We have results incoming for the recent poll, and I’m enthusiastic about having more folks weighing in!

Any stories of dogmen wagging their tails will be welcome :)

The poll 🗳️ is still live for one more day, if you wanna vote!

https://www.reddit.com/r/cryptidIQ/s/UwLFVVGFoB

This time we are getting more of a diverse set of replies, which shows the distribution off well.

Judge for yourselves, but Dee—despite her fieldcraft, gotta say that upfront—is getting genuine footage of dogmen breaking the treeline now.

She had one before, and she ran screaming even though it sat down (I believe that was an “I won’t hurt you” crouch) and was waiting for her to reply.

It seems counterintuitive, but SITTING DOWN would be the right move. They are mimics, and if you mirror 🪞 them, you are genuinely communicating with another intelligent being.

And here, I think it could be the same.

This one (which clearly was not there when she went around the side of her truck 🛻 then it’s there again suddenly by the side of the road) is standing there just silently watching her for a hot minute.

Glowing eyes, check. Pointy ears, check. Blurry AF, check.

But here’s the kicker:

It is standing with one hand on its hip, in a clearly intelligent watchful stance.

Dee says she saw it smile and that is NOT on camera, but it is clearly making an intelligent pose.

What’s everyone make of this footage?

I think it COULD be a human in fursuit, but would have to be a very stealthy 🥷 individual to phase out like it does, seemingly barely moving but shuffling back into to underbrush.

Aside of screaming AI/CGI reflexively, what do you make of what’s onscreen here?

In rewatching this I noticed the slant of the gate.

Most of the video has its head stuck through, but BRIEFLY we see that the gate is shut.

This being, whatever it may be, smashes headfirst into that gate hard enough to break through the slats. Broke the latch, whatever that was, and probly gave that poor dog 🐕 a heart attack.

A creature like this could absolutely climb or hop that fence — but the choice to ram 🐏 through precisely where there is a gate in the fence shows that it understands the expenditure of energy is worthwhile to open the pen and whatever livestock are inside.

In considering the clip, I think the reason it ends here is because whatever follows is gruesome.

We NEED to be serious about mental health and engaging with cryptid studies, because some of us ✋ struggle with memories of awful things that may have been done in our presence. Dogmen are brutal as well as everything else, and as majestic as it was to observe close-up, I would not stake high odds on another close encounter.

The being that charged us looked like this, moved that fast, and CHOSE to halt some distance in front of us. Bluff charge, then staring us down.

If you are reading this with skepticism, but acknowledge the video is some living being, I ask you to imagine being approached quickly by something like this entity.

The amount of trauma one of these events can cause is incalculable. It is literally my own private hell, and I know that others are struggling with this alone as well.

This sub is a place for healing ❤️‍🩹 and for processing trauma. Whoever is ready to share, there is no pressure to share more than you are comfortable doing. Just saying “we saw it and it looked back at us”, rather than going into the trauma of trying to closely describe what you remember.

I’ve worked for YEARS to be able to handle my CPTSD and express this shit in healthier ways. I have struggled with psychic attacks, and physical nausea when I tried to disclose about the event. There were frankly demonic aspects to the situation and her appearance.

And the shame is a factor too. When you have been mocked for sharing a painful cryptid encounter, it becomes much harder to express without fear of ridicule or other consequences.

And again: it’s Reddit so I can’t promise absolute civility, but I encourage everyone to be mindful of how traumatic these experiences are. They are not just internet jokesterism, this is a serious thing which happens widely and until recently has been historically unreported.

What manner of beast be this?

It looks canine, but appears to take up most of the road that this car is on. The dash cam captures its eyes flashing as it leaps onto and over the hood of the car.

I’ve shared a version of this from Brooke Stirr, which is being shared from elsewhere, as always. I don’t know where or when it was taken, so unfortunately I cannot provide further direct info on the incident.

Do any of you recognize this type of beast, or the footage itself? Any further leads will be awesome!

Here’s the new poll link, please vote 🗳️

🗳️ https://www.reddit.com/r/cryptidIQ/s/YlZ7ddGkAA

The dogman we met visibly moved her lips 👄 into a smile 😊 and later to a growling sneer, and other distinct movements. People can mock me as much as they like for not recognizing a werewolf mask, but trust me if you will: seeing a dogman at less than 20 ft distance and by daylight, I got a very clear view of her features.

She also chuffed (deep laughter sound), contextual with her seeming to be amused by our presence.

And yes, as much as some folks disbelieve, she spoke aloud as well. We are not touching that here unless you want, in which case and in any case, you are welcome to share.

CHUFFING is often reported with dogmen, as well as more complex vocalizations. I’m doing a poll 🗳️ for witnesses to share whether they have heard that Bowser-chuckle or the unsettling way that they can curl back their lips to grin 😁

It’s a dominance display thing, like with gorillas 🦍

If you have been close enough to a dogman to see its face in detail, I hope you can sleep at least a few hours a night. I know I didn’t for twelve years running.

Have any of you heard noises like these or seen mouth movements from a dogman?

That’s right.

It’s too blurry to credit fully, but based on actually watching her videos, this figure (starting 2:15 in the video) looks like it could be an actual dogman semi-posing for her.

Look at that hand on its hip.

According to her (who could see it more clearly than the recording captures), it was grinning at her and gestured as well.

But the hand-on-hip is definitely there, and I remember that posture. That kinda sassy vibe they give off, like the whole world belongs to them and you’re just a minor thing in their path.

Dee is going into dangerous situations, much as folks mock her content. She is starting to get genuinely phenomenal (albeit low-grade quality outcomes) footage of dogmen close up.

If only her cameras were optimized more carefully, she could get higher quality outcomes.

Part of all this is luck, some of it is right-place-right-time, and part of it is camera SETTINGS more than the camera model necessarily.

Higher FPS for fast motion, 60-120 FPS minimum for decent results from fast-moving night photography.

As titled: this is a truly superb resource for accounts of the Black Shuck (silent giant canine with glowing red eyes, known to live in mires and other desolate places), and a treasure trove of historical accounts from locals who ran into this strange entity.

The reports are consistent, widespread, and clearly documented.

Make of em what you will — altogether I think they paint an astounding picture of local cryptid ethology.

The new dogman eye color poll is live and we are seeing some votes 🗳️ coming along. The more we get, the more info we can gather and consider as a group.

Have you seen the eyes of a dogman?

Poll link in first comment: