Dogman sighting near Youngstown, Ohio (1989)
Account
Four teenage friends were spending the night around a large fire inside an abandoned steel-mill building. After wild dogs chased something over a nearby coke pile and were thrown off, a massive wolf-like creature appeared on the mound, then confronted the group, stood upright, growled, and followed them into the building up to the third floor while drooling heavily. A passing train sounded its horn, frightening the creature away, after which the group waited before fleeing on foot back to a friend's house.
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- Height src
- minimum seven to nine feet
- Build src
- massive, muscular like bodybuilder
- Hair colour src
- black, possibly whitish-gray stripe on back
- Hair length src
- about an inch to inch and a half
- Face src
- wolf-like, German shepherd-like with bushy cheek tufts
- Eyes src
- yellowish amber, glowing, large
- Arms src
- muscular with bending elbows, held bent up
- Legs src
- dog-like bent legs with large thigh muscles
- Gait src
- fluid on all fours and upright, panther-like
- Posture src
- stood upright like a person
- Age / size src
- grizzly-bear-sized adult
- Other features src
- long claws clicking, heavy drooling
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