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The '''Beast of Bray Road''' (or the '''Bray Road Beast''') is an unknown creature reported to live in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. It has been sighted several times since the late 1980s. | |||
[[Image:beastofbrayroad.jpg|thumb|Drawing by a witness in 1991]] | |||
==Description== | |||
The Beast of Bray Road is described by witnesses in several ways: | |||
*A hairy biped resembling [[Bigfoot]] | |||
*An unusually large and intelligent wolf apt to walk on its hind legs | |||
*Different hybrid forms between the two aforementioned. | |||
Although the Beast of Bray Road has not been seen to shapeshifting from a human into a wolf in most of the sightings, it has been labeled a werewolf in newspaper articles. | |||
There is one witness who claims to have seen it morph from a wolf-headed human form into an ape-headed form. There has been other paranormal phenomenon reported, such as the beast suddenly materializing. | |||
[http://www.americanmonsters.com/interviews/linda/interview.html] | |||
==Theories== | |||
Paranormal researcher Todd Roll said that there may have been a connection with the werewolf to the occult activities and mutilated animals (which may have been animal sacrifices in Walworth County, Wisconsin. | |||
A number of [[animal]]-based theories have also been proposed. They include: | |||
:* The creature is an [[cryptozoology|undiscovered]] variety of wild dog | |||
:* It is a cryptid named the [[Shunka Warakin]] (a hyena or wolf-like beast) | |||
:* It is the [[waheela]] (a giant prehistoric wolf similar to [[Amarok]]) | |||
:* It is a wolfdog or a coydog, possibly one that had been trained to stand upright before becoming feral | |||
Another paranormal theory is the Native American legends of the [[skin-walker]]s. | |||
It is also possible that mass hysteria has caused different creatures to be artificially lumped under the same label, since the Beast of Bray Road does not look the same from one sighting to the next. | |||
==Popular Culture== | |||
The Beast of Bray Road appears in the television program Mystery Hunters as well as several books and a motion picture. Articles about it have appeared in ''Weekly World News''. The sightings spawned a 2005 indie movie directed by Leigh Scott entitled The Beast of Bray Road. | |||
==References== | |||
*Godfrey, Linda S. ''The Beast of Bray Road: Tailing Wisconsin's Werewolf''. Black Earth, Wisconsin: Prairie Oak Press, 2003. ISBN 1-879483-91-2 | |||
*[http://www.prairieghosts.com/brayrd.html Haunted Wisconsin: The Bray Road Beast] | |||
*[http://www.americanmonsters.com/interviews/linda/interview.html Interview with Linda S. Godfrey on American Monsters.com] | |||
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462193/ IMDB Movie Page: The Beast of Bray Road] | |||
==External links== | |||
*[http://www.beastofbrayroad.com/ BeastofBrayRoad.com - Official site by Linda S. Godfrey] | |||
*[http://www.newanimal.org/brayroad.htm The Cryptid Zoo: Beast of Bray Road] | |||
*[http://www.weird-wi.com/brayroad/index.htm Weird Wisconsin] (this site is temporarily down due to renovations) | |||
*[http://www.cryptozoology.com/gallery/gallery_show.php?id=804 A depiction of The Bray Road Beast as the Shunka Warakin] | |||
[[Category:Urban legends]] | |||
[[Category:Carnivorous mammals]] | |||
[[Category:Werewolves]] | |||
Revision as of 19:06, 18 April 2007
The Beast of Bray Road (or the Bray Road Beast) is an unknown creature reported to live in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. It has been sighted several times since the late 1980s.
Description
The Beast of Bray Road is described by witnesses in several ways:
- A hairy biped resembling Bigfoot
- An unusually large and intelligent wolf apt to walk on its hind legs
- Different hybrid forms between the two aforementioned.
Although the Beast of Bray Road has not been seen to shapeshifting from a human into a wolf in most of the sightings, it has been labeled a werewolf in newspaper articles. There is one witness who claims to have seen it morph from a wolf-headed human form into an ape-headed form. There has been other paranormal phenomenon reported, such as the beast suddenly materializing. [1]
Theories
Paranormal researcher Todd Roll said that there may have been a connection with the werewolf to the occult activities and mutilated animals (which may have been animal sacrifices in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
A number of animal-based theories have also been proposed. They include:
- The creature is an undiscovered variety of wild dog
- It is a cryptid named the Shunka Warakin (a hyena or wolf-like beast)
- It is the waheela (a giant prehistoric wolf similar to Amarok)
- It is a wolfdog or a coydog, possibly one that had been trained to stand upright before becoming feral
Another paranormal theory is the Native American legends of the skin-walkers.
It is also possible that mass hysteria has caused different creatures to be artificially lumped under the same label, since the Beast of Bray Road does not look the same from one sighting to the next.
Popular Culture
The Beast of Bray Road appears in the television program Mystery Hunters as well as several books and a motion picture. Articles about it have appeared in Weekly World News. The sightings spawned a 2005 indie movie directed by Leigh Scott entitled The Beast of Bray Road.
References
- Godfrey, Linda S. The Beast of Bray Road: Tailing Wisconsin's Werewolf. Black Earth, Wisconsin: Prairie Oak Press, 2003. ISBN 1-879483-91-2
- Haunted Wisconsin: The Bray Road Beast
- Interview with Linda S. Godfrey on American Monsters.com
- IMDB Movie Page: The Beast of Bray Road
External links
- BeastofBrayRoad.com - Official site by Linda S. Godfrey
- The Cryptid Zoo: Beast of Bray Road
- Weird Wisconsin (this site is temporarily down due to renovations)
- A depiction of The Bray Road Beast as the Shunka Warakin