Bray Road Beast

Black Dog or Werewolf of Wisconsin.
Etymology: After rural Bray Road, the scene of
many encounters.
Physical description: Height, 5 feet 7 inches.
Weight, 150 pounds. Brownish-silver hair or
fur. Glowing, yellowish eyes. Pointed ears.
Wolflike muzzle. Fangs. Wide chest and shoulders.
Muscular forelegs. Fingers with claws.
Hind legs oddly shaped and longer than a dog’s.
Tail like a husky or German shepherd dog.
Behavior: Walks uncertainly on two feet.
Runs on all fours. Growls. Holds food with
palms facing up. Chases people.
Tracks: Doglike, 4 inches wide, and 4–5
inches long.
Distribution: East of Elkhorn, Wisconsin.
Significant sightings: In the fall of 1989, Lorianne
Endrizzi saw a wolflike creature kneeling
by the side of Bray Road. It seemed to be eating
something.
Farmer Scott Bray encountered a “strangelooking
dog” that left tracks in his cow pasture
in September or October 1989.
On October 31, 1991, Doristine Gipson was
attacked by a large animal as she was stopped
along the road. The creature hit the car trunk as
she drove away.
Along Bray Road on the night of August 13,
1999, a woman and her family saw what at first
looked like a deer, but it was about 5 feet tall
and had glowing, red eyes. It approached the car
steadily to within 50 feet before they drove
away.

Possible explanations:
(1) Hoaxes.
(2) Black bears (Ursus americanus) are not
normally found in the area.
(3) Coyotes (Canis latrans) are too small.
(4) The Gray wolf (Canis lupus) is not as robustly
built, never walks upright, and is not
known in the area.
(5) A hybrid dog x wolf. These hybrids have
become fashionable in the United States,
where some estimates place the number at
600,000. Second-generation hybrids tend to
be strongly territorial, prone to roaming, and
shy of people. Wolf x German shepherd hybrids
tend to be less stable than wolf x malamute
or husky crosses.
(6) A paranormal Entity.
(7) Escaped baboon of some type.
Sources: Scar let t Sankey, “The Br ay Road
Beast : Wisconsin Wer ewolf Invest igat ion,”
Strange Magazine, no. 10 (Fall-Wint er 1992):
19–21, 44–46; Lor en Coleman, “The
Wisconsin Wer ewolf,” Fortean Times, no. 108
(Mar ch 1998): 47; Richar d Hendr icks, Weir d
Wisconsin: The Br ay Road Beast ,
ht t p://www.weir d-wi.com/br ayr oad/.