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The Doghead Men

In the late 60s we lived in Station Street, Crewe, which we left when the whole area was to be slum-cleared. The houses were old fashioned, very basic terraced ones opening directly onto the street, and as everyone knew everyone else it was safe to 'play out' quite late at night. One evening, Mark (aged about 9) was walking along the wide pavement when he saw some characters coming toward him. There were 3 I think, and they were somewhat taller than people.

They were dressed as men in suits, but had very large DOGS' HEADS!! These heads swayed widely from side to side as the creatures walked. Mark was absolutely terrified as they approached, but they seemed not to notice him and he passed them safely. He ran all the way home and only told me about the 'Big Dogs' as he called them some time later. I laughed my head off, thinking he was trying to scare me. When it became obvious that he was really scared, I tried to figure out what he'd seen. My 10-year old brain could only come up with ghosts or aliens, neither of which seemed to fit the bill.

Mark's experience came to mind when I read 'The Thing on the Doorstep' on these pages. Could a camel's head and a dog's look alike? Did Joshua see the same critter as did Mark? I seem to remember that Mark saw the Big Dogs again but will have to pick the time to ask him about it.

Posted: 07-09-2001 22:19 Post subject: Similar things have happened elsewhere

Though I have never run across other tales of nocturnal dogheaded men, the theme of "nighthawks bumping into the Strange on city sidewalks" is common around the world. For example, in the early 1970's a report came from a Latin American country (I think Argentina) of a night-time encounter between a man and three black-suited creatures. He was walking on one side of a city street, the creatures were walking down the other side, going the other way. Each of the beings wore what looked like a black spacesuit; their heads were covered and pointed, their eyes a glowing red. All were short humanoids. I think they did not notice the witness, who later told the police.
While this sighting could be lumped in with UFO "phenomena" because the things looked like aliens, your sighting of the dogmen was very similar. What I've noticed with all witness accounts of weird creatures (non-UFO) is that they either take no heed of the witness, or they react to him/her in some strange way (physical attacks, running away, staring, or telepathic communication.) Luckily the dogmen seemed intent on popping into our reality, clumsily walking through it, then vanshing back from whence they came.

Posted: 08-09-2001 13:57 Post subject: Anubis?

In Egypt, the Jackal headed God, Anubis, is an urban legend. He has been seen in physical presence and in shadow. He is the guuardian of the underworld and guides spirits to Abydos. He has often been seen shortly after or before a person's death.
I'm not saying that this is what you saw but a Dog Headed man and Anubis are pretty much anatomically identical in my book...

Posted: 16-09-2001 20:24 Post subject:

Was'nt there a humanoid creature a bit like this in the latest star wars movie? perhaps it's a question of precognition of the movie kind. Eek Eek

Posted: 25-09-2001 05:46 Post subject:

Could have been joe camel out for a night on the town,he gets around. Cool

Posted: 26-09-2001 01:15 Post subject:

Reminds me of the following report:

Location: Jenin to Dotan road (Israel)

Date/Time: [not specified].

A resident of the Arab town of Jenin was driving one evening towards Dotan and picked up a hitch-hiker, who who sat in the passenger seat beside him. After a while he noticed his companion's face had transformed into that of a one-eyed dog. Stopping the car, he ran away from it and fainted.

Debate in Jenin and the neighbouring towns interpreted the figure variously as a demon, or 'the blind liar' - an evil figure that is to spread evil abroad before the coming of the Messiah.

Source(s): Daily Maariv (Israel) 14 October 1996; 'Chillers on the road' (Fortean Times, issue uncertain).

Posted: 26-09-2001 07:50 Post subject: I've been checking up on this...

Turns out that there is one form of Demon that becomes human to entice it's victims, then becomes a hideous Jackal type creature...often with one eye or a shroud over is face and nose, covering it's eyes...

Posted: 27-09-2001 16:50 Post subject: Animal headed thingies

When I was in high school in Portland, Oregon, USA, around the year 1969. A friend, Mike E. (name changed to protect a heck of a great guy), told me that he liked to rent a 'bear' costume and go the mall or some other public place and hand out candy and wave to people!

He kept wanting me to go along! Doh! No way. But one night he asked me to drive him around, late at night. Gosh, what are friends for (no really, what ARE friends for?) Whenever we saw someone, and this episode was late on a Friday night in residential neiborhoods, he'd get out and walk around and wave to people. Remember, it was dark and there is this person in a rented bear costume (more like a cartoonish bear with a big head), waving at the few people who were coming home or going out at that hour.

That was the last time I got roped into doing that but I'm sure it went on without my help or approval.

I'm also sure that what one person thinks up, someone else, somewhere, sometime will also try. Perhaps pranksters or costume party goers are the cause of some unusual stories.

Wink

Posted: 11-10-2001 05:08 Post subject:

I think the dog-headed men must be some sort of archetype we Westerners don't dwell on; still, it comes out every so often. Are any of you familiar with Wildstorm's (a subsidiary of DC Comics) book by Alan Moore and Gene Ha, entitled "Top Ten?" If I'm not mistaken, there's a dog-headed man in the book. Or the dog's using a cybernetic human body...I'm not certain. Sorry--I'm a "Planetary" fan.

Posted: 11-10-2001 20:49 Post subject:

This is addressed to everyone who has encountered "dog-headed men." I am an artist, and a paranormal researcher in my spare time. Could you please tell me what -type- of dog these people's heads resembled? That is, wolf, collie, boxer, poodle, etc.
The reason that I ask is because there is a record of a similar incident having occured a while back somewhere in the USA, although two things were different. Nevertheless, the man who had the encounter said that the figure's face resembled a certain type of dog, and I am curiious to see whether or not there is a connection.
Also, what were these dog-headed people wearing when you all saw them? Are we talking about dogs walking around on its hind legs or are we talking about men in suits with heads that look like the faces of dogs? Also, how tall were these people? Did they ever open their mouths?
Please answer as soon as possible.

Posted: 12-10-2001 14:18 Post subject:

This rings a bell... I remember reading years ago of a whole race of Dog-Headed men supposed to originate in Africa, I think. It was in a book of legendary creatures...

Posted: 12-10-2001 14:32 Post subject:

http://www.lehigh.edu/~cjs6/yahoo.htm

Take a look - One-eyed, two-eyed, dog-headed cannibals and a bibliography to boot!

Posted: 12-10-2001 16:22 Post subject:

Yeah, I've heard of those. I've heard a theory that they might have been seen on Madagascar where there used to live a species of gorilla-sized lemurs. If they could mistake gorillas for men why not lemurs.

Posted: 12-10-2001 16:24 Post subject:

I also remember a commercial where you see a grand danois sitting there dressed in a business suit. Maybe it was out taking a stroll during takes Smile

Posted: 14-10-2001 16:37 Post subject:

Xanatic, good point about the Madagascar case. Lemurs are, or course, famous for having decidely vulpine heads.

All this dog-headed men business is pretty freaky... an Egyptian god on the prowl in Manchester and Crewe?!

There are so many weird creatures documented in Fortean history (Mothman, Owlman, Jersey Devil, Dover Demon, Chupacabras) that are so much weirder than the relatively normal cryptids such as Bigfoot (big ape!) and Nessie (big sea reptile!). What if there's some very regular sighted creatures like these dog-men, who just aren't documented cos people feel stupid giving reports of them because a) they're completely ridiculous sounding, and b) they're seen in areas where weird creatures like this just can't be conceived exist, like the middle of busy cities.

From a very bizarre 'It Happened to Me' entry, we've got one report of a very similar case, and that's just among the users of this website. How many other people have seen something similar?!