Mysterious Creature on the lose in WI! (no joke)

[Big Foot]

You can go to CNN to see the video clip, here is a pasting from the news, there is a beast running around WI. I have been hearing reports all week long, now someone has come forward on national news...

A man in Washington County said he saw something he couldn't explain -- something that may have resembled a yeti or Big foot.


Around 1 a.m. Thursday, Steven Krueger, as part of his job, was picking up a deer carcass on the side of the road.



After loading the deer onto the truck, Krueger said he saw what he described as a "large black animal, at least 7 feet tall and larger than a bear."

The beast took the deer.


Sheriff's deputies responded to the scene but haven't located the missing deer or mysterious creature

[Lundy]

My wife and I were visiting friends in Kewwaskum
we went for a walk arround Eisenbahn Trail,
just as it was about dusk we saw a animal over 6 foot tall
it had what look to be a dead badger :rotflmao:

[Buckeye]

By chance was the man who has this encounter on his way home from a Packers game? Sounds like he got a bad bratwurst and a 12 pack from a tainted batch of Beck's Octoberfest! Either that or his cheese head hat was on too tight.

[My mother inlaw]

Thats just my mother inlaw putting on her winter fur!

[Dacotah Eye]

If it had braided armpit hair it was my sister-in-law.

[hoosier]

If it was a G/B Packer then you will be safe in any endzone as packers don't like to cross the goal line..

[Freckles]

Early this month North West of Walker Minn. In state forest land there was a set of bare foot prints found in the mud. They were 5" wide, 16" long and it had a stride of 60". The man who found these ran into town and found a photographer who came out and took some pictures of them. After a few days he went back to check on them, he found that someone had destroyed them and that there was no trace of the prints. Why ????????

Freckles

[Jolly Green Giant]

Why.....??

Because every good monster knows that you have to cover your tracks to avoid that guy that does those monster hunter shows on the Discovery Channel.

HoHoHo Green Giant

[My mother inlaw]

My mother inlaw does not like being tracked. She is afraid someone will get to the chicken coop before her!

[Suzuki]

>Why.....??
>
>Because every good monster knows that you have to cover your
>tracks to avoid that guy that does those monster hunter shows
>on the Discovery Channel.
>
>HoHoHo Green Giant

hahahahahahah. Somehow Pabst Blue Ribbon must be related to the Wi story.

[Suzuki]

and now for "the rest of the story"

Bigfoot or big misunderstanding?

Witness denies labeling large animal ‘Bigfoot’

By JOHN BUCHEL - GM Today Staff

November 12, 2006

WEST BEND - A 39-year-old Menasha man has found himself in the middle of Washington County "wildman of the wilderness" fever. Steven Krueger doesn’t know where all this Bigfoot talk came from, but he will not be sorry to see it stop.

"I hope it just goes away. It’s starting to get irritating," Krueger said. "I never once said it was a Bigfoot or yeti."

The sheriff’s department report bears that out, only mentioning a creature "approximately 7 feet tall, very black, and very wide."

After some kind of creature startled Krueger early Thursday morning while he was working at his Department of Natural Resources-contracted job, he deliberated reporting it because he knew there would be skeptics.

Krueger finally decided he should alert the sheriff’s department in case it was a bear or other dangerous animal. Krueger said he used to hunt black bears, which is what this animal looked like.

Except for the ears.

"They were sort of pointy - not exactly like a wolf, but definitely not rounded like a black bear," Krueger said.

The DNR contracts and specially licenses Krueger to remove deer carcasses in Washington, Ozaukee, Fond du Lac, Brown, northern Manitowoc and northern Waupaca counties.

"Washington County faxes me every morning and gives me a complete list and exact location of where the deer are, and I make a run," Krueger told the Daily News in May.

At around 1 a.m. Thursday morning, he stopped to pick up a small doe on Highway 167, about a third of a mile east of Station Way Road in the town of Erin. He put the deer in the bed of the truck and sat in the cab, filling out the necessary paperwork. He left the gate down, because he still had to tag the deer.

Krueger felt the truck rock and thought it was the wind, but when it rocked again he checked his mirror to see - in the light of his truck-mounted spotlight - an animal reaching for the doe with its front paws. He said he was startled, so he slammed the truck into drive and peeled off.

The deer was dragged - or fell - off the truck, along with an all-terrain vehicle ramp. Krueger couldn’t be sure exactly what he saw.

