Monsters and Mysteries in America (2013–…): Season 2, Episode 4 - Wendigo, Dogman, Wolfman - full transcript

Narrator: STALKED BY THE BEAST
OF BRAY ROAD.

Endrizzi: AND I SLOWED DOWN.

THIS HALF-MAN,
HALF-WOLF LOOKED RIGHT AT ME.

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]

IT WAS THE SCARIEST THING
I'VE EVER SEEN,

AND I FELT PURE TERROR.

[ GROWLS ]

[ SCREAMS ]

Narrator: FACE-TO-FACE
WITH THE MICHIGAN DOGMAN.

WHEN I LOCKED EYES WITH IT,
WE BOTH FROZE.

IT WAS COMING DIRECTLY AT ME,
AND THAT'S WHEN I SAID,



"TIME FOR ME TO GO."

Narrator: TURNED INTO A CANNIBAL
BY THE RAVENOUS WENDIGO.

Carlson:
WHEN SOMEBODY'S POSSESSED
BY THE WENDIGO,

IT'S VERY TERRIFYING,
AND THEY BECOME A PREDATOR,

AND THEIR FAMILY, RELATIVES,
OR FRIENDS HAVE BECOME THE PREY.

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

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DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

Narrator: 30 MILES WEST
OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN,

THE TOWN OF ELKHORN SITS AMONG
BROAD LAKES AND ROLLING HILLS.

ELKHORN IS
A REALLY CLOSE-KNIT LITTLE TOWN.

YOU WALK IN A GROCERY STORE,
AND YOU KNOW PEOPLE.

GREAT TOWN TO RAISE A FAMILY.

Godfrey: ROLLING FARMLAND.

WAS PREDOMINANTLY RURAL
FOR A LONG TIME.



IT'S A QUIET, NICE,
LITTLE COMMUNITY.

Narrator:
SOMETIMES A LITTLE TOO QUIET.

YOU HEAR, YOU KNOW,
THE CREAKINGS OF THE NIGHT.

IT CAN BE VERY FRIGHTENING
JUST BEING OUT IN THE WOODS.

I'VE LIVED HERE ALL MY LIFE,
BETTER THAN 50 YEARS.

I KNOW
AN AWFUL LOT OF PEOPLE.

PEOPLE WEREN'T AT ALL
INTO THE PARANORMAL

UNTIL THIS THING STARTED
TO CROP ITS HEAD.

IT BECAME SOMETHING THAT WAS

IN THE BACK OF PEOPLE'S MINDS
ALL THE TIME.

Narrator: IT'S BEEN SEEN
MORE THAN 100 TIMES.

IT'S NEVER BEEN CAPTURED.

NO IRONCLAD PROOF.

BUT RUMORS PERSIST
THAT A WOLFMAN BEAST STALKS

THE DARK, WOODED ROADS
OF WISCONSIN.

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[ PANTING ]

[ SCREAMS ]

DATING BACK TO THE 1940s,
WHEN PEOPLE WENT TO THE WOODS,

SOME OF THE OLD-TIMERS
REMEMBERED HEARING STORIES

OF THEM COMING BACK,
SCREAMING OUT OF THE WOODS

WITH THEIR CLOTHING ALL SHREDDED
BY THIS MONSTER

WITH THESE DEEP, DARK
SCRATCH MARKS ON THEIR BODY...

HELP ME!

...INDICATING
THAT THEY DID ENCOUNTER

SOME CREATURE OUT THERE.

Narrator: IN THE LATE 1980s,

THE STORIES REACHED
A NEW LEVEL OF INTENSITY.

Godfrey: IN AND AROUND THIS AREA
OUTSIDE OF ELKHORN, WISCONSIN,

THERE WAS A FLURRY OF SIGHTINGS

OF SOME UNKNOWN, UPRIGHT,
WOLFLIKE CREATURE.

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

Graff: THERE WAS
A GREAT AMOUNT OF FEAR.

PEOPLE ARMED THEMSELVES
AND STARTED TO LOCK THEIR DOORS,

WHICH IS
NOT NORMAL AROUND HERE,

ESPECIALLY OUT NORTH
OF ELKHORN,

WHERE THIS BEAST WAS
FIRST SIGHTED.

Narrator: MOST OF THE SIGHTINGS
WERE CLUSTERED

ALONG A SINGLE ROADWAY.

BRAY ROAD IS A TWO-MILE STRETCH
OF COUNTRY ROAD.

IT'S FULL OF FAMILY FARMS.

SOME OF THEM GO BACK
GENERATIONS.

Graff: JUST OFF OF BRAY ROAD,
THERE'S A LARGE WOODS,

VERY DEEP WOODS,
WITH A NUMBER OF PONDS IN IT.

Narrator:
AND EVERY NOW AND THEN,
SOMETHING EMERGES.

SOMETHING THAT ELKHORN NATIVE
LORI ENDRIZZI WILL NEVER FORGET.

Endrizzi: I NEVER THOUGHT
ANYTHING LIKE THIS

WOULD EVER HAPPEN TO ME,
BUT IT DID HAPPEN,

AND IT WAS ONE OF THE SCARIEST
MOMENTS OF MY LIFE.

Narrator: LATE ONE EVENING
IN THE FALL OF 1989,

THE LOCAL BAR MANAGER WAS
DRIVING HOME FROM WORK,

DRIVING ON BRAY ROAD.

IT WAS A VERY QUIET NIGHT.

[ CREATURE GROWLING ]

I SAW SOMETHING ON THE ROAD.

Narrator:
TO LORI, IT LOOKED LIKE
SOME SORT OF ANIMAL HUNCHED OVER

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.

SHE INCHED CLOSER
FOR A BETTER VIEW.

I SAW HIM KNEELING ON THE ROAD,
LIKE A PERSON WOULD KNEEL.

I PUT MY HEADLIGHTS ON BRIGHT
SO I COULD SEE IT.

AND THAT'S WHAT
REALLY MADE ME REALIZE

IT WASN'T SOMETHING NORMAL.

[ GASPS ]

Narrator: AND THEN,
A BLOOD-CHILLING REALIZATION.

Endrizzi: IT WAS HOLDING
THE ROADKILL LIKE IT HAD ELBOWS,

AND IT WAS KNEELING LIKE IT HAD
KNEES LIKE A HUMAN BEING.

HANDS, ELBOWS, KNEES.

