Plain old domestic cat

A review of the MonsterQuest episode "American Werewolf" 

I believe it was Hilary Evans who quipped that the last thing a serious UFO-logist wants are monsters on stage. I concur. Let me also add: the last thing a serious crypto-zoologist or bigfooter wants are werewolves. Yet, here they come...

:-D

"MonsterQuest" is a semi-serious series of TV documentaries about unknown animals, paranormal phenomena and urban legends. In this episode, they take a closer look at the bizarre rumours in Wisconsin about a dog-man or werewolf roaming the countryside of this particular Midwestern state. The terrifying creature is also known as the Beast of Bray Road, named after a road outside the small town of Elkhorn.

"MonsterQuest" interviews author Linda Godfrey, who has collected over 100 witness reports of the dog-man. The TV crew has also met some of the witnesses. They pass polygraph tests with flying colours, and one of them remembers a childhood encounter with the beast under hypnosis. One of the witnesses is a local artist who actually wears a werewolf T-shirt when being interviewed! Meanwhile, a hunter who has seen the dog-man five times (!) discovers a strange sawgrass bed with mysterious footprints inside...

Well, somebody is clearly up to no good in the Badger State, but who or what? I admit that I don't like the idea of werewolves passing quiet country roads in southern Wisconsin! Geezus, don't we have enough problems already? The fiscal crisis, peak oil, the cancellation of "MonsterQuest", etc. Of course, there might be a way out of the conundrum, and you've probably guessed it already: it's just a squatch, stupid. Perhaps there is a subspecies of Bigfoot in Elkhorn that looks vaguely canine? But sure, explaining one unknown creature by another is verboten in high society...

The best comment comes from a scientist who analyzes a hair sample, ostensibly from the dog-man. He laughs and reaches the conclusion that it's "plain old domestic cat".

Well, let's hope so, skipper. Let's hope so.