Report #1 – Tractor-Trailer Driver Has Possible Early Morning Dogman Sighting

Incident Description:
I drive a delivery tractor-trailer truck for a living. I was on a delivery route driving on Gum Springs Church Road in Moncure, NC. It was very early, approximately 6:15 am, still dark and raining. As I was approaching a curve in the road, my headlights shined on a narrow dirt path located in the curve between two wooded residential lots. On the dirt path just out of the wood line and back off the road, I saw a black dog-like creature squatting while holding and eating something that looked like bloody flesh. This creature looked like a large German Shepherd Dog, black fur all over, except with whatever it was holding were hands, not paws. It was definitely not sitting like a dog….more like a squatted human, but the head was very canine. As I my headlights shined on this creature, it looked up and I saw red eyes. I wanted to go back to get another look at it, but I was on the job and had my co-worker with me.

Date of Incident:
September 13, 2024

Location of Incident:
Gum Springs Church Road, Moncure, NC; Chatham County

Location Environment:
Rural heavily wooded, mostly residential road.

Other Witnesses:
My co-worker was with me, but he did not say anything about it, so I assumed he did not see it. I did not say anything to my co-worker about what I had just seen as I feared he would think I’m crazy.

Additional Information:
Prior to seeing the creature, my co-worker and I saw multiple rabbits running out of the woods onto the road.

Similar Incidents:
No.

Follow-Up Investigation
The witness is a researcher/investigator with The Veil Project – Southeastern Cryptid & Anomaly Survey. He called me shortly after the sighting and was very bothered by what he had seen. We both went back to the sighting location a few days later during daylight hours to investigate the area. We were unable to investigate the dirt path where the creature was seen as it was on private property. The area was very wooded with residential properties. We did notice a Church with a graveyard just up the road from the sighting location. Just prior to the sighting, the witness and his co-worker saw several rabbits coming out onto the road from the woods. The witness said that he did not give too much thought to the rabbits when they initially saw them, but after seeing the creature, he found the whole incident very strange and unnerving.

Investigator(s):
Mechelle Johnson; Scott Faulkner
The Veil Project – Southeastern Cryptid & Anomaly Survey