"A black Lab(rador retriever) could’ve jumped in the back of the bed and it would’ve startled me because I wasn’t expecting it," Krueger said.

Krueger said Milwaukee television stations had contacted him trying to push the Bigfoot angle. He said kept the discussion away from that direction but they ran the story anyway. He’s asked for a correction.

The attention had the area abuzz with the idea of a southeastern Wisconsin sasquatch.

"That’s the word we were bombarded with," said Bill Mitchell, the county’s DNR conservation warden. "We were working this morning and everywhere we went people wanted to know about it."

With hunting season coming up, folks joked with Mitchell about licensing: Would it require a big game or a small game license, or would an archery license work?

About 60 people from the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization hit the trail this summer for two three-day weekend expeditions in Wisconsin’s northern Price County looking for yetis. Around the same time, Bigfoot footage was posted on the video-sharing Web site YouTube, claiming to have been shot on the Fourth of July near St. Croix Falls in Polk County.

A total of 34 Wisconsin sightings have been reported to the BFRO Web site, ranking it smack in the middle of the lower 48 United States, but not a single report has come out of Washington County or any in southeastern Wisconsin.

Mitchell said although rare, there was history of timber wolf black bear and large coyote sightings in the area and as far south as Milwaukee County, which could account for what Krueger saw. But, then again ...

"My wife just pointed out Halloween Express just sold off all their costumes at clearance prices," Mitchell said.

Krueger said it was inconceivable the creature was a prankster. He didn’t see a single other vehicle or person as he drove down Highway K to calm himself, or when he went back briefly to search for his ATV ramp.

By Friday afternoon, someone sent the sasquatch story to Jeffrey Meldrum, a professor of anatomy and anthropology at Idaho State University. As one of the world’s foremost authorities on Bigfoot, he’s familiar with the sensation a sighting can stir.

"I’ve been out with people and every puddle of water that has a remote shape of a humanoid footprint they go, ‘Ah, look at that! Could that be a Bigfoot print?’" Meldrum said.

Last week, The Associates Press ran a story about colleagues who shun Meldrum for practicing quack science. Ironically, Meldrum’s new book, endorsed by world-famous primatologist Jane Goodall, is "Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science."

"From my perspective, I’m not dealing with just the accumulation of those stories and reports," Meldrum said. "As a physical anthropologist I constrain myself to a consideration of a data that lends itself to scientific analysis."

Many academics and laypersons alike won’t denounce the legend, but also won’t acknowledge evidence until there is a smoking gun - or a sasquatch skeleton, he said. Meldrum said he takes the scientific route.

"I’ll see a feature in a print which looks to me like a midtarsal pressure ridge, which makes it very different and much more flexible than a human’s foot," Meldrum said. "So let’s do some experiments."

His tests range from examining other apes’ prints, to plotting sightings against environmental habitat using geographic information systems, to studying bio-acoustics of animal vocalizations. Personal beliefs aside, he bases his findings on the data, which he feels supports the idea of a species behind the legend.

Krueger said if Bigfoot did exist, it would probably live in a more remote environment like the Rockies or the Pacific Northwest, but "anything’s possible."

"I’m not sure how I would react personally if I ever saw one," Meldrum said. "I’ve had people tell me it’s a life-changing possibility because they’ve been told their whole lives that this thing could not possibly exist and now, boom! Large as life, it’s there."

[Raybob]

>Why ????????
>
> Freckles


[b] X-files :)

[Limiterr]

I saw a campfire talk put on in an Ontario Park by a Native who has seen Sasquatch many times. The tale he told made us all cringe and not want to go back to our tents. What happens to people when they see Sasquatch is very individualistic. In his own words he said that Sasquatch lives in all our minds......

[50mm]

Give me a break!!! :blahblah:

Look it says GULIBLE on the ceiling!! :duh:

Sound like a bunch of 3rd graders on the play ground. Do you really think that with over 6.4 BILLION people on this planet somebody wouldnt have rock hard evidence (skeleton, etc) of SASQUATCH if he existed???

Unbelievable. Stop spending so much time on the computer and get outdoors a little more!!

Publicity stunt!!

[believer]

GUYS! He IS REAL! Take this from an average joe who has had an encounter while changing a tire one dark night in Virginia.

Check this out:

http://www.bfro.net/

Scroll to the "3 best images" link at the bottom.

[Moster_Man]

Hold on to your hats folks! and if you live in Wisconsin you know this Beast has been on the run all week long, this monster is belived to be a hybred of half ape and half wolf, possibly in its breeding season looking for a mate. This week-end is Wisconsins annual deer gun opener, if you are in that area keep alert!! Its belived to be heading back north west towards it origin area of first sightings in more remote areas of the state so be posted...

11/14/06: Two More Sightings in Washington County Confirmed

Today not only did Mike Miller of WISN confirm that he did have another sighting reported to his station that occurrred in November of 2004, two other peopletold me today that they saw what could be the same creature just this Sunday night, Nov. 12, north of West Bend. WISN is putting together a segment about the new developments as word is beginning to trickle out that this was not a Bigfoot.

The 2004 sighting was of a quadruped, not a biped as earlier reported, and occurred on Hwy. 60 between Slinger and Mayfield, near J at 5 am. This is about five miles NE of Krueger's sighting. Miller told me that the animal they saw crossed the road shifted its weight strangely on its hind legs. I'm hoping to get more details.

The sighting this Sunday night was made by two men northeast of West Bend on Shalom Drive just off Hwy. 144 at 8:30 pm. The creature crossed the road in front of them on all fours. It was the size of a deer, they said, but was not a deer. It had the head of a wolf, a furry, muscular body that was far too lean to be a bear, and was much larger than a gray wolf. The witnesses' exact words were, "It was the size of a large deer but with a large back and shoulders, thick fur, a massive wolf-like head, pointy ears and no tail." They said it "lumbered" across the road showing no concern for their approaching vehicle. The driver stopped and got out and looked around but could find no footprints; the creature had disappeared into the woods. The driver, who actually wrote the email, said it was then that his friend told him about the Holy Hill sighting and that was the first he knew of it. I was most impressed by the fact that it had no tail. Since other witnesses have reported seeing wolf-headed creatures walk both on two and four legs during the same sighting, I see no reason this couldn't be the same thing Steve Krueger saw steal his deer carcass.

I had a brilliant suggestion from a reader to ask Krueger whether he had noticed any waves of missing carcasses and whether there might be a pattern. I did ask , and he said this occurs frequently but he had never thought to record them so he wasn't able to give times or locations. He did vow to begin making daily notes, however, in case there are spots that seem to be "visited" more often than others.

11/13/06: Media Circus Moves to the Big Top...Biscardi's on the way

With Ch. 12 WISN apparently sitting on the "second witness" story, Washington County cryptid witness Steve Krueger continues to be wooed by assorted and diverse media, researchers and curiosity seekers. But he has decided not to allow himself to be shown on camera, he said, for the sake of his family and his employment. He has been cooperating with me and with another local researcher, Mike Lane, and he has been back to the site to look for the AWOL AV ramp with no luck. I do have plans to be in the sighting area this week, mostly to photograph the terrain since others have been searching the area fruitlessly.

Mike Lane, an independent and part time researcher who knows the Holy Hill area well, has combed the area and the day after Krueger's sighting, did see large, undefined footprints from something bipedal that he followed for about a mile until they disappeared in a swamp. The prints were not sharp enough to cast or describe, other than as appearing to have been made by something very heavy, said Lane. He also found two abandoned old barns in an open area 200 yards off the road at the sighting area. One contained a hay pile where it appeared something had been bedding down, but Lane could find no hairs, droppings or other evidence of what the bedder might be. Lane has installed a motion sensitive camera with the permission of the landowner, and baited the area around it. He also noted that Krueger told him the creature had wide shoulders, and that this made him think it wasn't a bear. "Bears when they stand up have no shoulders to speak of," said Lane, a lifelong hunter and tracker.

The much promoted, corporate-backed Bigfoot hunter Tom Biscardi also plans to be in the area soon, according to Krueger. Krueger has authorized me to say that Biscardi phoned him and repeatedly asked if it wasn't Bigfoot, after all, that Krueger had seen. "He kept saying, 'Bigfoot, Bigfoot,'" said Krueger. Krueger pointedly told him no, and Biscardi then informed Krueger that "these things" are migrating southward right now (Bigfoot outfitted with tracking collars?), and that he plans to come to Washington County with a full crew by this weekend "no matter what." He added that he's had twelve "personal encounters" with Bigfoot, and that there had been another sighting "south" of Krueger's reported just yesterday. Biscardi also reportedly talked with the West Bend newspaper.

