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Jun 2024
35m 15s

Strange Beasts

Ballen Studios
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Story One – The Michigan Dogman

"Somewhere in the north-woods darkness, a creature walks upright. And the best advice you may ever get is don’t go out… at night."

Whilst these words appear to have been born out of a harmless April Fool’s Joke, for the residents of Michigan’s heartland, they stir a deeply rooted apprehension. The fear of a mythical beast, stories of which have been passed down through the centuries. A creature known as, the Michigan Dogman.

Story Two – The Beast of Gévaudan

During a three-year period of the mid-18th century, a mysterious creature was responsible for the gruesome slayings of over one hundred people living in a small region of southern France. Some say the beast was eventually caught and killed, whilst others believe it is still very much at large. In this story, we examine the Beast of Gévaudan?


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