I just watched a show called "Beyond". It was featuring a supernatural predator that torments human beings, and it was mainly
seen in Saskatchewan, Canada; it was also reported to have been seen in Australia (I think), and Asia.
This is around fifteen minutes after watching it, and I am still so freaked out that I'm jumpy, still crying, (cue embarrassment), and hyper-sensitive to who (or what) is around me. This is not just because of the effects used to emphasize the key points of the stories, but because of how real, how truly real these creatures are that we do not understand.
The Rou-Ga-Rou, my friends, is a creature reported to have wolf, dog, deer/horse, and sometimes human physical qualities. It, in one eyewitness account, was at least twelve feet tall.
The three of them (A mother/sister, the eldest, a young boy, and a three/four year old girl), in this account, were in a room with a window. The window didn't have glass, but it had plastic covering it. They heard wolf-like, feral growling far-off for a moment, coming closer, and when it was next to them (separated by the walls of the house) they heard the growling as if it was right next to them. The second-youngest present (a younger boy) grabbed a gun and they ran into the bathroom and locked the door. They only had one bullet in a .22 shotgun, and they were sure they wouldn't make it, but they did.
The window the creature had been standing at was twelve feet tall, and there were gouges cut out of the wall's surface (on the outside), clawing scratchmarks that were from eight to ten feet tall on the house.
In another account, this wolf/dog was running alongside a driver and his friends. They were going at speeds over 50 miles per hour, and weren't on a normal road, they were going between fields, meaning any animal tracks could be clearly seen.
This creature kept up with them, at those speeds, for roughly two miles before they sped up even more and lost the animal.
When they went back the next day, they found horse tracks. Not dog, not wolf, horse tracks. What was this creature?
In the third account, the person to see it was ice fishing. She had gone into the ice shack, and had seen this thing, this creature with horse legs, a pointed snout, and a wolf's body. It was going as fast as the skidoos that had been going by earlier in the day, and it was fairly close to her and her brother.
She flung open the door to warn him, and ask what it was, and it had vanished; kaput, gone. Nothing, no tracks, and she was the only one to see it.
Almost a month later, she was home alone and heard these banging noises, like something banging into the back wall of her house. She told herself that she was not going back to look, and stayed where she was until it stopped. The next day, she found "These divots, gouges, like these- these two-clawed scratchmarks, on the wall," which testifies to the horse prints found by the former account about the dog-like creature that left horse prints.
She was told that there was a legend about the 'Rug-a-roo', or 'Rou-ga-rou', frighteningly similar to the french 'Loup-garou', which means werewolf. Apparently the only white people to see them are Catholic, or pure of heart.
And according to legend, you cannot draw them, because doing so only gives them power.
In the last account, a male woke up to a creature passing by him while he was in his bed. He felt the side of his face was wet, and his wife yelled, asking what was going on. He looked into the kitchen, and all he could see were a pair of glowing eyes. He knew that it was a dog, or something like it at least, and it was growling. He told his wife to get the kids and she did, locking herself and the kids in the bathroom.
He got his gun, and at one point "The dog hid under my son's crib in his bedroom," which supports a point in legend that the Rug-a-roo is a creature that is partial to harming children.
He somehow got it onto his deck, and shot it "At point-blank range, and I shot it off the deck," and he had used a shotgun. (Sadly I cannot remember exactly what make he had mentioned, or I would note that, too.)
He looked down off the deck to see if it was dead, and he found it had vanished. He figured it might have gotten as far as the bushes, so the next day he scoured the land around his house.
He found nothing. Absolutely no trace of the 'dog'. Another interesting fact is that he has two dogs. One of them was a very territorial German Shepard, and yet neither of them had made a single sound during the event, and instead remained perfectly silent until after the beast had gone.
One more fact; none of them (his wife, kids, or himself) knew how the creature had even gotten inside, as all the doors and windows were still closed when the creature was discovered.
None of the eyewitnesses had ever made contact with each other, yet they all lived in the same area (Saskatchewan, Canada) and had roughly the same experience; and each time, they felt threatened. However, they were not injured.
