by locals of seeing

some kind of dog man firsthand.

One family had seen an unfamiliar dog while outside one day and wouldn't have thought much of it

had it not rose on its back legs and walked off.

Some folks had only glimpses, others had chickens stolen.

But the story that really peaked Godfrey's attention

was of a woman who had been driving down Bray Road,

a simple country connecting lane just outside of

Elkhorn.

It was an unremarkable fall night when the lady came around a bend and saw a person kneeling

at the side of the road.

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