Well, Steve Krueger will take any help he can get to find his missing ATV ramp.

The thing is, the creature was spotted in a huge area of natural cover, waterways and marshes. Large carnivores need to roam vast areas every day in order to get their daily caloric requirements. So it's unlikely to be hanging around in the same exact place it was spotted before, especially with all the commotion and extra traffic that's been generated by the reports. Still, I wish Biscardi well. He said he is bringing a thermal imaging camera. Nobody wants to see one of these various species photographed more than I do, and I don't really care who first brings home the documentary bacon.

Besides, if all of this makes people finally realize just how many upright, furry cryptids have been sighted in the southern Wisconsin area over the past six decades, as I've been trying to document over the past 14 years, that will make the media circus worth it. (artwork is witness sketch by Marv Kirschnik, from Hunting the American Werewolf)



11/12/06: Second Witness Comes Forward...allegedly

After Ch. 12 WISN Milwaukee aired a second story on the Washington County Deer-Snatcher, a second witness came forward and told Ch. 12 news anchor Mike Miller that he saw the same creature two years ago on Hwy. 60 two years ago. This person did see the entire creature, and said that it walked on its hind legs, its weight shifting from side to side. The first report said that it occurred at Hwy. 60 and J, but I'm not sure of that location and will be checking on the rest of the story as well. This witness reportedly has said he will tell his story on camera, perhaps on the 10 pm news 11/12. Check back for updates.

Breaking news: Washington County, WI Bigfoot reported 11/9/06 IS NOT A BIGFOOT!. After a lengthy phone interview with Steven Krueger, a 39-year old contractor reported to have seen a Bigfoot take a deer from the back of his pickup truck early in the morning of 11/9/06, I can say with some confidence it was not a Bigfoot, and in fact, was not any easily recognizedanimal at all. According to his description, it was either an upright canid or the creature called a Bearwolf (see my illustration below.) Krueger wishes TV channels had not reported that he said he saw a "Yeti, Bigfoot, or Sasquatch," and says he never stated it was any of those things

[Albert Treikler]

I am the head investigator for www.sasquatch.com. We are taking this report seriously and are sending people out as we speak. For Hunters and people carrying guns please do not hurt these creatures.

[WarrenMN]

Lately there's been a lot of mountain lion sightings that I'd bet were from people dumping a problem that use to be a tiny cute little thing. This got me to wondering if some one ran into a genetic oddity. You can cross different types of big cats and depending on the sex involved with the parenting you get some odd cats that will make you scratch your head. The one I'm thinking of in particular is a Liger, male lion and female tiger. These aren't black but I wonder if they fit the shape and size.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/liger.asp

There's a whole list of combinations that have been bred. Not sure if any are black, but after dark most stuff is.

WarrenMN

Found the other report I was looking for

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/coyote.asp

[180FH]

it was just the Packer cheerleaders having a good time.
:rotflmao:

[GF]

Man you guys are tough on someone he comes on here and post what could be a credible story.
I was watching the news the other night, concerning the Lochness Monster and right in the middle of it the thing surfaced in the background grabbed a truck from some campers on shore, and then submerged with the truck, WOW WHAT A HEAD TRIP MAN, And then a few minutes later resurfaced and spit the truck out, WOW right there on the news.
I know there is always an answer for everything. My concern is it must not have liked the taste of that truck, what if it has a craving for a GMC do I need to worry, what do they eat normally?

[Toolmaker]

Hope its not the same creature on the jacks links commercial.He gets pretty upset when messed with.Burl.

[good commercial]

Those are some good comercials! Everytime I see it I laugh!

[Unlogged T-Mac]

This is WORSE, YET!
That has to be a WEREWOLF!!!
Perfect discription!
No question...THAT was....EXACTLY...a werewolf!!!!!.

[Hunter Hank]

What? No shooting hairy, two legged, 7 foot tall, creatures anymore?
What is this world coming to?

[180FH]

I can smell the boneyard from here.......

[Lundy]

>GUYS! He IS REAL! Take this from an average joe who has had
>an encounter while changing a tire one dark night in Virginia.
>
>
>Check this out:
>
>http://www.bfro.net/
>
>Scroll to the "3 best images" link at the bottom.

It was a guy on our football team that realy favors the images on www.bfro.net