Dogmen in the Desert

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Across the deserts and mountains of Afghanistan, Iraq, and the American Southwest, military personnel have reported encounters with strange, wolf-like creatures that seem to defy conventional explanation. From remote observation posts to isolated military installations, these accounts describe enormous canines, animals walking upright on two legs, and mysterious figures that appear to change their form.

Drawn from firsthand accounts of British and American military personnel, this episode explores unsettling encounters with unexplained creatures during deployments and training exercises. From British soldiers pursuing a mysterious figure through the mountains near Kandahar to American troops encountering wolf-like creatures in Iraq, and a paratrooper witnessing something unusual through his night vision equipment in the New Mexico desert, these experiences left witnesses questioning what they had actually seen.

00:00 - Cold Open 01:36 - The Mountain Jinn 16:27 - The Wolfman of Iraq 24:22 - The Iranian Border 30:07 - The Creature Near Mosul 33:44 - The Invisible Bear 40:01 - The New Mexico Dogman 44:21 - Final Thoughts 49:27 - Credits 49:58 - After Action

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