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Tag: Dogman Ohio history

THE WEREWOLF OF DEFIANCE: Terror in the Railroad Towns of Northwest Ohio

THE WEREWOLF OF DEFIANCE: Terror in the Railroad Towns of Northwest Ohio

October 29, 2025 Weird Darkness Blog/DarkNews

In the summer of 1972, something walked upright through Defiance, Ohio, wielding a two-by-four – and it was just the beginning of decades of encounters across northwest Ohio.

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THE DEFIANCE WEREWOLF: Complete 1972 ‘The Blade’ Newspaper Transcript

THE DEFIANCE WEREWOLF: Complete 1972 ‘The Blade’ Newspaper Transcript

October 28, 2025 Weird Darkness Blog/DarkNews

In the summer of 1972, The Toledo Blade reported a string of chilling encounters in Defiance, Ohio — where locals claimed a towering, fanged “werewolf” was stalking the railroad tracks under the full moon.

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THE DEFIANCE DOGMAN: Ohio’s Lycanthropic Summer of Fear, 1972

THE DEFIANCE DOGMAN: Ohio’s Lycanthropic Summer of Fear, 1972

October 28, 2025 Weird Darkness Daily Weird Darkness Podcast Episodes

In the summer of 1972, railroad workers in Defiance, Ohio, reported being attacked and stalked by a towering, hairy creature that police and newspapers dubbed the “Werewolf of Defiance.”

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