Werewolf Spotted in Madison County, New York

I don't think this guy, if he exists, saw a werewolf, but it's hard to say whether he made up the story out of whole cloth, or if it was fabricated by some self-proclaimed paranormal investigator or author. People who report sightings of ghosts, cryptid animals, or whatever, sometimes ask that their names be withheld, but not everyone requests anonymity. A case in point is the "Chicago Mothman." All the sightings have been reported by Lon Strickler and Tobias Wayland and oddly, not one witness has been identified, and this is a good indication most, if not all, the sightings were fabricated by Strickler and Wayland, who have both written third-rate books on the Chicago Mothman. They're in the same category as Nick Redfern and Brent Swancer: neither can write worth a damn and the crap they produce doesn't appeal to anyone outside the lunatic fringe.

We'd all like to believe people wouldn't make up stories about cryptids, etc., but you don't have to look any farther than those ridiculous ghost hunting shows to know that isn't the case. Have you forgotten the faithfully fraudulent Grant Wilson's shenanigans on Ghost Hunters? Don't you remember the video in which he had a string in his pocket that he would pull every now and then to pretend something was pulling on the collar of his jacket? Both Tobias Wayland and Lon Strickler have written books about the alleged "Chicago Mothman" and the two, along with a couple of MUFON nutters, who I'm sure are also benefiting from the scam in some way, have reported every single sighting.

How interesting. I love stories about cryptids but I've never been lucky enough to actually see one up close, or even one that I was sure was a cryptid. After you saw it, did you go back to the area to see what kind of tracks it left, or anything like that?