I am understandably curious about this creature called the 'Rug-a-roo', also known as 'Rou-Ga-Roux' among other things, and I desperately want to know more. I have looked over Wikipedia and several other websites, but they have not told me what I wish to know. I have looked also at a topic here, commented upon by several, but I have found nothing substantial that will satisfy what I want to know.
What I want to know, really, is what this creature is.
Any and all folklore and myth about this creature would be greatly appreciated; accounts of encounter, even more so; For, you see, I want to understand this creature. I have a great interest in the 'supernatural' beings, whether it be for us to understand them or not, for I have a feeling that perhaps this creature is not a 'harbringer of evil', but perhaps a creature of good fortune; for not once in any account that I have found has it ever truly attacked or harmed anyone. Instead, it scared them once (Only because we do not understand it, perhaps), and in two of them (mentioned above) it has been warded off with guns. This causes me to think that perhaps it merely frightens to bring us closer together, as a family, when there are troubles (Not very likely, I must admit, but it does cause admitted openness and friendliness in those that have seen it, no?) and it only appears destructive and harmful because A) We do not understand it, and B) it choses a wolf for the main structure of its appearance.
However, does it not always seem to chose dog and horse/deer tendancies as well, and sometimes even that of a human? Dog is supposed to be man's best friend, and horses (as well as deer) are obviously herbavoires. Wolves do not ever attack humans unless threatened or starved.
It seems to always appear to us as animals that are capable of kindness and even love in some cases, but with always an underlying sense of danger if provoked.
Is that not all it might be, but a creature that may not understand us, and is simply trying to make contact on behalf of the rest of the Supernatural world? If it is, we have given them a sore report for the rest of the beings out there, for we have responded with fear and violence. However, it does show them how we generally respond, and whether that be good or bad has yet to be determined.
My opinions may be a bit farfetched, so please do counter my logic with your own. A different view on things, said truthfully and nicely, is always refreshing, is it not?
Again, I would very much appreciate your input on this topic.
Sincerely Yours,
Tatsuki
This is around fifteen minutes after watching it, and I am still so freaked out that I'm jumpy, still crying, (cue embarrassment), and hyper-sensitive to who (or what) is around me. This is not just because of the effects used to emphasize the key points of the stories, but because of how real, how truly real these creatures are that we do not understand.
The Rou-Ga-Rou, my friends, is a creature reported to have wolf, dog, deer/horse, and sometimes human physical qualities. It, in one eyewitness account, was at least twelve feet tall.
The three of them (A mother/sister, the eldest, a young boy, and a three/four year old girl), in this account, were in a room with a window. The window didn't have glass, but it had plastic covering it. They heard wolf-like, feral growling far-off for a moment, coming closer, and when it was next to them (separated by the walls of the house) they heard the growling as if it was right next to them. The second-youngest present (a younger boy) grabbed a gun and they ran into the bathroom and locked the door. They only had one bullet in a .22 shotgun, and they were sure they wouldn't make it, but they did.
The window the creature had been standing at was twelve feet tall, and there were gouges cut out of the wall's surface (on the outside), clawing scratchmarks that were from eight to ten feet tall on the house.
In another account, this wolf/dog was running alongside a driver and his friends. They were going at speeds over 50 miles per hour, and weren't on a normal road, they were going between fields, meaning any animal tracks could be clearly seen.
This creature kept up with them, at those speeds, for roughly two miles before they sped up even more and lost the animal.
When they went back the next day, they found horse tracks. Not dog, not wolf, horse tracks. What was this creature?
In the third account, the person to see it was ice fishing. She had gone into the ice shack, and had seen this thing, this creature with horse legs, a pointed snout, and a wolf's body. It was going as fast as the skidoos that had been going by earlier in the day, and it was fairly close to her and her brother.
She flung open the door to warn him, and ask what it was, and it had vanished; kaput, gone. Nothing, no tracks, and she was the only one to see it.
