Bill Bodden's Blog - Posts Tagged "cryptids"

Cryptids fascinate me. Having had a few supernatural experiences myself - even been on ghost hunting expeditions once or twice - the hook for High Weirdness has been set firmly in my cheek. I thought I'd spend some time talking about a few of my favorites, and I hope you'll find one or two that you find compelling as well.

Perhaps the most famous cryptid in Wisconsin is the Beast of Bray Road. (T and I just watched a recent documentary about the critter, as pictured above, so it's fresh in my mind.) This is a large, humanoid creature with a wolf-like head and hind legs. Some say it's a werewolf, some claim it's demonic, but no one's had a good chat with it to discover the truth. I am passingly familiar with the area; for a while I was part of a monthly writers' beer-and-bitch group that met in a tavern in downtown Elkhorn, the vicinity of most of the sightings of the Beast. I never got near Bray Road, mostly because of inconvenience, but I was always curious. With these sorts of things, it's best to be prepared: don't go looking for trouble unless you're ready for it, and I never was on those trips. Still, I'm curious...