AND I'M LOOKING AT IT,
AND I CAN'T BELIEVE

THAT I'M ACTUALLY SEEING
THIS THING

THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

I WAS VERY, VERY FRIGHTENED

BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS LOOKING
AT A HALF-MAN, HALF-WOLF --

A WEREWOLF.

Narrator:
THE REAL TERROR CAME

WHEN THE KNEELING CREATURE
TURNED AND LOCKED EYES ON LORI.

[ GASPS ]

HIS EYES WERE
A GLOWING YELLOW.

HIS EYES WERE ACTUALLY GLOWING.

IT WAS FRIGHTENING.

I WAS LOOKING AT THIS CREATURE,
AND I FELT PURE TERROR.

THAT'S ALL I COULD FEEL.

[ GROWLS ]

PLEASE.

[ ENGINE STOPS ]

JUST AS THE BEAST HAD FRESH PREY
IN ITS SIGHTS,

LORI'S CAR WOULDN'T MOVE.

[ ENGINE SPUTTERS ]

OH.

[ GROWLS ]

MY HEART WAS POUNDING.
I WAS SHAKING.

PLEASE. COME ON.

PLEASE.
[ ENGINE SPUTTERING ]

[ WHIMPERS ]

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]

[ SCREAMS ]

[ ROARS ]

Narrator:
WHEN HER CAR ROARED TO LIFE,

THERE WAS
ONLY ONE PLACE TO GO.

I PRETTY MUCH SPED
TO MY MOM'S

AND JUST GOT OUT OF THERE
AS FAST AS I COULD.

THAT CREATURE WAS THE SCARIEST
THING I'VE EVER SEEN.

MOM?

MOM?

WHAT'S WRONG?
WHAT HAPPENED?

WHEN LORI CAME INTO THE HOUSE,
THERE WAS --

SHE WAS JUST FULL OF PANIC.

SHE SAID, "MOM, YOU'RE NOT GONNA
BELIEVE WHAT I SAW."

SHE SAID, "I SAW A WEREWOLF.

"IT WAS KNEELING
ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

IT HAD GLOWING EYES,
AND IT WAS EATING ROADKILL."

AND I SAID,
"OH, MY GOD, LORI."

SHE COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.

WE WERE JUST BOTH IN SHOCK.

I KNOW WHAT I SAW.

SHE WAS
ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED.

I HAVE NEVER SEEN LORI
THAT TERRIFIED, EVER.

Narrator: AND LORI IS JUST ONE
OF COUNTLESS OTHERS

THROUGH HISTORY SWEARING
THEY'VE SEEN A WOLFMAN.

THE LEGEND DATES BACK
TO ANCIENT TIMES.

IN NORTHERN EUROPE,

PAGAN WARRIORS DRESSED
IN WOLF HIDES

TO CHANNEL THE SPIRIT OF THESE
AGGRESSIVE PACK ANIMALS.

BUT BY THE LATE MIDDLE AGES,
RISING PANIC OVER WITCHCRAFT

TURNED THE WOLF
AND NOTIONS OF A WOLFMAN

INTO SOMETHING EVIL.

FUELING THE FEAR MAY HAVE BEEN
EUROPE'S FIRST SERIAL KILLER.

IN 1589, IN BEDBURG, GERMANY,
PETER STUBBE CARRIED OUT

MORE THAN A DOZEN
BRUTAL MURDERS.

STUBBE MADE A GIRDLE
MADE OF WOLF PELTS

THAT HE CLAIMED TRANSFORMED HIM
INTO A WEREWOLF.

STUBBE WAS BURNED AT THE STAKE.

[ WOLF HOWLS ]

MANY WEREWOLF LEGENDS WERE
COMBINED

INTO HOLLYWOOD'S
CLASSIC TALE...

...THE ILL-FATED HUMAN HERO,
UNDER A FULL MOON,

CURSED TO TRANSFORM
INTO A SAVAGE BEAST.

ONLY THE CREATURE THAT STALKED
WISCONSIN IN THE 1980s

APPEARED TO BE DIFFERENT --

LESS MAN, MORE WOLF,
PUMPED WITH AGGRESSION,

AND VYING TO SURVIVE
ON WILD GAME.

NO MATTER WHO MIGHT
GET IN THE WAY.

[ WOLF HOWLS ]

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

Endrizzi:
I WAS JUST IN THE WRONG PLACE
AT THE WRONG TIME.

I DON'T THINK
IT PICKED ME OUT.

I JUST THINK IT WAS THERE,
AND I WAS THERE.

[ SCREAMS ]

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

IN THE BACK OF MY MIND,
I'M THINKING, "WHAT IF?"

WHAT IF IT FOLLOWED HER HOME?

WHAT IF
THERE'S MORE THAN ONE?

[ WOLVES HOWL ]

Narrator:
ON A FALL EVENING IN 1989
NEAR ELKHORN, WISCONSIN,

LOCAL RESIDENT LORI ENDRIZZI WAS
DRIVING HOME.

HER RIDE WAS INTERRUPTED
WHEN SHE SAW A STRANGE CREATURE

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.

AND AS I SLOWED DOWN
TO LOOK AT IT,

IT TURNED AROUND
AND LOOKED AT ME.

Narrator:
STARING INTO HER HEADLIGHTS WAS
A WOLFMAN,

THE LEGENDARY
BEAST OF BRAY ROAD.

I DIDN'T SLEEP
THAT NIGHT VERY WELL.

MOSTLY BECAUSE I WAS THINKING

ABOUT THIS CREATURE
THAT I HAD SEEN.

NARRATOR:
THE DAY AFTER HER ENCOUNTER,

LORI FELT COMPELLED
TO INVESTIGATE THE AREA

WHERE SHE SAW THE BEAST.

Endrizzi:
THE FEELINGS THAT I WAS FEELING
WHEN I DROVE BACK

TO WHERE I INITIALLY SAW IT WAS
PRETTY CREEPY.

[ GROWLS ]

I WAS VERY HESITANT
TO DRIVE DOWN BRAY ROAD,

BUT THERE'S ALWAYS THAT FEAR
THAT IT COULD BE --

IT COULD BE OUT THERE,

JUST WALKING AROUND,
LOOKING FOR ROADKILL.

LOOKING TO SCARE SOMEBODY.

[ LEAVES RUSTLING ]

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

Narrator:
IT WAS ALL SO UNBELIEVABLE,
LORI AND HER MOM DECIDED

TO KEEP QUIET
ABOUT THE WOLFMAN ENCOUNTER.

