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An Alberta Nipper?

May 25, 2014 by Linda Godfrey

Sketch of Alberta canid creature by witness

Sketch of Alberta canid creature by witness

One particular drum I keep beating as I compose my cryptid chronicles  is the fact that unknown, upright canine-like creatures are seen all over the Americas, and indeed, the world. There is not just one “beast.” More and more, in fact, seem to come from Canada. This makes sense, considering the sheer amount of natural forest and abundant wildlife enjoyed by our neighbors to the north. Alberta is an area I’ve heard from in the past, and I received one not recently that falls into the scary sightings category of huge canines that run with cars. Creatures with this seeming attraction to vehicles often remain on all fours, but this one showed off  its bipedal ability, as well. The woman who wrote wished to remain anonymous, but her letter began:
“My sighting happened as my husband and I were driving around at night in the late autumn of the year about 2010 or 2011.  I was on the passenger side just idly looking out my window when I seen something crouched down beside a white car. It started running alongside my truck the opposite side of some parallel parked cars on the road. The way it ran was akin to a cheetah in fast motion, the hind legs were lunging all the way forward past the front ones. I seen that it was very skinny, I could see the vertebrae of the back, ribs and shoulder blades. After about 50 meters there were some houses so it stood up on its hind legs and turned its head, which swiveled on its shoulders like a human, and looked dead at us long enough for me to get a really good look. It took a quick glance into the woods and in a single bound leapt the whole length of the cut line, about 15 feet.
“It had shoulders like a man and the head and face of a dog, yellow eyes and no discernible genitals. I could see that its hair was very short and almost iridescent against grey skin.  Its arms hung like a man’s but, its hands were also like a man’s but with a long dew claw-style thumb. After it jumped into the woods I looked at my husband and he was just looking at it and turned to me saying ‘Did you just see that too?’ “
The sighting occurred near Fort McMurray, a growing community with a brisk oil sands industry. I asked for further details about the creature, especially since the woman first estimated its height at about nine feet! She wrote back to say may have been shorter than that. Her first guess was based on a quick comparison to a six-foot fence in the vicinity. The creature’s head stuck above the fence,  she said, but  thinking about it later she thought she might have over-estimated just how far above the fence it was. Guessing the height of any large, moving creature from a moving vehicle is always a tricky business, but it seems this beast had to at least have been well over six feet tall  on two legs.
I had a few other questions, too, such as the exact fur color and the features of its head.She went on to add:
“The hair must have been grey too, it reflected a lot of light. I remember seeing the face had an elongated snout, it was kind of snarled. Its ears were similar to a dogs pointed ear near the top of its head. The tail was kind of bushy compared to the rest of it. Its legs had hips like a humans and thighs also like a human but had the inverted ankles of a dog, its feet were long but only the front pads appeared to be touching the ground. It was a fairly lit area, the other side of the road was a residential area. It did notice me, I think I may have interrupted it because it was kind of hidden behind a car when I first spotted it and it immediately looked up and started running.  It seemed more annoyed than anything. By the time it stopped running it was 30m in front of my truck on the other side of the cars parked on the road so it sprinted really fast.”
It’s interesting to me that, given the amazing amount of wilderness area Canada possesses, that the creature would have shown up on a busy road in a residential area. But Ft. McMurray is located at the confluence of the Athabasca and Clearwater Rivers, surrounded by forest — typical shelter areas for these cryptids.
As for its appearance, I do get reports of dogmen with short, gray fur — the typical color of many Eastern Timber wolves. This creature is also definitely canine, judging by the long snout, pointed ears and tail. Its behavior seems more motivated by a desire  to disappear from view rather than intending to taunt the witness, and the witness only suggested it was annoyed at being seen. The great speed and leaping ability it displayed are  characteristics I’ve heard often.
The hand-like paws are a bit more rare among the reports I receive, but as I’ve often noted, many witnesses have said the paws were elongated but were still not true, human-like hands. The dew-claw- like “thumbs” argues a little to that point, I think. And the creature was running on its toe pads rather than flat-footed.
As always, many thanks to the eyewitness for sharing her experience. I can’t help but wonder if any of those other drivers on that busy street also saw the creature.

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  1. on June 8, 2014 at 4:10 pm Colin Bayler

    Jasper;
    You need to put up a trail camera focused on the back fence. See if you can “catch” whatever it is causing you the problem.


  2. on May 29, 2014 at 6:52 pm john l.

    I will add one strange item! About 4 years ago I had a strange thing happen. I was working the late shift in sth.beloit il. n saw a large..thing with 2 glowing red eyes, about 7ft. tall n too dark to make out fully. it left after my lights hit upon it. I don’t know what it was and I’m not going back to find out. It made a growling sound and the way it moved through the brush it did not sound happy.


  3. on May 28, 2014 at 1:54 pm marcia nelson perone

    Wow, this stuff really makes one wonder. I’ve often heard strange sounds in the northern woods of upper michigan but never could find what made them. Our great danes would take off into the woods and come back spooked. These dogs were normally not afraid of anything, especially when they were in packs of 4-5.


  4. on May 27, 2014 at 10:18 pm Laura King

    Terri, It actually makes sense to me as I’ve always felt there are multiple dimensions , etc., and sometimes there’s a ripple which causes our dimension to line up or cross the other.


  5. on May 27, 2014 at 6:26 pm Bill Hancock

    Ahhhhhhh. Nice! Wolfies out and about for summer!


  6. on May 27, 2014 at 3:19 pm James Stamford

    Hello Linda,

    Thanks for sending this,. 

    James


  7. on May 27, 2014 at 5:30 am Terri

    Here’s my theory: we can think of the universe as a big apartment building. Sometimes the elevator stops on the wrong floor and a resident gets out on that floor (earth) or sometimes a resident makes a mistake and gets out too early (earth again) – maybe they were headed to the next floor (an undiscovered planet). Maybe something like that happens and we see those “residents” of different “floors” for a short time before they get back to their home floor! Probably sounds weird, but it helps me try to rationalize something like this!


  8. on May 26, 2014 at 3:32 am robbieshaw1

    Wow,. What an amazing sighting! And a huge hats off to the witness for the very detailed observation,and description. Outstanding!
    Thank you for sharing this Linda! As always,I continually look forward to your reports,excellent documented sightings,encounters,as well as your articles. And,I also agree,.its very interesting to say the least,to learn of these sightings,and all the “W’s” involved when possible. Thanks again!


  9. on May 26, 2014 at 2:58 am FSaluga@aol.com

    Thanks for the information rreally appreciate it. Fred


  10. on May 26, 2014 at 2:22 am Jasper Art Seren

    I live in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
    Several months ago I was doing research on werewolves and talking about it on social media.
    The next morning the back fence gate was broken.
    I fix it and continue doing research on werewolves. The following morning there is a small pile of dog hair resting on the latch of the fence.
    I assume it was a warning.


  11. on May 25, 2014 at 11:49 pm celsiusrising

    Dulce bio-labs.



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