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He was seven feet tall with glistening¹ eyes of blue or yellow and a terrifying, humanoid howl. He looked like a man, but also had the qualities of a canine-like creature. He was the Michigan Dogman.

Rachel Clark with the Michigan History Center walked us through the legend and sightings of the Michigan Dogman, which date back to the 1800s.

The beast has been on the minds of Michiganders for the last 130 years starting in 1887. That's when two lumberjacks saw a creature they described as having a man's body and a dog's head. According to legend, the Dogman appears to humans in a ten-year cycle that falls on years ending in the number seven.

So, the early reports are usually of men working in the woods who encounter this beast during their time there. And then over the years, it's a lot of times people who are again alone, either on an isolated³ road or the woods, Clark said. Their encounters are very similar though. They do talk about this beast coming out of the woods, it is very agile⁴, it jumps in front of their car or in front of them. It scratches at their houses or their tents.

Most of the original reports came from logging camps. In the 1870s, Michigan was the leading white pine lumber² producer in the nation. These encounters have been said to scare people to death. Someone recently called OnStar reporting that Dogman ran in front of his car—causing it to flip⁵ over.

Some say the existence of Dogman was proven in what's known as The Gable Film. Mike Agrusa was a young boy in the 1970s when he supposedly captured a video depicting⁶ what appears to be Dogman during a northern Michigan vacation. Since the viral video was released, Agrusa has admitted it was a hoax⁷. That hasn't convinced dedicated⁸ Dogman believers, though.

The legend has also been used as a reference in pop culture. In 1987, a Traverse City radio station recorded a song titled The Legend, recounting the Dogman's historical whereabouts. In late 2011, filmmaker Rich Brauer released a film titled Dogman.

Clark says that she will not confirm or deny reports of Dogman, especially since Michigan forests have diverse wildlife which can house surprising creatures.

For a long time, there were stories of large cats in Michigan that were sort of dismissed, Clark said. And now we have cougar⁹ sightings. There's been quite a few in the last few months. So I'm not saying there's a Dogman that's going to show up. However, who knows what's living in the forests of Michigan.

This post was written by production assistant Catherine Nouhan.

1 glistening   

adj.闪耀的，反光的v.湿物闪耀，闪亮( glisten的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Her eyes were glistening with tears. 她眼里闪着晶莹的泪花。
• Her eyes were glistening with tears. 她眼睛中的泪水闪着柔和的光。 来自《用法词典》

2 lumber   

n.木材，木料；v.以破旧东西堆满；伐木；笨重移动

参考例句：

• The truck was sent to carry lumber.卡车被派出去运木材。
• They slapped together a cabin out of old lumber.他们利用旧木料草草地盖起了一间小屋。

3 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

4 agile   

adj.敏捷的，灵活的

参考例句：

• She is such an agile dancer!她跳起舞来是那么灵巧！
• An acrobat has to be agile.杂技演员必须身手敏捷。

5 flip   

vt.快速翻动；轻抛；轻拍；n.轻抛；adj.轻浮的

参考例句：

• I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.我很快翻阅了一下那本书，看来似乎很有趣。
• Let's flip a coin to see who pays the bill.咱们来抛硬币决定谁付钱。

6 depicting   

描绘，描画( depict的现在分词 )； 描述

参考例句：

• a painting depicting the Virgin and Child 一幅描绘童贞马利亚和圣子耶稣的画
• The movie depicting the battles and bloodshed is bound to strike home. 这部描写战斗和流血牺牲的影片一定会取得预期效果。

7 hoax   

v.欺骗，哄骗，愚弄；n.愚弄人，恶作剧

参考例句：

• They were the victims of a cruel hoax.他们是一个残忍恶作剧的受害者。
• They hoax him out of his money.他们骗去他的钱。

8 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

9 cougar   

n.美洲狮；美洲豹

参考例句：

• I saw a cougar slinking toward its prey.我看到一只美洲狮正在潜随猎物。
• I have never seen a cougar.我从未见过美洲豹。