THE STORY JUST SEEMED
SO OUTLANDISH,

LIKE,
WHO'S GONNA BELIEVE LORI?

I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE A STIGMA
ATTACHED TO MYSELF.

SO, REALLY,
IT WAS AN EASY SECRET TO KEEP.

Narrator: LIKE LORI,
OTHER FOLKS IN THE AREA HAD

ENCOUNTERS
THEY COULDN'T EXPLAIN.

ONE OF THE SCARIEST ENCOUNTERS
NEAR BRAY ROAD HAPPENED

WHEN A ROUP OF CHILDREN WERE
SLEDDING,

AND THEY WERE
ON THEIR WAY HOME.

IT WAS JUST ABOUT TWILIGHT.

WHAT'S THAT?

AND THEY SAW WHAT THEY THOUGHT
WAS A DOG LAPPING WATER

FROM A PARTLY THAWED POND,
AND THEY WENT OVER TO PET IT.

THAT'S NO DOG.

[ GROWLS ]

THEY TURNED AROUND AND RAN,
AND IT BEGAN TO CHASE THEM.

[ BOTH SCREAMING ]

BUT AS USUAL,
IT BROKE OFF THE CHASE.

AND ONE OF THOSE CHILDREN WAS
A FRIEND OF MY SON'S.

AND HE SAID, "MOM, I KNOW HIM,
AND HE'S NOT MAKING THAT UP.

HE'S STILL REALLY SCARED."

Narrator: WHEN IT WAS CLEAR
THAT LORI ENDRIZZI'S ENCOUNTER

WASN'T THE ONLY ONE,

LORI'S MOM ENCOURAGED HER
TO GO PUBLIC ABOUT THE EVENT.

I THOUGHT IT WAS TIME
THAT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW

WHAT WAS GOING ON.

Narrator:
AS LORI WOULD LEARN,

THE LOCAL ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICE
ALREADY HAD A FILE.

THEY STARTED COMPILING REPORTS

WHEN THEY FOUND
A DOZEN OR SO ANIMALS

SUSPICIOUSLY DEAD
AND DISMEMBERED.

Endrizzi: IT WAS CRAZY.
A WEREWOLF FILE?

I MEAN, I DIDN'T THINK
ANYONE EVER HEARD OF THIS,

SO SOMEBODY MUST HAVE SAID
SOMETHING IN THE PAST

TO HAVE A WEREWOLF FILE.

Narrator: LINDA GODFREY WAS
A ROOKIE REPORTER

WHEN THE STORIES BEGAN
TO CIRCULATE.

Godfrey:
PROBABLY JUST A FEW MONTHS
INTO MY JOB,

AND I STARTED HEARING
LOCAL RUMORS

THAT PEOPLE AROUND ELKHORN
WERE SEEING

WHAT THEY WERE CALLING
A WEREWOLF OUT ON BRAY ROAD,

AND I WAS
EXTREMELY SKEPTICAL.

I KNOW I LAUGHED,

AND WHEN I STARTED
JUST KIND OF ASKING AROUND,

I FOUND OUT THAT, YES,

PEOPLE ACTUALLY WERE
TALKING ABOUT IT.

YOU KNOW, AND AT THAT POINT,
I HAD TO FOLLOW UP ON IT.

Narrator:
ONE OF HER FIRST INTERVIEWS WAS
WITH LORI ENDRIZZI.

Endrizzi:
I THOUGHT THAT LORI'S STORY WAS
VERY, VERY CREDIBLE.

SHE WAS A YOUNG, SINGLE MOM
AT THE TIME.

YOU KNOW, SHE WAS
JUST COMING HOME FROM WORK.

AND BESIDES, SHE WAS
OBVIOUSLY STILL TERRIFIED

AT THE THOUGHT OF IT.

Endrizzi: I FELT VINDICATED.

I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE
THAT SAW IT,

AND OTHER PEOPLE BECAME
BRAVE ENOUGH

TO SHARE THEIR STORY,
JUST LIKE I DID.

Godfrey:
PEOPLE ALL OVER STARTED SAYING,
"WE HAVE THIS CREATURE HERE."

ONE PERSON SAW IT
KILLING ITS DOG.

ANOTHER -- A COUPLE OF LADIES
SAW A 6-FOOT TALL,

UPRIGHT CANINE
WITH THEIR CAT IN ITS MOUTH.

Graff:
IT REALLY STARTED TO SNOWBALL.

IT BECAME SOMETHING THAT WAS

IN THE BACK OF PEOPLE'S MINDS
ALL THE TIME.

Narrator: THE STORY WENT VIRAL,

AND THE CREATURE WAS DUBBED
"THE BEAST OF BRAY ROAD."

Graff: IT WAS A BIG STORY.
PEOPLE WERE PETRIFIED.

WHEN YOU HEAR STORIES LIKE THAT,
THAT'S WHEN YOU START TO THINK,

"THIS COULD BE REAL.
THIS COULD HAPPEN TO ME."

Lester: I BELIEVE
IT'S NOT THE ONLY ONE OUT THERE.

I BELIEVE
THERE'S A LOT OF THEM.

IT'S NOT JUST HERE.
IT'S ALL OVER.

Narrator:
IN FACT, AFTER THE SPATE
OF SIGHTINGS AROUND BRAY ROAD,

PEOPLE THROUGHOUT WISCONSIN

STARTED CLAIMING
WOLFMAN ENCOUNTERS.

60 MILES NORTHEAST
OF ELKHORN,

THE SMALL TOWN
OF HUBERTUS, WISCONSIN,

IS ANOTHER COMMUNITY SURROUNDED
BY HILLS AND FOREST --

THE PERFECT LANDSCAPE
FOR A CREATURE TO HIDE.

IN 2006, LOCAL SANITATION WORKER
STEVE KRUEGER

HAD A RUN-IN
WITH THE WOLFMAN BEAST

THAT MADE HIM QUESTION
EVERYTHING HE EVER THOUGHT

ABOUT THE SUPERNATURAL.

Krueger:
I NEVER BELIEVED IN MONSTERS

UNTIL I SAW THAT CREATURE
AT THE BACK END OF MY TRUCK.

[ GROWLS ]

I THOUGHT,
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?"

[ ROARS ]

Narrator:
WISCONSIN IS DAIRY LAND.

FOR A STATE WITH OVER A MILLION
MILKING COWS,

THERE'S NO LOVE
FOR A PREDATOR LIKE THE WOLF.

[ WOLVES BARKING ]

SINCE THE 1800s,
IT'S BEEN OPEN WARFARE.

