This article falls under the scope of WikiProject Paranormal, which aims to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to the paranormal and related topics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit the attached article, help with current tasks, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and discussions.ParanormalWikipedia:WikiProject ParanormalTemplate:WikiProject Paranormalparanormal articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Michigan, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the U.S. state of Michigan on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.MichiganWikipedia:WikiProject MichiganTemplate:WikiProject MichiganMichigan articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Skepticism, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of science, pseudoscience, pseudohistory and skepticism related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.SkepticismWikipedia:WikiProject SkepticismTemplate:WikiProject SkepticismSkepticism articles
A fact from Michigan Dogman appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 31 October 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
I'd like to point out that there are absolutely no citations in there, and the phrase "it is the opinion of the author" thrown in at the end makes it rather seem like a personal opinion than anything belonging here.
74.193.15.181 (talk) 23:59, 9 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
There doesn't seem to be any references on this article about the Michigan Dogman that predate the Cook song. I believe that there are books that refer to sightings that took place before the song but are all of these word of mouth and not from written sources that predate the song? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.35.90.156 (talk) 19:00, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
And yet, the article continues to cite "fun facts about Michigan" type books thatmerely repeat made-up stories from Cook's song. The nineteenth-century original sightings were invented by Cook for a fun, tongue-in-cheek song that, as the wiki entry goes on to note, he wrote without any prior awareness of a "Dogman" legend. 142.113.210.115 (talk) 18:58, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm planning on editing this page around the History section to include mention of several reports from 1993-1994 in Ottawa County. These entries will be coming from a newspaper article McClatchy Tribune News. I only go into depth with two specific sightings, one where a man named "Ben" spots the creature in his parent's driveway, the other an anonymous report involving the reporter possibly running into the creature with their car. I also mention that Ben has 3 separate reports, but I only fully describe the one for the sake of brevity. These will be separated into two separate paragraphs, both linking to the same source. Please let me know if there are any issues with this contribution. I'm planning to hold off on adding it until Friday of this week. RedVelvetFox (talk) 16:37, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
