Comments on: Godfrey: Wisconsin Bigfoot - NOT!

By: moregon

moregon — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 08:31:12 +0000

One problem I see with a ghillie suit, is I’ve never seen them with wolf-like ears or muzzles on them. Would someone who’s interested in poaching a deer, really go to the trouble of wearing a ghillie suit at 1am? There would have to be a vehicle parked nearby because I doubt they would want to drag it for miles, maybe someone should ask Mr. Krueger if he saw any vehicles parked along the road in that area.

Rillo777, you said you are intrigued by the bearwolf thing, do a Google search for an animal called an Amphicyon. It’s also known as a beardog. Some artist’s have made it appear as if it has a Wolf’s head on a Bear’s body, so on Google look under Images too. The big problem is that it’s been extinct for 14 million years.

By: rfritz

rfritz — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 13:14:41 +0000

Maybe it is related to the Bearwalk…the mythical creature referenced in the Jeff Daniels movie “Escanaba by da moonlight”.

It is interesting that this happened only a few days before Wisconsin’s deer season opens.

Maybe the guy is opposed to hunting and is thinking a story like this will keep hunters out of the woods.

By: Mnynames

Mnynames — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 15:53:24 +0000

Well, it’s not everyday that you get a witness that says “Heck no!, that wasn’t a Bigfoot I saw” and then goes on to explain that what he saw was far, far, stranger and less easy to explain. So assuming that he’s correct in reporting what he saw, just what the heck IS this thing?

By: titletown

titletown — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 07:09:37 +0000

Isn’t there supposedly a roaming werewolf in Southeastern Wisconsin? I thought it was near Jefferson County or by Whitewater. I was watching the Travel Channel once and they were talking about several reports of this. Isn’t Bray Rd in Jefferson County? I have never heard of the Wausau werewolf sighting.

By: DWA

DWA — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 03:43:53 +0000

Whoo brother.

He’s afraid it will take a Bigfoot turn. When what he’s really going for is American Werewolf.

Sheesh. Hey. Maybe it’s the Phantom of the Opera, moonlighting. Always thought the guy needed to fix those ears, though.

By: lorelady

lorelady — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 23:55:51 +0000

Quick note to Porkchop; when I said “closest I could come” I was referring to types of creatures that have been reported to me, not to spatial location. - Linda

By: Scarfe

Scarfe — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 21:59:21 +0000

At least we know Nov 9th wasn’t a full moon.

By: Craig Woolheater

Craig Woolheater — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 19:50:51 +0000

Linda Godfrey’s witness interview thoughts were reposted here with her permission.

By: Porkchop

Porkchop — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 18:42:03 +0000

Linda Godfrey wrote:

“the closest I can come is the creature that has been seen near Wausau”

You need to clarify the reference, if by close you mean spatial proximity. Wausau is almost 3 hours of 65 mph interstate driving from West Bend. Godfrey’s Beast of Bray Rd is closer and reasonably matched in description.

The Wausau reference is also confusing because a wolf or bear near Wausau would be interesting but not news, as bear hunters I know just recently have found hibernating bears south of Hwy 29, but only just recently.

If you said you saw a bear as far south as West Bend, I would first say “no way,” until someone else confirmed it. The way this reads is bears are common in SE WI, and they aren’t.

By: lorelady

lorelady — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 18:41:01 +0000

That ramp had been on my mind, too, and I had another conservation with Mr.Krueger last night about it.The thing that puzzled me was why Krueger would have heard the ramp hit the pavement, indicating it had fallen to the ground, and yet it was nowhere to be found. Did the creature pick it up and take it along? Did another motorist come along and grab it? Krueger says the latter is unlikely since he only drove as far as Hwy. K, a few minutes away, before turning back, and didn’t see any other vehicles in the area the whole time. It’s also hard to imagine both a human poacher and a 7-foot carnivore being in the same area and fighting over the kill (Krueger was adamant the truck-pilferer was no human in a suit) with the human taking the ramp as a consolation prize. Krueger’s best guess was that when he took off in the truck, the creature held onto the deer which then got dragged out of the truck with the ramp entangled in its legs. He thinks the deer and ramp hit the pavement at the same time. I’m not sure how the bulky ramp could have stayed tangled in the legs of a freshly killed, smallish doe …so tangled that the creature was forced to carry both away together….but there doesn’t seem to be any other explanation. Possibly a motorist did approach from the opposite direction, nabbed the ramp and turned back around without being seen.
I really wish Krueger had been able to see the creature’s lower body as well. Then we might be much closer to a positive ID. - Linda Godfrey