If you’ve ever found yourself in a cozy cabin on a snowy night, gazing out into the frosty wilderness, you might have wondered what might be lurking just beyond the trees. Maybe a bear, maybe an Abominable Snowman, or maybe the Winter Werewolf, a beast both feared and revered in wintry folklore!

The following written confession was submitted via email: To put in perspective I’m from northwestern pa this happens yrs ago the first story I was with my grandmother who is this 4’11 full blooded sioux she always cranky and she’ll smack a smile off a grizzly well one night we were sitting at the table eating dinner mind you she liked her whiskey could drink everclear straight kind of women so as we’re sitting at the table we start hearing this weird like grunting sounds coming from the outside like a mixture of a dog an a pig…

The following written confession was shared via email: …I was drawn to and at the edge of the woods at this point when all of a sudden heard a low grumbling growl in the darkness. It was so dark and our phone flashlights wouldn't reach too far. I felt instant fear and an urgency to leave but I needed to know I had actually heard something so I walked away slowly back towards the group. But as I took just a couple steps away from the wood line I heard it again…

The following written confession was submitted via email: …Shortly after passing Oakley North houses and getting to where the woods were on both sides, I began hearing something large in the woods, walking as I would walk, and if I'd stop it would stop…

Tony Merkel sits down with Larry Ragland on The Big Picture to dive into the mysterious world of the paranormal and supernatural. They tackle questions that have intrigued high strangeness believers for generations, from werewolves and Bigfoot, to open portals and Skinwalker Ranch, to extraterrestrial beings and more.

The following written confession was submitted via email: I have a story where I saw something very unusual as a teen with my parents while driving on our country road. It was only a few seconds but I’ve never forgotten it…

The following written confession was submitted via email: I live in Redding ca about an hour south of mount shasta. Last Tuesday ago around 9 pm I was driving home and came inches away from hitting a dog man. Most terrifying moment of my life….

The following written confession was submitted via Reddit: …If I remember correctly it was the 2nd of May 2022 and as I said I was in the forest near the village of Giron to pick berries. I was alone there was no one around but it was not something strange because it's a very sparsely populated part of France. The thing that felt strange was the fact that I did not see any animals. No deer, no wild boars, no foxes. It was silent…

The following written confession was submitted via email: Long story short I had heard a local, old cemetery was guarded by a dogman. Me and my buddy went and snuck to the back where this dogman/cryptid was supposedly found. This cemetery has older gravesites at it from about the late 1800s in the back where we were. We had read it was found around the children's stones. On the walk there I'm looking in the tree line to my right and I see an odd silhouette…

The following written confession was submitted via email: …He and a friend were walking through a field in East Tennessee. They were finished with their hunt and it was near dark. As they were walking they noticed something walking toward them. As it got closer they could see it was what they described as a werewolf or dogman…

Forests can be scary places, full of shadows and strange noises. But is ‘the Cursed Forest’ in Washington State one of the scariest around? The video Cursed Forest Found Footage from MKPStudios features two disturbing clips allegedly captured in this Cursed Forest, and the footage is pretty creepy to say the least. Be warned after viewing it that you may never want to go into the woods alone, or stand next to the woods, or maybe even look at a tree, ever again.

Tony recently joined The Higherside Chats - Tony Merkel | The Confessionals: Cryptids, Portals, & the Paranormal, and shared “a grab bag of high strangeness stories from his show”! Listen to the first hour of the episode for free!

DON’T MISS THIS ONE! Tony joins Tin Foil Hat with Sam Tripoli on #547 - Dogman and Interdimensional Beings with Tony Merkel: Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Tin Foil Hat with Sam Tripoli. This episode we welcome the Confessionals' Tony Merkel to the show for an all time banger about his documentary on hunting Dogman and some insanity involving interdimensional entities!

The following written confession was sent to Tony via a friend and shared on The Confessionals IG account: Here is an interesting picture sent over to me [Tony] by one of my camera men @hesedmedia. He was sent this picture and passed it on to me. What are your thoughts? Mangy dog? Dire wolf? Dogman snacking on pumpkins? This was taken in Peninsula, OH. Middle of the Cuyahoga Valley Natl Park, which also contains Hell, OH. Largest wolf on record in that area is 34" at shoulder.

Tony joins this week’s episode of Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff & Bobo, Episode 139: Tony Merkel ofThe Confessionals Podcast: Cliff Barackman and James "Bobo" Fay speak with fellow podcaster and investigator Tony Merkel! Tony is the creator and host of The Confessionals, a podcast that covers a wide variety of esoteric and mysterious subjects. The boys chat with Tony about chasing the dogman, chasing your dreams, and much more!