The sighting of a creature that has come to be known as the werewolf of Defiance
is a popular legend in Ohio. The sightings and attacks were documented by
the local newspaper.
Defiance, Ohio is a small town in the northwestern part of the state. About 55
miles south of Toledo. In the early 70s it had a population of a little over
16,000 residents. It was a quiet small town and nothing out of the ordinary
occurred, prior to the sightings. In August of 1972 there were at least three
separate attacks on townspeople. It was usually in the early mornings between
1:00 a.m. and 4:30. The police were unsure of who the
assailants could be. But at least three separate people went on file and
described the creature as having a large dog head. As soon as the word got out
about the description of the creature. It became known as the Wolf Man of Defiance.
The police chief at the time was quoted as saying "We didn't release it to the
news, when we got the report about a week ago now we're taking it seriously".
The police began a serious investigation and over the course of a few weeks several
people have called in describing that they seen a Wolfman or a very hairy
creature. Some even described it as a beast with long fangs. Over the years
many people have speculated as to what the creature was. Many eyewitnesses
insist that the creature was a wolf man or a dogman. The police at the time
rationalized the sightings. Thinking that it was one of the town's
people wearing a costume. But, they all believed that the people
were seeing something that looked like a wolf. All of the witnesses that seen this
werewolf all had very similar descriptions, that included hairy feet in
standing about six to eight feet tall.
Two freight yard workers were working the graveyard shift. Inspecting the rail cars
braking system.
During an interview with a Toledo Blade. One of the witnesses said "I saw these
two hairy feet and when I looked up I saw it standing there with a big stick
over its shoulder".
When I started to say something it took off into the woods. This werewolf
creature was described as having huge hairy feet large fangs and running
side-to-side like a caveman. About a week after that encounter the man claims to
have seen the creature again in the exact same spot.
The werewolf looked at from the edge of the forest and then turned back to the woods.
Later that same night the creature was spotted again; this person had a very
similar sighting stated that the creature was hairy had a large dog head
and was welding a 2x4. One of the conflicting details of the reports was
whether it was seen with a 2x4 or not. There was a total of four articles about
the creature since the sighting occurred there has
been many reports of strange occurrences around the area of Defiance Ohio which
include many UFO sightings and at Dracula look-alike as time went on so did
the sightings the police continued their investigation for this werewolf. But
nothing was ever caught in the case eventually became closed...