BY THE 1960s, THE WOLF WAS

OFFICIALLY EXTERMINATED
FROM WISCONSIN.

SOME WONDER IF A FEW MANAGED
TO LIVE ON

AND NOT ONLY SURVIVE
BUT TRANSFORM,

LIKE INSECTS OR RODENTS
THAT DEFY EXTERMINATION

ONLY TO COME BACK STRONGER.

Godfrey: IT MIGHT BE SOME KIND
OF NATURAL WOLF/WOLF HYBRID

THAT HAS ADAPTED TO RUN OR WALK
ON ITS HIND LEGS

WHEN IT SUITS ITS PURPOSES
FOR SOME REASON.

Narrator: WHATEVER THE CAUSE,
BY THE 1980s,

WISCONSIN WAS IN THE MIDST
OF A FLURRY OF REPORTS

ABOUT A BIZARRE WOLFMAN BEAST.

[ WOLF HOWLS ]

THAT PUT STEVE KRUEGER

ON THE FRONT LINES
OF THE HUNTING ZONE.

AFTER COLLEGE, HE GOT A JOB
WORKING SANITATION,

CLEARING WISCONSIN ROADS
OF DEER AND ROADKILL.

Krueger: I'VE SPENT
A LOT OF TIME IN THE WOODS

AND SEEN
A LOT OF CRAZY THINGS.

THIS BEATS ALL OF IT
BY A LONG SHOT.

BACK IN 2006,
I WAS CONTRACTED TO PICK UP

THE DEAD DEER CARCASSES
ALONG THE ROADWAYS

THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

THERE'S NO PRECIPITATION.

IT WAS JUST A REALLY NICE,
COOL EVENING.

I WAS DRIVING, AND I CAME ACROSS
A SMALL DEER CARCASS.

IT WAS A SMALL, 80-POUND DOE,
SO I THREW DOWN THE TAILGATE,

PICKED UP THE DEER,
AND TOSSED IT INTO THE BACK

ON TOP OF THE ATV RAIL.

AND I POP BACK INTO MY CAB,
GOT THE CLIPBOARD OUT,

AND STARTED FILLING OUT
THE PAPERWORK.

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

WHAT HAD BEEN A QUIET NIGHT WAS
ABOUT TO RECEIVE A JOLT.

[ THUD ]

AT FIRST, WHEN THE TRUCK SHOOK,
I THOUGHT IT WAS THE WIND,

SO I IGNORED IT THE FIRST TIME,

STARTED FILLING OUT
THE PAPERWORK AGAIN.

[ THUD ]

Narrator:
WHEN THE TRUCK ROCKED AGAIN,
IT COULDN'T BE IGNORED.

IT REALLY FELT LIKE
SOMETHING HEAVY

GOT INTO THE BACK END
OF THE TRUCK.

[ GROWLS ]

AND THAT'S WHERE
I SAW THE CREATURE.

[ GROWLS ]

THE WHOLE, ENTIRE CREATURE WAS
ABOUT 7 FEET TALL,

LOOKED LIKE
BASICALLY A LARGE WOLF HEAD

ON TOP OF A BEAR'S BODY.

THIS WAS NOT A BEAR.

Narrator:
THEN, IT MADE A MOVE TOWARD
THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK.

IT SCARED
THE DICKENS OUT OF ME.

I BECAME PANICKED,

AND I REALIZED I JUST NEEDED
TO GET OUT OF THERE.

IT CAME DOWN TO A CHOICE
OF FIGHT OR FLIGHT,

AND I CHOSE THE FLIGHT.

MY TRUCK WAS STILL RUNNING,
SO ALL I HAD TO DO WAS

THROW IT INTO DRIVE
AND HIT THE GAS.

[ GROWLS ]

AS I DID PULL AWAY, I HEARD
A METAL CLANK HIT THE ROAD.

Narrator: HE DIDN'T WAIT
TO SEE WHAT IT WAS.

HE DIDN'T DARE LOOK BACK.

Krueger:
I GOT TO THE NEXT CROSSROAD
AS FAST AS I COULD,

WHICH WAS SEVERAL MILES
DOWN THE ROAD,

AND I PULLED OVER.

Narrator: BOTH THE DEER
AND HIS HEAVY METAL RAMP

WERE GONE.

THE ONLY THING I COULD PRESUME
IS THAT THE RAMP GOT

TANGLED UP IN THE DEER'S LEGS

AS IT WAS BEING DRAGGED
OFF THE BACK END OF MY TRUCK.

I NEEDED THAT RAMP TO BE ABLE
TO PERFORM MY JOB.

Narrator:
BUT THAT MEANT GOING BACK --

BACK DOWN THE ROAD TO WHERE
THE WOLFMAN MIGHT BE LURKING.

Krueger:
WHEN I GOT BACK TO THE SPOT,
THERE WAS NOT A DEER.

THERE WAS NOT AN ATV RAMP,

AND THERE WASN'T
A FURRY CREATURE

ALONGSIDE THE ROAD
OR IN THE ROAD.

Narrator:
HOW COULD THE CREATURE MANAGE

TO CARRY OFF A CARCASS
AND A HEAVY RAMP?

STEVE KRUEGER WAS BEGINNING
TO CONSIDER

SUPERNATURAL EXPLANATIONS.

Krueger:
TO REALIZE THAT THERE WAS
A CREATURE LIKE THAT OUT THERE

THAT AGGRESSIVE AND THAT WILLING
TO GET CLOSE TO PEOPLE

FRIGHTENED ME.

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

Narrator:
STEVE REPORTED THE INCIDENT
TO THE SHERIFF.

PATROLS DISPATCHED TO THE SITE
FOUND NO CLUES

ABOUT THE MONSTER,

NO TRACE
OF THE HEAVY ATV RAMP.

IT WAS EMBARRASSING AT FIRST.
IT GOT WORSE THE NEXT DAY.

THE NEWS REPORTS STARTED
COMING OUT,

AND IT BECAME,
OVER THE NEXT WEEK,

A COMPLETE CIRCUS.

THE STORY SPREAD
LIKE WILDFIRE.

IT WENT ON NATIONAL NEWS,

AND THE PEOPLE CLOSER TO HOME
WHO KNOW ME KNEW

THIS WASN'T SOMETHING
THAT I MADE UP.

Narrator:
DESPITE ANYONE ELSE'S REACTION,
STEVE KNOWS WHAT HE SAW.

