{"product_id":"dogman-marlowe-vane-9798184888798","title":"Dogman: How a Radio Prank Became America's Most Feared Monster","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn 1987, a radio DJ invented a monster for April Fools' Day. Then the sightings started.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSteve Cook wrote \"The Legend\" to prank his listeners in Traverse City, Michigan. Within weeks it was the most-requested track on the station. Then the phone calls came. People said they had seen it: seven feet tall, a dog's head on a man's body, eyes that caught the light, a scream that sounded almost human. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSoon, the story started reaching backward. Reports appeared that seemed to predate the song. A Wisconsin werewolf came with its own line of witnesses. A piece of \"found footage\" frightened the internet. A creature born on local radio ended up on national television. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDogman traces the documented story behind the legend\u003c\/b\u003e: how it was built in real time, and why so many ordinary people still swear they met something in the dark. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInside: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe 1987 prank that started it, in the DJ's own words\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe older sightings that complicate the story\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrand Haven, 1993: a wave of encounters centered on one witness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Gable Film and how a hoax became evidence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWisconsin's Beast of Bray Road and the reporter who couldn't look away\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat people may be seeing in the dark, and why the answer matters either way\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAtmospheric and skeptical, this book stays honest about what we do and don't know. No breathless claims. No invented encounters. It follows one of the strangest stories in American folklore, and what it reveals about why we need monsters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTurn off the porch light. Start reading.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marlowe Vane\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798184888798\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.15d","brand":"Marlowe Vane","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49174088057087,"sku":"9798184888798","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dogman-marlowe-vane-9798184888798","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}