"I saw a werewolf with a chinese menu in his hand
Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain
He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fuk's
For to get a big dish of beef chow mien"
Posted on 06/29/2006 6:01:42 PM PDT by Marius3188
The Beast of Cannock Chase is back - and on the hard-shoulder.
Motorists on Junction 10A of the M6, near Cannock, jammed Highways Agency helplines on Wednesday morning, with reports of a 'wolf-like creature' racing between lanes at rush hour.
Motorists looked on in disbelief as the three-foot long creature, described as 'greyish black', raced between lanes, dodging stunned motorists before diving for cover in nearby trees.
Highways Agency staff joined motorway police to hunt for the creature and later stated the 'beast' was likely to be a husky dog.
But a spokesperson at Saga Radio, whose eye-in-the-sky traffic reports were first to clock the event, said: "Highways staff said that it was probably a husky dog. But everyone who saw it is convinced it was something more than a domestic dog. I know it sounds crazy, but these people think they've seen a wolf."
With wolves extinct on our shores for centuries, could it be the mysterious creature was, in fact, the legendary Beast of Cannock Chase? World-renowned paranormal investigator Nick Redfern certainly thinks so.
He said: "Many big cats, such as panthers, were kept as pets until a couple of decades ago. The 1976 Dangerous Animals Act put an end to that, making it an offence to own them. What happened was, many of these pets were released into the wild as a convenient way for their owners to be rid of them.
"It is possible that by now, these animals are on to their third or fourth generations. They could be the big cats people are seeing on the Chase now.
"But saying that, there are a lot of documented reports of sightings which date back as far as the 1600s and 1700s, predating the 1976 Act by centuries. It does make you wonder why, 300 years ago, in the absence of publicity, someone would go to the lengths of making up a sighting."
It's just Galloway.........
Wolf Creature ping
"I saw a werewolf with a chinese menu in his hand
Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain
He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fuk's
For to get a big dish of beef chow mien"
The traditional Beast of Cannock Chase is supposed to be a bigfoot type creature, not a wolf.
And his hair was perfect.
OK.. is it Lupin or is it a Grim?
"The 1976 Dangerous Animals Act "
OBVIOUSLY doesn't apply to British politicians of the left or Islamic immigrants.
Hound(s) of the Baskervilles?
I ain't afraid of no critter I can run down with my Assault SUV.
Thanks to Marius3188 for the ping.
I ran across a very similar story a few years ago. I know it's a bit of a stretch, but it happened to the older brother of a friend of mine. He was driving home from work down a lonely stretch of road one night when from off the side, he caught sight of something on a fence. The thing jumped off the fence and dashed across the road, right in front of him. He described it as a creature sort of like a wolf, but tall and standing on upright legs, like a human.
Well, as soon as he saw it, he freaked (it was around a curve in the road) and swerved off the road, flipping the car over. He lay there strapped in the overturned car, knowing the creature was out there probably close by and he was completely helpless. Nothing else happened, except about three hours later someone drove by and saw the overturned car and called 9-11.
My friend's brother was fine but he was extremely scared. He told me how he remembered visiting his brother in the hospital, and how he was so freaked out, and their Dad was like, "Are you sure that's what you saw?" and he would start going crazy saying "I know what I saw, Dad!"
"Three-foot long creature"?
I thought it was funny..Probably not too many people here in the correct age slot.
Fascinating story! In what year did this happen?
I don't know what it is but I don't like it!
It's manbearpig ...better call Al Gore.
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