Fourth in a series exploring what the source of various cryptid encounters and modern folklore could be in the Cthulhu Mythos.
Dogman
Although they were reported all the way back in 1936 with the Beast of Bray Road, the Dogman only recently found popularity and is something of an up and comer in the cryptid world. It is particularly popular on Youtube, where you can find thousands of hours of dubious sightings.
While some cryptozoologists treat them as flesh and blood creatures evolved from natural canines they are often seen as a much more supernatural creature, perhaps even synonymous for werewolves and skinwalkers.
Gugwe
Torn between the worlds of Dogman and Bigfoot, the Gugwe is a hairy humanoid with a canid or baboon-like muzzle. Proponents of the north american great apes claim they are a subspecies of sasquatch with a longer snout, pointing to the sagittal crest and humanoid body. Believers in canine humanoids however think it's either a misidentification based on Bigfoot being far better known or that it could be a midpoint in a dogman's transformation.
Batsquatch
A very chimeric creature, the Batsquatch is said to be a blue-furred winged humanoid with a wolfish head and feet like a bird's. It is also incredibly large, with the first witness claiming it was 8 or 9 feet tall with a 50 ft wingspan. Even wilder, a later sighting was of a batsquatch that was supposedly at least 20 feet tall!
Between their impossible size and hexapedal body plan it's extremely unlikely to be a natural creature, if it exists at all. One theory to explain it's unlikely appearance is that it's an alien or ultraterrestrial creature brought to Earth by a dimensional gateway opened by the eruption of Mt St. Helens.
Shug Monkey
Black hounds can be found haunting crossroads and cemeteries all over the UK but a curious variant could once be found in the vicinity of Slough Hill Lane in Cambridgeshire. The creature is said to have the body of a large shaggy dog but a hideous ape-like head. It would usually race about on all fours but could rise up and shuffle about on its hind legs as well.
If it ever existed it has died or moved elsewhere as nobody has seen it since before the second world war.
Capelobo
Despite being called the "caped wolf" the Capelobo is actually more of a were anteater! They are described as being enormous hunched figures with shaggy fur over impenetrable skin, round hooves and anteater like claws and heads. It can also take a more animalistic form, described as a shaggy dog-like body with a head like a tapir. This might not actually be shapeshifting, some cryptozoologists suggest it could be a separate but related creature or a part of the Capelobo's life-cycle. A Capelobo is created when an elderly person chooses to spend their last days in the jungle, transforming into a monster instead of passing on.
It is a predatory and vampiric creature, hunting pet animals and livestock for their blood. They rarely hunt humans but when they do it is said that they crack open their skulls before sucking their brains out with a long sticky tongue.
The shriek of the Capelobo can be heard for miles and drive even the strongest willed to paralyzing madness. In addition the creatures are said to smell so bad that it stuns and sickens those that encounter it.
Ghouls
Look, it's ghouls! If a Mythos Investigator goes looking into Dogman sightings 9 times out of 10 it'll be them, if it's anything at all.
Wherever humans live, there are Ghouls. They have spread across the Earth, every Dreamland ever dreamt by the minds of men and even a few distant worlds where humans have been transplanted. They come in all shapes and sizes, from the nearly human to great beasts.
Ok but if it’s not them, it could be
Hunters from Beyond
These entities are inhabitants of the Netherworld, the ectoplasmic reaches of subspace from which ghosts and elementals form. They normally have no way to travel between dimensions but if they are ever brought into the presence of a being from the mortal spheres, they can follow the Astral shadow to the waking lands. Even with the ability to travel they cannot fully interact with the matter of our universe, with ectoplasmic slime being the only material they can leave behind. That doesn't mean they aren't dangerous, if they can enthrall the senses of their prey they lead them back to their fetid realm and sink them in the psychovorous slime where their souls can be consumed at their leisure.
Yidhra's Mate
When Yidhra feels she is falling behind the people of Earth, she chooses a Mate among the dominant life forms with whom to exchange genetic material. Yidhra will self evolve to match the Mate's species, while the Mate mutates wildly with the influx of millions of years of genes. While there are no guarantees in the result of their transformation a prospective Mate can at least be sure that they will survive the process and that they will live at Yidhra's side until it comes time for a new Mate to be chosen. Although no two Mates are exactly alike, the last known was easily mistaken for a large dog at a distance. It was only on closer inspection that saurian jaws and razor bladed claws could be noticed.
Ngirrth’lu
Written of in the pre-human Scrolls of Yalith, the contents passed down in shards from distant Xithu, Ngirrth’lu is the lord of the Lupine Ones. He resides within Ykia, the land of Red Snows, a vast haunted forest under a perpetual fall of rusty snow. There is a gate to this subdimensional pocket in the backwoods of rural Minnesota but it once opened in Averoigne, from which its roaming servitors gave rise to the legend of the Beast of Gévaudan. It is unknown why it looks so much like a great winged wolf or if that was its original form at all for it is not of Earth. Ngirrth’lu was born of Lukth, the Womb Planet, long before there were ever wolves on this planet.
Voormi
Although their time is long over the ancient people of Hyperborea might still exist, hiding in remote areas from human expansion. Maybe sightings of Dogman are increasing so precipitously not because it's the newest Cryptid fad but because the Voormi are spreading, scouting out towns and preparing for something. It's unlikely that they could take any ground from humanity through force of arms, what do they have that is making them so bold?
Werewolves
Lycanthropy is not always literally a transformation from human to wolf. A Werewolf is a human possessed, sleepwalking as a Dream of relentless predation carries their body through acts of terrible violence. Although the werewolf's form does not change, their animalistic movement and savage behavior can give the impression of a huge beast.
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