Local Legends

Okay, you know how you go see a movie, some horror B-movie. And there's this small town that someone is visiting for some unknown reason. Well, EVERY time they go to this small town, there's like, some local legend floating around about the monster that lives in the woods, yeah? But that never happens in real life! First, these small towns don't really have these types of legends; they're only plot devices.

Author interruption: I just used a semicolon!!!

Second, even if there are local legends, the locals don't actually believe them, and won't repeat them to outsiders. It's sorta just a fun thing to share around town. I.E. "Hey! You hear about someone kicking over Old Man Johnson's mailbox last night?" "Yeah... I bet it was the swamp beast. Heh."

Right?

Heh. Not so much.

So, here I am on vacation for the weekend in Northern Michigan. And I was looking for a good country music station to listen to. Found one. Listened to a bit of Trace Adkins, some Craig Morgan. Then someone called in with a request for the station to play "the Dog-man song".

Dog man? Dog-man? Dogman?

So there's this song playing, telling this whole legend of this Dogman. And I'm thinking, "Nice. There really is a country song for everything :)"

Totally not a country song. It's a local song that talks about their actual legend of the dogman. Complete with sightings.

Really.

So, if I start looking into this legend and wander out at night so see if I can find it... just... remind me not to. That's the person that always ends up eaten.