American Bestiary

Known locally as the 'Wild Man of Chilhowee' or simply the Tennessee Wildman.

It is a stout hominid standing 7 to 9 feet tall, covered in a matted mass of dark gray or reddish-brown hair extending below its waist. It features fiery red eyes, sharp tusks, and terrifying talon-like fingernails. It radiates an overpowering stench of skunk spray and rotting meat.

Inhabits the rugged wilderness and dense forests of McNairy County, Tennessee.

Fierce and completely untameable, it exhibits immense muscular power and blinding speed, easily outpacing vehicles. Highly aggressive, it produces bone-chilling screams and shows a predatory preference for chasing women and dogs.

First documented by the Hagerstown Mail in 1871, the beast represents a localized adaptation of the European 'wild man' archetype. Skeptics attribute the terrifying encounters to misidentified bears standing on their hind legs.