Krueger:
PEOPLE THAT DON'T BELIEVE ME,
I TELL THEM TO GO POUND SAND.

I SAW WHAT I SAW.

IF THEY DON'T BELIEVE ME,
IT DOES NOT BOTHER ME ONE BIT.

THE CREATURE THAT I SAW IS REAL.

IT WAS THERE. IT WAS REAL.

IT WAS A PHYSICAL SOMETHING
THAT I COULD NOT RECOGNIZE

THAT TOOK THE DEER
OUT OF THE BACK END OF MY TRUCK.

Narrator: WISCONSIN ISN'T
THE ONLY UPPER MIDWEST STATE

WHERE WOLF AND MONSTERS
ARE SEEN.

AN HOUR NORTH OF DETROIT,
THE QUAINT TOWN OF HOLLY HAS

LONG ATTRACTED VISITORS TO ITS
CHRISTMAS-THEMED FESTIVALS.

IN RECENT YEARS,
IT'S THE SURROUNDING WOODS

THAT'S ATTRACTING ATTENTION.

Breitfeld:
GROWING UP HERE IN MICHIGAN,

I HAVE HEARD
MYTHOLOGICAL STORIES

ABOUT THE MAN-DOG OF HOLLY
OR THE DOG-MAN OF HOLLY,

NEVER REALIZING
THAT IT WOULD BE A REALITY

OR THAT IT TRULY EXISTED.

Cornelius:
WELL, HOLLY IS, YOU KNOW,
KIND OF AN ODD PLACE.

YOU KNOW,
IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE PLACES

THAT HAS
A VERY REMOTE AREA TO IT,

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY

THERE ARE CREATURES LURKING
OUT THERE.

Narrator:
WITHIN THESE WOODS, THERE ARE
RUMORS ABOUT A MONSTER --

A CREATURE THAT SOMETIMES RUNS
ON FOUR LEGS,

SOMETIMES STANDS ON TWO.

A BIZARRE "MANIMAL" --
PART MAN, PART MUTT.

DOGMAN.

Lewis: THE DOGMAN
AND BEAST OF BRAY ROAD

SEEM TO BE
TWO DIFFERENT CREATURES.

THE BEAST OF BRAY ROAD APPEARS
MUCH BIGGER AND SEEMS TO BE

MORE OF YOUR
TRADITIONAL WEREWOLF,

WHEREAS THE DOGMAN HAS

A SUPERNATURAL REPUTATION
WITH IT, AS WELL,

THAT IT'S MORE
OF A SPIRIT-BASED CREATURE.

THEY HAVE THE ABILITY
TO DO YOU HARM

OUTSIDE OF JUST CLAWING
AND SLASHING AT YOU.

IT'S NOT FLESH AND BLOOD.

YOU COULDN'T KILL IT
LIKE YOU COULD POSSIBLY

THE BEAST OF BRAY ROAD.

Seech: WE DO KNOW
OF OVER 100 DOGMAN SIGHTINGS,

AND IT IS
A WIDESPREAD PHENOMENON

NOT JUST IN MICHIGAN --

ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES
AND, ACTUALLY,

ALL ACROSS THE WORLD.

THERE HAVE BEEN SIGHTINGS

OF DOGMAN-LIKE CREATURES
IN ARGENTINA, IN FRANCE.

SO THIS IS
NOT JUST AN AMERICAN PHENOMENON.

Narrator:
THE IDEA OF A CANINE-HUMAN
HYBRID IS VERY OLD.

THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS SAW
ANUBIS,

THEIR GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD,
AS A JACKAL-HEADED MAN.

IN RURAL MICHIGAN, MANY HAVE
HEARD THE DOGMAN LEGEND.

ONE LOCAL FELT IT
BREATHING DOWN HIS NECK

AND BARELY SURVIVED
TO TELL THE TALE.

MEET JEFF CORNELIUS.

HE'S A CREATURE
OF THE NIGHT HIMSELF.

JEFF IS A REPO MAN WORKING
THE NIGHT SHIFT,

RECLAIMING CARS
FROM DEADBEAT BUYERS.

IT'S A JOB THAT CAN TAKE YOU
DOWN DESOLATE BACK ROADS

WITH NO SIGN
OF ANYTHING FRIENDLY FOR MILES.

I'VE ALWAYS FELT COMFORTABLE
IN THE WOODS.

I'M NOT REALLY SCARED OF DRIVING
ALONE AT NIGHT, YOU KNOW?

IT'S HOW I'VE ALWAYS DONE
MY WORK.

Breitfeld:
JEFF'S NOT REALLY A KIND
OF A SCAREDY-CAT GUY, YOU KNOW?

HE'S KIND OF A BIG,
BURLY DUDE.

HE'S GONNA TAKE YOU OUT,
OR HE'S GONNA DIE TRYING.

Narrator: THE ONLY THING
JEFF WORRIES ABOUT IS

A DELINQUENT CAR OWNER
WITH A LOADED .45.

IT WAS PAST MIDNIGHT
ON A COLD AUTUMN NIGHT IN 2005.

JEFF WAS ON THE OUTSKIRTS
OF HOLLY, MICHIGAN,

LOOKING FOR A CADILLAC.

SOME SLACKER'S TIME HAD
RUN OUT.

Cornelius: THERE WAS
A BRIGHT MOON OUT THAT NIGHT.

YOU COULD SEE REALLY WELL.

WHERE I WAS LOOKING
FOR THE VEHICLE,

IT'S VERY REMOTE.

WHEN I TURNED DOWN
THE DRIVEWAY,

IT TOOK ME
PROBABLY 200 TO 300 YARDS.

IT WAS A REALLY CREEPY SETTING,
YOU KNOW?

IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT,
YOU KNOW?

THE MOON WAS OUT, YOU KNOW,
CRICKETS AND STUFF.

THE HOUSE HAD BARS ON IT,
WHICH --

IT WAS JUST ODD TO ME.

IT KIND OF FREAKED ME OUT.

SO, I GOT OUT
TO LOOK IN THE WINDOW.

I HAD MY FLASHLIGHT, AND I WAS
LOOKING INSIDE THE BUILDING.

[ BRANCH SNAPS ]

THEN I HEARD SOMETHING SNAP.

Narrator: WHEN THE JOB
SUDDENLY GOES SOUTH,

JEFF DOESN'T USUALLY PANIC.

NOT THIS TIME.

WHEN I THINK OF THAT NIGHT,

I THINK OF THE SCARIEST THING
I EVER SAW.

