the cryptid cake
19JUL25
bigfoot is just one slice
is bigfoot nice
or is it a mistake
he is just one slice
of the cryptid cake
dogman is scarrier
universally understood
he's almost a barrier
to going into the woods
I am not playing
it's an easy decision
want my werewolves staying
inside of the television
no way I'm facing
that much strife
a dogman chasing
me for my life
his is dangerous territory
with too many fears
but if you've got a good story
I am all ears
There are a lot of good dogman stories out there. Most of them are terrifying. I have two books by Martin Grove about his experiences at Land Between the Lakes. He has done several videos on you tube. Matt Emch also tells very good story about a teenage experience that he and three other friends had with a dogman. According to him the three friends lives were derailed by the experience and the fact that their parents would not allow them to talk about it. His father did take him to a Catholic priest to talk about the incident. And their conversation was interesting.
Arla Williams claims to have encountered dogmen in her many travels. She has a bigfoot habituation situation on her farm. She doesn’t seem to be as frightened of the dogmen. She describes them as “having a different energy.” I suspect that the fact that she claims to have been interacting with bigfoot since she was a small child has something to do with her more relaxed perspective.
Tim “Coonbo” Baker tells that he didn’t believe that dogman existed until he did an investigation after two women arrived at work terrified because “a werewolf had looked into their car window and tried to steal their souls.” He said that at that point he had been documenting bigfoot sightings for years. And he realized that the first investigation that he ever did was a dogman. He had tried to convince the people that they had seen a bigfoot. So he went back to talk to them again. He told them that he thought they had seen a dogman instead of a bigfoot. The father had died at this point. But he said he would never forget the oldest son telling him. “We tried to tell you but you just wouldn’t listen.”
These names that I have dropped are probably kind of like a coming attractions or previews section for the blog. These people and their interview videos will make their way onto the blog.
And for those of you out there who are sure that bigfoot doesn’t exist then dogman is probably still a bridge too far at this point. No one is arguing with you. We are not here to recruit or convince. We are like the Jerry Springer show. “It’s all good.”
We are just here to goof off and have fun. And that really is what we want you to do as much as your busy schedules and obligations will allow you to do. So we stand here on the pier this morning and smile and wave as you sail off into your fun weekends. Remember fun is a frame of mind. As you paint your beautiful painting don’t forget about the frame : )
12OCT25
In reorganizing the blog I decided to add the Matt Emch interview video story to this post. It is a long interview. But it is a pretty good story. The interview is part of a A Flash of Beauty podcast.