Wisconsin Woman Chased by Glowing-Eyed Creature at 80 MPH

Posted Wednesday, July 29, 2026

By Squatchable.com staff

There's a jaw-dropping interview making the rounds online that every cryptid researcher needs to hear about. A woman named Laurie Ann recently sat down with the Sasquatch Theory channel to share one of the most heart-pounding dogman encounters I've come across in a while, and the details are absolutely chilling. The story takes place back in April of 2010 on a rural stretch of road near Theresa and Mayville in Wisconsin. Laurie Ann was driving home around 2:00 in the morning with her two little daughters in the car, one of them just a baby at the time. She was cruising along at about 55 mph on an isolated country road when something caught her eye in the driver's side mirror. What she saw still haunts her to this day. A massive creature, bluish-black in color with pointed ears, was gaining on her vehicle. Its eyes glowed an intense orangeish-yellow, and it was running alongside her Chevy Cavalier at speeds that should have been impossible. The thing was reportedly as tall as her car on all fours. "I remember saying something to my daughter like, 'Oh my god, what is this on the side of me?'" Laurie Ann recalled during the interview. She hit the gas, pushing her little Cavalier up to 60, then 75, and finally 80 mph before she was able to pull ahead of whatever was chasing her. Her older daughter, sensing her mother's panic, kept telling her to just focus on the road. What makes this account particularly unsettling is the speed factor. Whatever this creature was, it was keeping pace with a vehicle doing 55 miles per hour and only fell behind when Laurie Ann pushed past 75. For anyone who's spent time researching cryptids in the Midwest, that kind of speed is consistent with reports of the Beast of Bray Road and other canine-type creatures that have been documented across Wisconsin and Michigan for decades. The Great Lakes region has long been a hotspot for dogman sightings, and many researchers believe the dense forests, marshy areas, and abundance of rural backroads create the perfect habitat for these creatures to thrive while staying hidden. The Beast of Bray Road, which became famous after sightings near Elkhorn, Wisconsin in the early 1990s, shares many similarities with what Laurie Ann describes. But the encounter on the road wasn't the only strange thing happening in Laurie Ann's life. She also lived on a farm near Campbellsport, Wisconsin, where she experienced a whole range of unexplained phenomena. Strange whistles in the night, objects being thrown at her property, missing livestock, and unusual animal deaths that she believes could be connected to Sasquatch activity. When asked what she thinks would have happened if she had stopped the car that night, Laurie Ann didn't have an answer. She still refuses to drive down that same back road at night, more than a decade later. Her ex-husband's reaction is sadly typical of what witnesses often face. He suggested she might have been hallucinating. But Laurie Ann stands firm in what she saw, and honestly, the level of detail she provides, from the eye shine to the creature's coloring to its impossible speed, is exactly the kind of granular observation that makes a witness account credible. One of the most fascinating parts of the interview is when the host brings up the vocalizations associated with dogman encounters. He mentions hearing something described as being as loud as a T-Rex from Jurassic Park, which is a description that comes up surprisingly often in canine cryptid reports. Laurie Ann doesn't recall hearing anything during her chase, which she attributes to being in full fight-or-flight mode. This is one of those interviews that really sticks with you. The Midwest has a rich history of canine cryptid sightings, and Laurie Ann's account adds another compelling piece to that puzzle. If you're interested in dogman encounters, Sasquatch research, or just love hearing firsthand accounts from witnesses who have no reason to make anything up, this video is absolutely worth your time. Check it out on the Sasquatch Theory YouTube channel and decide for yourself what was running alongside that Chevy Cavalier on a cold April night in 2010.