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

Narrator: THE MICHIGAN WOODS --

HOME TURF
OF THE LEGENDARY DOGMAN.

I THINK IT ORIGINATED
WITH THE FEAR OF THESE FORESTS

AS GREAT, UNKNOWN PLACES.

THE PIONEERS WOULD HEAR
THESE SOUNDS

AND UNEXPLAINED NOISES
AND MOVEMENT IN THE WOODS.

AND WHEN THEY CAUGHT A GLIMPSE
OF THESE CREATURES,

THEY DIDN'T LOOK LIKE ANYTHING
THEY HAD EVER SEEN BEFORE.

Narrator: RUMORS ABOUT
A GIANT MAN-DOG CONTINUE

TO CIRCULATE TO THE PRESENT DAY
BECAUSE OF ENCOUNTERS LIKE

THE ONE REPO MAN JEFF CORNELIUS
HAD IN 2005.

LATE ONE NIGHT,
CORNELIUS WAS CONFIDENT

HE'D FINALLY LOCATED A CADILLAC
ON HIS PICK-UP LIST

AT A HOUSE
OUTSIDE HOLLY, MICHIGAN.

HE NEVER IMAGINED
WHAT HE'D FIND THERE.

I WAS DEFINITELY SKEPTIC
OF MONSTERS GROWING UP.

NEVER BELIEVED IN THEM.

Breitfeld:
THE THINGS THAT JEFF SEES
AS A REPO MAN ARE

THE REAL-LIFE SCARY STUFF.

THEY'RE THE PEOPLE COMING AT YOU
WITH A 2x4

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

OR HEARING THE CLICK
OF A SHOTGUN.

Cornelius:
WHEN I GOT OUT, I'M IN THE HABIT
OF LEAVING MY DOOR OPEN.

WHENEVER I CHECK
FOR A REPOSSESSION,

I ALWAYS LEAVE MY DOOR OPEN
JUST IN CASE.

Narrator:
THE HOUSE LOOKED ABANDONED,

BUT JEFF'S GUT INSTINCT TOLD HIM
HE WASN'T ALONE.

[ BRANCH SNAPS ]

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

WHEN I LOCKED EYES WITH IT,
WE BOTH FROZE.

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

IT HAD EARS ON ITS HEAD,
AND IT WAS STANDING ON TWO LEGS.

THE LEGS WERE BENT.

IT WAS
PRETTY FORMIDABLE-LOOKING.

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

AND THAT'S WHEN
IT GROWLED AT ME.

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

IT SOUNDED LIKE
NOTHING I EVER HEARD BEFORE.

DEEP, YOU KNOW [GROWLS]

[ CREATURE GROWLING ]

IT WAS COMING AT ME.

DIRECTLY AT ME.

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

I JUMPED IN MY TRUCK,
CLOSED THE DOOR.

I WAS SCARED.

MY HEART WAS POUNDING FOR SURE,
YOU KNOW?

I JUST WANTED
TO GET OUT OF THERE

BEFORE THE THING, YOU KNOW,

BUSTED THROUGH MY WINDOW
OR SOMETHING.

Narrator:
JEFF GUNNED HIS TOW TRUCK
DOWN THE DARK ROAD,

FEELING HE'D NARROWLY ESCAPED.

IF I WOULDN'T HAVE SEEN IT,

IT WOULD HAVE
DEFINITELY ATTACKED ME, 100%.

Breitfeld:
WHEN JEFF CAME AND TOLD ME
THAT NIGHT,

I BELIEVED WHAT HAD HAPPENED

BECAUSE I COULD SEE
THAT HE WAS GENUINELY AFRAID,

THAT SOMETHING SPOOKED HIM.

SOMETHING SCARED HIM.

Narrator:
SINCE RADIO STATIONS IN MICHIGAN

FIRST BROADCAST NEWS
OF THE DOGMAN IN THE LATE 1980s,

MORE THAN 500 ENCOUNTERS
HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

AFTER HIS EXPERIENCE,

JEFF CORNELIUS DROPPED
THE CADILLAC ACCOUNT.

HE NEVER WANTED TO RETURN
TO THAT HOUSE AGAIN.

Cornelius:
WHEN I'M IN THE WOODS,
REPO'ING VEHICLES,

I TRY TO DEFINITELY BE
A LITTLE MORE, YOU KNOW,

AWARE OF MY SURROUNDINGS

SO AS TO NOT LET ANYTHING
SNEAK UP ON ME AGAIN.

I KNOW WHAT I SAW THAT NIGHT,
AND WHAT I SAW WAS THE MAN-DOG.

Narrator: AMERICA'S
NORTH WOODS BORDER REGION.

WITHIN THIS LAND OF 10,000 LAKES
AND MILES OF DENSE TIMBER,

A HIDEOUS CREATURE IS BELIEVED
TO LURK.

Kakaygeesick:
THE NORTH WOODS IS PROBABLY

ONE OF THE LAST FRONTIERS
IN AMERICA.

THERE'S STILL A LOT OF PLACES
IN THIS AREA

THAT HASN'T BEEN
SET FOOT BY MAN.

MONSTERS AND MYSTERIES EXIST
HERE BECAUSE IT IS REMOTE.

UP IN THE NORTH WOODS,
WINTERS ARE LONG.

IN TIMES OF BITING COLD
AND ISOLATION,

A DEVOURING MONSTER IS BELIEVED
TO COME FORTH.

IT'S TERRORIZED NATIVE PEOPLE
FOR GENERATIONS.

[ TEETH SNAP ]

Kakaygeesick:
GROWING UP, I WAS TOLD, LIKE,

"DON'T GO OUTSIDE.
THE WENDIGO WILL GET YOU."

Narrator: AMONG THE TRADITIONS
OF THE NORTHERN ALGONQUIN TRIBES

IS THE WENDIGO,

A MONSTER THAT CAN
SEIZE HOLD OF A PERSON

TO CARRY OUT
ITS HUNGER FOR HUMAN FLESH.

Carlson:
THE WENDIGO WILL FORCE ITSELF

TO GO SOMEHOW INSIDE
OF THEIR BODIES

AND TAKE OVER CONTROL
OF THEIR FACULTIES

TO A POINT WHERE THEY BECOME
HOMICIDAL AND CANNIBALISTIC.

[ TEETH CHATTERING ]

Narrator:
ACCORDING TO THE LEGENDS,

SOMEONE INFECTED BY THE WENDIGO
IS CAPABLE OF ALMOST ANYTHING.

