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description: Copper Harbor has a Where the road ends and adventure begins.Yeah thats for sure.Copper Harbor Michigan is far up on the Keweenaw Peninsula which shoots our from he main part of the U.P. into Lake Superior. And the population of the unincorporated community of Grant Township boasts a population of 108 people as of 2010.The scenery is beautiful. The summers are mild and enjoyable. But in the winter the cold is sub-zero bitter the snow is heavy and deep and the wind coming off the lake is epic.And in this enclave at the edge of the world lives the legendary dogman. Recorded by Native Americans in etchings and chronicled by the early French fur-traders in journals who initially referred to the creature they encountered as Loup-Garou (werewolf) because it was a large canine that walked uprightlike a human. Tucked away in the lair of rugged land and sparse human population is the Copper Harbor Dogman inseparable from Michigans cryptic history.This beast was unknown the majority of the contemporary society until late in the twentieth century. It is believed to have stalked the area near the Manistee River at the time the Odawa tribes lived there.The first alleged encounter of the Michigan Dogman occurred in 1887 in Wexford County when two lumberjacks saw a animal which they described as having a human's body with a dog's head. In the Upper Peninsular of Michigan on more than one occasion horses have died mysteriously wherein their carcasses were surrounded by dog tracks.And then a pattern began to develop in the small area in-and-around Copper Harbor. And continue to this day. Did the dogman relocate? Is there more than one? Are their dogmen spread out across the state? One thing is for sure Copper Harbor maintains the highest concentration of verified sightings by individuals willing to make statements.Songs have been sang. Movies have been made. Many a book written. All about the fabled Michigan Dogman. But this particular catalogue of encounters limits itself to that far north plot of land the Copper Harbor Dogman obviously now sees as his territory.So whether you are another cryptid or curious adventurer it may be worth your remembering how dogs feel about their territory. And this one is particularly well-equipped for defending his house with large claws sharp teeth an army of subservient dogs he seems to be constantly recruiting. And oh by the way he is over seven (7) feet tall when sporting around on two legs.Good doggie!
language: English
title: Sightings: Copper Harbor Dogman
publisher: None