A driver heading toward Wisconsin Dells says they locked eyes with a towering creature that had a dog’s face and bright yellow eyes, and it never moved.
The account comes from a Reddit post by user Unlikely_Profit_5364, shared about a month ago on a forum for strange creature reports. The poster was driving a late 1990s Chrysler Sebring convertible to pick up an order from Applebee’s. The top was down, the sun was setting, and they figured it would be a pretty ride.
A Dark Stretch of Highway Near Rocky Arbor State Park
By the time the poster reached the highway that runs past Rocky Arbor State Park, it was darker than they expected. The camping side of the park and its trails sat on the right. The side that is not open to the public sat on the left.
That private side has a dirt road entrance. The poster notes that they have seen police park there from time to time.
What Was Standing by the Road
According to the poster, “standing there clear as day was a large creature.” They guess it stood nine to twelve feet tall. Its back legs looked like the back legs of a dog, while its chest and arms were huge and human. The face, they say, was a dog’s face with bright yellow eyes.
Then came the part that has stayed with them. “I maid eye contact with it I knew it knew I seen it,” they wrote, keeping their own spelling. The creature did not move. The driver floored it and called their mom right away.
Bigger Than Anything They Had Read About
The poster says they have never found anyone who has seen this creature or heard of anything like it in the area. They have lived close to the park their whole life. They also say they sometimes feel its presence, as if it knows who they are.
Most replies landed on the same word. Many readers called it a dogman, the name cryptid fans give to upright, dog-headed creatures. The poster said they had read up on dogmen, but descriptions usually make them only a little taller than a man. This one was “way taller and wider.” They added that they have seen strange things near the Dells, but this was “the realest.”
What Reddit Had to Say
User Immateriumdelirium said it sounded like a dogman encounter. User PalmTreeFury, who carries a Bigfoot Believer flair, said people in the Dells area have described what the poster saw, and that Wisconsin has a dogman just as Michigan does. This commenter, who says their family comes from the Menomonee Falls area, also asked the poster to draw what they saw.
Not everyone was sold. One commenter simply answered, “A bear.” Another said it was either a dogman or another annoying fib. A third, yungtanuki, took a darker view, calling these creatures werewolves and saying they are demonic, with sizes ranging from about seven feet to fourteen feet. Another user, nonameonreddit84, pushed back on the religious reasoning behind that claim. The thread shows how quickly one sighting can turn into a debate about what these beings even are.
The Skeptical View
A skeptic would start with the conditions. It was dusk, the poster was moving at highway speed, and the light was fading. Size is hard to judge in those moments, and nine to twelve feet is far taller than any bear in Wisconsin. Black bears can stand on their hind legs, but they stay well under that height. A tall animal at the edge of a dark road could also look much bigger than it was.
Still, the poster describes more than a glimpse. They describe a face, a posture, and a moment of eye contact. Memory of a frightening event can feel vivid, but vivid does not always mean accurate. That is the honest middle ground here.
Wisconsin’s History With Canine Creatures
This is not the first time a dog-like creature has been tied to Wisconsin. The Beast of Bray Road, reported near Elkhorn in the southern part of the state, became well known in the early 1990s. Those reports described a hairy, wolf-like animal that walked on two legs, which is the kind of story that makes a new sighting like this one easy to place in a larger pattern.
Where That Leaves Us
We have one witness, one dusk drive, and no second report to back it up. A trail camera near that dirt road entrance would answer a lot of questions, though the land on that side is not open to the public. For now, the account stays in the file as a vivid, unverified encounter.
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