The Bray Road Beast

[Wolffy13]

http://www.prairieghosts.co m/brayrd.html


What are your opinions? :confused:

[GarouX]

Yeah i heard about it.
Pretty freaky stuff if u ask me.
Wonder wut's lurkin' around...

[LV426]

Ah yes, the Wisconsin Werewolf.

Quite a popular myth and one that I fear is more than likely a prank or some other kind of hoax. For one this "Sighting" was on Halloween. Knowing of the holiday there is a very good chance that this "Werewolf" was simply someone in costume playing a tasteless joke on the poor woman who came across him/her. There really was no evidence to support her claim other than the scratches but no one bothered to verify or take samples from the scratches to determine their origin.

Another thing that makes this story a simple hoax is that the stories of sightings prior to 1999 were not made public except for one instance. Only one semi-public claim was made of seeing such a creature but when this woman made her sighting known then people crawled out of the woodwork to add their story to the sensationalism.

I also think that if this woman had run over the beast in question that there would have been more than scratches on her car. She supposedly ran over something that she didn't see. It is very possible that someone put something in the road like a piece of wood or other object for a car to run over and then when they stopped the person jumped out in a costume to frighten the other person.

The occult connection also could have been a factor. If they were holding rituals in that area and didn't want anyone to see them then they could have had sentries dressed in unusual clothes or costumes in order to frighten away the unwanted.

I know you guys really want to believe that werewolves are real but I have to tell you this story is very unbelievable. Perhaps if it had been on a different day and not Halloween I would consider the werewolf theory less improbable.

[GarouX]

yeh u'v got some good points there and anyways,people tend to see things at night...the mind plays trix on us sometimes.

While this story sounds far-fetched,i still and always will believe in werewolves.

[punisher]

This hoax was pushed forward by a fake werewolf hunt in '92, done by two Michigan DJs.
http://www.weird-wi.com/brayroad/grandrapids.htm
or check out a lot of info from the main page on:
http://www.weird-wi.com/brayroad/

You might want to post some queries to the Wierd Wisconsin Yahoo group at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weirdwi/


It is a great piece of modern folklore. It is really cool to see something go from a simple prank to supposed fact in a matter of a few short years. In past history, things like this would have taken many years of getting distorted by oral tales. Thanks to the internet, we have proven that that process now moves much quicker.

[GarouX]

It's not funny...they're giving the whole Werewolf "myth" a bad name.

[Argyros]

very freaky and interesting piece of folklore; I'd heard of it but never read a copy of the events or descriptions. I don't think you should denounce it just because it was halloween, though.

[silenceowl]

not an hour ago i read a book with that same pic in it.
it said by the pic that the wolfs where waiting for the devil.

"shruggs shoulders"

there is more than finds the eye, in this world.

[Draven]

it may not be as much a hoax as some of you guys think. i have encountered lot of testimonials of sightings and i have actualy spoken with a few people who saw it. a lot of people in the area perfer not to talk about it because they really truely believe that it is a werewolf. i live in the area and go there to visit family friends in the town quite often. if there is no werewolf the there definatly is something. i have repeatedly seen a human looking figure running around in the woods and stuff. never really got a good look. this could range anywhere from a homeless guy running around in the forest to cult activity to just a bear. i plan on researching this in depth and i have already aranged a few interviews and i am going to see if i can camp out on one of the locals famrmers land with some recording aquipment. if anyone has any questions or wants to know how things are comming e-mail me at DarkDraven3@comcast. net

[Wolffy13]

Neat, Draven. Let us know if you find anything. I, especially, would be interested.

Thing is, what did anyone have to gain by going public about it? My understanding was there life went to hell after they did. I think whatever is out there is definitely not ordinary.

I can't make any official claims as to whether or not it's a fake or real or impossible or not, because I lack omnipotence. I try to be pretty level-headed, but let's just say I'm not ready to say "never" just yet.

[Stygian]

It is just south of me by an hour if not less... I plan to go there soon.

[Stygian]

This may seem like a foolish question, but what will you do if you find the lycanthrope? I've read that it charged toward autos, what defense is there in a tent full of recording equipment if it's unafraid of moving steel vehicles?



Has anyone noted any patterns about when it appears in their research? Such as the main food sources... what size of animals are killed... the average temperature outside when it appears... the times it's most active monthly and hourly?

[Stygian]

the sightings range from Elkhorn to Delavan to Jefferson since 1936... that's a pretty big area. All but one sighting was in fall or winter and all fell at night except for one at 4:30p.m. but in the winter that could be dark also.
Did I miss something in the reports? All I could find was something about missing chickens. The rest of the carcass' were not by any wolf of any form. What could it be feeding on at night? Something that big would have to eat, and that would leave some sort of trail.

One thing I have noticed in this state though, is that once you get into rural Wisconsin, it's like a whole other world. The mullet is still popular for a hair style and everyone I've met owns a gun and goes hunting regularly.Yet not one of the sightings was by an armed person for some reason. So either I over-estimated the hunting prowess of the residents of this state or I have under-estimated the intellgence of the animal.
Granted it has a large area to hide and only has to move around at night, but it sounds fishy.

[Draven]

hey wolffy, your avitar looks like this girl i once dated. anyway; i am going up there in a few days with a group of two others and myself and we are taking a few cameras and camcorders. i honestly don't expect to actualy find the beast. i cameras and camcorders are more for interviews and documenting where the beast was sighted. as to the question of what it might be eating: there are several documented attacks on livestock. there was even one instance where a horse was found dead with a 30 inch gash on its side. no mere dog would be able to do that. and for those who have worked with horses you know how dangerous they can get when they feel threatened. so even if a person simply went at the horse with a pitchfork or something he would be very badly beaten. well, i'll get back to you guys when i get back from the road.

[Marcius]

It's not funny...they're giving the whole Werewolf "myth" a bad name.

isn't the whole wereowlf thing supposed to be a curse???
Doesn't that seem like a faily bad thing no matter how you put it?

"hows pete?"
"Cursed as always you know"

[Stygian]

that doesn't make sense to me is that if a wolf is hungry enough to kill a horse, why not eat it after it kills it? With a gash that size the horse would easily bleed to death before long, making it a meal.And there should be more marks on it, even if the horse was fighting, there should be at least one bite mark on it's hide from the fight. That's why I didn't include it in my earlier posts, it doesn't seem to fit.

[Draven]

the interesting thing to consider is that a good number of reported sightings involved the beast actualy appearing to eat what it had killed. it is true that the horse does not seem to fit but it is still highly strange and very unexplained. when researching this sort of thing it is always good to look at everything, even if it doesnt seem to fit. i am also about to conduct an investigation into a haunting. if anybody would like to know how anything has progressed simply email me at DarkDraven3@comcast. net . i should have video and pictures from both investigations and i will be making a website soon. i'll try to keep you all informed but with two investigations going on at the same time i might be a little streached on time.