Almost a month later, she was home alone and heard these banging noises, like something banging into the back wall of her house. She told herself that she was not going back to look, and stayed where she was until it stopped. The next day, she found "These divots, gouges, like these- these two-clawed scratchmarks, on the wall," which testifies to the horse prints found by the former account about the dog-like creature that left horse prints.
She was told that there was a legend about the 'Rug-a-roo', or 'Rou-ga-rou', frighteningly similar to the french 'Loup-garou', which means werewolf. Apparently the only white people to see them are Catholic, or pure of heart.
And according to legend, you cannot draw them, because doing so only gives them power.
In the last account, a male woke up to a creature passing by him while he was in his bed. He felt the side of his face was wet, and his wife yelled, asking what was going on. He looked into the kitchen, and all he could see were a pair of glowing eyes. He knew that it was a dog, or something like it at least, and it was growling. He told his wife to get the kids and she did, locking herself and the kids in the bathroom.
He got his gun, and at one point "The dog hid under my son's crib in his bedroom," which supports a point in legend that the Rug-a-roo is a creature that is partial to harming children.
He somehow got it onto his deck, and shot it "At point-blank range, and I shot it off the deck," and he had used a shotgun. (Sadly I cannot remember exactly what make he had mentioned, or I would note that, too.)
He looked down off the deck to see if it was dead, and he found it had vanished. He figured it might have gotten as far as the bushes, so the next day he scoured the land around his house.
He found nothing. Absolutely no trace of the 'dog'. Another interesting fact is that he has two dogs. One of them was a very territorial German Shepard, and yet neither of them had made a single sound during the event, and instead remained perfectly silent until after the beast had gone.
One more fact; none of them (his wife, kids, or himself) knew how the creature had even gotten inside, as all the doors and windows were still closed when the creature was discovered.
None of the eyewitnesses had ever made contact with each other, yet they all lived in the same area (Saskatchewan, Canada) and had roughly the same experience; and each time, they felt threatened. However, they were not injured.
I am understandably curious about this creature called the 'Rug-a-roo', also known as 'Rou-Ga-Roux' among other things, and I desperately want to know more. I have looked over Wikipedia and several other websites, but they have not told me what I wish to know. I have looked also at a topic here, commented upon by several, but I have found nothing substantial that will satisfy what I want to know.
What I want to know, really, is what this creature is.
Any and all folklore and myth about this creature would be greatly appreciated; accounts of encounter, even more so; For, you see, I want to understand this creature. I have a great interest in the 'supernatural' beings, whether it be for us to understand them or not, for I have a feeling that perhaps this creature is not a 'harbringer of evil', but perhaps a creature of good fortune; for not once in any account that I have found has it ever truly attacked or harmed anyone. Instead, it scared them once (Only because we do not understand it, perhaps), and in two of them (mentioned above) it has been warded off with guns. This causes me to think that perhaps it merely frightens to bring us closer together, as a family, when there are troubles (Not very likely, I must admit, but it does cause admitted openness and friendliness in those that have seen it, no?) and it only appears destructive and harmful because A) We do not understand it, and B) it choses a wolf for the main structure of its appearance.
However, does it not always seem to chose dog and horse/deer tendancies as well, and sometimes even that of a human? Dog is supposed to be man's best friend, and horses (as well as deer) are obviously herbavoires. Wolves do not ever attack humans unless threatened or starved.
It seems to always appear to us as animals that are capable of kindness and even love in some cases, but with always an underlying sense of danger if provoked.
Is that not all it might be, but a creature that may not understand us, and is simply trying to make contact on behalf of the rest of the Supernatural world? If it is, we have given them a sore report for the rest of the beings out there, for we have responded with fear and violence. However, it does show them how we generally respond, and whether that be good or bad has yet to be determined.
My opinions may be a bit farfetched, so please do counter my logic with your own. A different view on things, said truthfully and nicely, is always refreshing, is it not?
Again, I would very much appreciate your input on this topic.
Sincerely Yours,
Tatsuki