Carlson: THEY HAVE
SUCH A VORACIOUS HUNGER

THAT THEY HAVE
CHEWED THEIR OWN LIPS OFF.

THEY'RE GNAWING
ON THEIR FINGERS.

THE MORE THAT THEY EAT,

THEIR HUNGER DOES GROW
EVEN MORE INTENSE.

ONE OF THE MOST HORRIFIC CASES
OF WENDIGO POSSESSION

UNFOLDED IN THE 1870s

WHEN A CREE INDIAN NAMED
SWIFT RUNNER

TURNED UP IN TOWN,

CLAIMING HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN
WERE MISSING.

POLICE INVESTIGATORS SUSPECTED
FOUL PLAY.

WHEN THEY WALKED
TO HIS CAMPSITE,

THEY WERE HORRIFIED
BY WHAT THEY SAW.

AND IT DIDN'T TAKE THEM
VERY LONG TO DISCOVER

THERE WAS SOMETHING
MORE SINISTER TO THIS STORY.

Narrator: FOR CENTURIES,

THE LEGEND OF THE CANNIBALISTIC
WENDIGO HAS HAUNTED

PARTS OF AMERICA'S
NORTHERN BORDER.

NO ONE IS SAFE IN ITS PATH.

Carlson: THE WENDIGO IS
THE PREDATOR OF HUMANITY.

IT STALKS
HUMAN BEINGS RELENTLESSLY,

BUT IT ALSO HAS THE CAPACITY
TO PREY UPON SOMEONE

WITHIN THEIR MIND.

Narrator:
ONCE THE WENDIGO TAKES HOLD,

YOU ARE A STARVING, SAVAGE BEAST
WITH AN INSATIABLE HUNGER.

Carlson:
THE LEGEND OF THE WENDIGO
ORIGINATED IN NORTH AMERICA

WITH THE NATIVE AMERICANS.

REPORTS OF IT GO BACK

TO THE VERY EARLY
HISTORICAL RECORDS,

PROBABLY IN THE 1500s.

MANY NATIVE AMERICANS FEAR
EVEN TALKING ABOUT THIS WENDIGO.

Lewis:
AND EVEN THE MENTION OF THE NAME
WILL LET THE WENDIGO FIND OUT

WHERE YOU ARE,

AND IT WILL OPEN YOU UP
TO BE POSSESSED BY THIS WENDIGO.

Narrator: THE MOST FAMOUS CASE
OF A WENDIGO POSSESSION

TOOK PLACE IN 1879.

IN THE DEEP WOODS
OUTSIDE OF EDMONTON, ALBERTA,

SWIFT RUNNER, A CREE INDIAN,
WAS A TRAPPER AND A GUIDE.

HE HAD LEFT TOWN
THE PREVIOUS AUTUMN

WITH HIS WIFE, SIX CHILDREN,
AND HIS MOTHER.

BUT WHEN SWIFT RUNNER RETURNED
IN SPRING, HE WAS ALONE.

Lewis: SWIFT RUNNER CAME
INTO A NEARBY VILLAGE,

TELLING
THIS HEARTBREAKING TALE...

I HAD TO WATCH THEM
STARVE TO DEATH.

...OF HIS FAMILY BEING KILLED
BY STARVATION,

AND THAT HE WAS
THE ONLY SURVIVOR.

MY WHOLE FAMILY, GONE.

Narrator:
IT WASN'T HARD TO UNDERSTAND
A FAMILY FALLING VICTIM

TO A BRUTAL WINTER,

YET SOMETHING WAS SUSPICIOUS
ABOUT SWIFT RUNNER.

Lewis:
HE WAS A STRAPPING MAN,

AND HE CAME INTO TOWN WEIGHING
OVER 200 POUNDS.

IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE SOMEBODY
WHO HAD JUST WEATHERED

A TERRIBLE WINTER.

HE WASN'T MALNOURISHED.

DIDN'T LOOK LIKE
HE WAS STARVING.

HE LOOKED HEALTHIER THAN EVER.

Narrator: AFTER A FEW NIGHTS,
IT BECAME CLEAR

THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG.

HE STARTED HAVING NIGHT TERRORS,
SCREAMING IN HIS SLEEP.

I AM THE WENDIGO!

Narrator:
VILLAGERS ALERTED THE POLICE.

Lewis: SWIFT RUNNER ACTUALLY
GUIDED THEM

BACK TO HIS WINTER CABIN.

WHEN THEY GOT THERE,

THAT'S WHEN THEY SAW
THE TRUE HORROR.

HUMAN SKULLS WERE
SCATTERED AROUND.

MANY BONES, SOME OF WHICH
HAD BEEN SNAPPED IN HALF,

AND THE MARROW INSIDE
HAD BEEN DRAINED.

THEY HAD NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE IT.

SWIFT RUNNER HAD KILLED
HIS ENTIRE FAMILY,

SHOOTING THEM,
HITTING THEM WITH AN AX,

STRANGLING, AND THEN EATING
MOST OF THEIR BODIES.

Narrator:
RIGHT UP UNTIL THE MOMENT
THE NOOSE WAS ON HIS NECK,

SWIFT RUNNER SWORE
THE EVIL SPIRIT OF THE WENDIGO

HAD POSSESSED HIM

AND TWISTED HIM
INTO A CANNIBAL KILLER.

Lewis:
WHEN HE WAS ON THE GALLOWS,
SWIFT RUNNER HIMSELF SAID,

"I AM NO LONGER A MAN."

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

Narrator:
IN THE UNFORGIVING NORTH WOODS,

HUNGER AND HORROR GO
HAND-IN-HAND.

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

Kakaygeesick: THE WENDIGO CAN
TURN HIMSELF INTO ANYTHING --

LOOK LIKE SOMEBODY
LIKE YOU KNOW.

HE IS A SPIRIT,
AND HE'S A MAN.

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

Narrator: IN 2008, SOME BELIEVE
A WENDIGO CAME TO LIFE

ON AN ORDINARY BUS
WITH HORRIFIC RESULTS.

A YOUNG MAN WAS GETTING SETTLED
FOR A LONG BUS RIDE HOME.

LITTLE DID HE KNOW IT WOULD BE
THE LAST RIDE OF HIS LIFE.

NO! NO!

Lewis: THE WITNESSES HAD NEVER
ENCOUNTERED

ANYTHING LIKE THIS
IN THEIR LIFE.

IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS A MAN
THAT WAS POSSESSED

BY SOME TYPE OF SPIRIT

AND LED MANY TO BELIEVE
HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE WENDIGO.

Narrator: THE WENDIGO APPEARS
IN THE LEGENDS

OF MANY NORTH AMERICAN TRIBES
AS A GIANT, FROZEN MONSTER

SO GAUNT, IT'S ALMOST SKELETAL,

SO HUNGRY,
IT'S BITTEN OFF CHUNKS

OF ITS OWN FLESH.

Lewis:
THE WENDIGO IS A HIDEOUS MONSTER

REPORTED TO BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
8 AND 15 FEET TALL,

WHITE SKIN, WHITE-FURRED.

IT WILL HAVE
THESE LARGE ANTLERS AND HORNS

GROWING OUT OF ITS HEAD.

TRULY A HORRIFYING CREATURE.

[ CREATURE GROWLS ]

Narrator:
EVEN TODAY, THERE'S A BELIEF

THAT A WENDIGO CAN SHOW UP
ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.

250 MILES NORTH
OF FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA,

ONE MIGHT HAVE APPEARED
ON AN ORDINARY BUS.

JULY 30, 2008,

A GREYHOUND BUS WAS EN ROUTE
TO WINNIPEG

WITH 36 PASSENGERS ABOARD.

ONE OF THEM,
A YOUNG MAN ON HIS WAY HOME,

WAS JUST FALLING ASLEEP.

IT WAS SOME TIME LATER
THAT ANOTHER MAN GOT ON THE BUS

WITH A DUFFEL BAG
AND BLACK SUNGLASSES.

HIS NAME WAS VINCENT LI.

HE CAME ONTO THE BUS
AND SEATED HIMSELF AT THE BACK.

Narrator: THE BUS DROVE ON
FOR ANOTHER HOUR.

THEN, SOMETHING MONSTROUS
OVERTOOK LI.

[ CREATURE GROWLING ]

[ TEETH CHATTERING ]

A RAVENOUS FORCE WAS
GAINING STRENGTH,

AND IT'S UNLEASHED
ON THE SLEEPING YOUNG MAN

SEATED NEXT TO LI.

AAH!

Lewis: THIS MAN, OF COURSE,
WAKES UP AND STARTS SCRAMBLING,

TRYING TO FIGHT OFF MR. LI,

AND THE ENTIRE TIME,
HE'S SCREAMING,

AND THIS BLOODCURDLING SCREAM

ALERTS
THE REST OF THE PASSENGERS

OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND THEY LOOK OVER
AND ARE HORRIFIED TO SEE

THIS MAN BEING KILLED
RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEIR EYES.

Narrator: THE BUS IMMEDIATELY
PULLED TO A STOP.

PASSENGERS FLED OUTSIDE.

AND THEN
THE INCONCEIVABLE HAPPENED.

Carlson: HE SEVERS HIS HEAD
RIGHT OFF OF HIS BODY,

AND HE'S VERY, VERY CALMLY
WALKING UP AND DOWN

THE AISLE OF THE BUS,
BRANDISHING THIS HEAD.

AND HE HOLDS IT OUT LIKE
A TROPHY,

SHOWING THE OTHER PASSENGERS.

Narrator:
AND IT WASN'T THE BRUTAL ATTACK

THAT CARRIED WHISPERS
OF WENDIGO.

IT WAS WHAT CAME NEXT.

EYEWITNESSES SAID
THAT HE WAS

ACTUALLY TAKING PIECES
AND EATING THEM.

Narrator:
IT BORE THE SIGNS OF WENDIGO,

A MONSTER
IN ITS MOST BRUTAL FORM.

THE FACT THAT HE WAS EATING THEM
LED MANY TO BELIEVE

HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE WENDIGO,

THAT HE WAS POSSESSED
BY SOME TYPE OF SPIRIT.

HE WASN'T ANGRY.
HE WASN'T PROVOKED.

IT WAS AS COOL AND AS CALM

AS HE WAS JUST TAKING
A WALK ON THE BEACH.

Carlson: IT SEEMED TO BE
TOTALLY UNEXPLAINABLE.

BUT YET, AT THE SAME TIME,

IT WAS OCCURRING
RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEIR EYES.

[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]

Narrator: THE POLICE MANAGED
TO MAKE THE CAPTURE AND ARREST.

WAS VINCENT LI MERELY INSANE?

GIVEN THE HISTORY
OF CANNIBALISTIC KILLINGS

IN THE NORTH WOODS,

SOME SUGGEST THIS WAS
AN EVIL FORCE AT WORK.

ANCIENT CASES,
LIKE SWIFT RUNNER

AND THE HEARTBREAKING FATE
OF HIS FAMILY,

OR MODERN ONES,
LIKE A CANNIBALISTIC KILLING

ON A GREYHOUND BUS,
DEFY NORMAL LOGIC.

IS A MONSTER LIKE THE WENDIGO
THE EXPLANATION?

Carlson: THEY BECOME A PREDATOR
OF HUMANITY.

AND THE HUMAN BEINGS
THAT THEY SEE AROUND THEM --

USUALLY THEIR FAMILY,
RELATIVES, OR FRIENDS --

HAVE BECOME THE PREY.

I BELIEVE THAT WENDIGO STILL
EXISTS BECAUSE HE IS A SPIRIT.

IT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE AROUND.

Narrator: FOR GENERATIONS,
LEGENDS OF MONSTERS HAVE

CIRCULATED
AROUND THE UPPER MIDWEST.

MANY DISMISS THEM
AS JUST STORIES.

Carlson: THOSE CHILDHOOD STORIES
THAT MY GRANDMOTHER TOLD ME,

I HAVEN'T GROWN
ANY LESS AFRAID OF THEM.

Narrator:
FOR THOSE WHO'VE ENCOUNTERED
THESE MONSTERS FIRSTHAND,

THE STORIES ARE AS REAL
AS LIFE AND DEATH.

Endrizzi:
WHEN I LOOK INTO THE WOODS NOW,

THERE'S ALWAYS THAT FEAR
THAT IT COULD BE --

IT COULD BE OUT THERE.

Godfrey: WHETHER YOU BELIEVE
THAT THE BEAST OF BRAY ROAD,

THE MICHIGAN DOGMAN,

AND OTHER UNKNOWN,
UPRIGHT CANINES ARE

REAL CREATURES OR NOT,

THEY'RE STILL FASCINATING
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SEEING THEM.

THEY'RE HAVING INTERACTIONS.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

IT'S A MYSTERY.