Story 1. The Michigan Dogman

Somewhere out in the Northwoods Darkness, a creature walks upright,

and the best advice you may ever get is don't go out at night.

Whilst these words appear to have been born out of a harmless April Fool's joke,

for the residents of Michigan's heartland, they stir a deeply rooted apprehension.

The fear of a mythical beast, stories of which have been passed down through the centuries,

a creature known as the Michigan Dogman. So, So, the On the 1st of April 1987, WTCM radio personality Jack O'Malley and his production director Steve Cook were finally ready to hit play on a small project,

which the pair had been working on as an April Fool's prank.

Cook had drafted a poem that chronicled the quasi-factual tales of a half-man, half-dog creature,

a beast that proud Michigan's dark forests, striking like clockwork every seven years,

which was again due to make its expected appearance.

Cook had initially attempted to put his poem to some accompanying music, before finally opting

to convert it into a proper song, with the intention of

ginning up some harmless fear in the community. But neither man could have

imagined what would transpire following the broadcast of their composition, which they titled, The Legend.

It had been a few days since the song first aired, and disappointingly for Cook and O'Malley, their creation had so far failed to make any impact

on their listeners at all. That was until their phone line suddenly began to light up,

and a relentless barrage of callers began asking about that weird song

wanting to know when it would be played again. The pair took a call from an

elderly man who had allegedly seen something strikingly close to what Cook's poem described in his youth and was disturbed by the similarities.

Within only a month, the legend went on to become the most requested song on air and was also picked

up by the national news media.

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