Ozark Howler
The Ozark Howler is part of Arkansas folklore, and most AK residents know all about it. This creature is said to be as large as a bear and even shaped like one. It is usually gray in its coloring, with a shaggy coat. Many people have tried to keep the myth alive through hoaxes, such as when a person sent photos to the local AK 40/29 TV affiliate in December 2015. The station had to get in touch with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, who claimed the images were fake. Yet there have been several calls about the howler for years.
A year before this, a person nearly collided with an “unidentified mammal” and was recorded on an emergency call claiming this. In 2016, a recorded phone call with armed state wildlife officers found that they were sent to investigate a suspicious report. Someone told them a bear-sized, gray, fast-running animal was spotted in Springdale, Arkansas. Nothing came from this, but mysterious animals like the Ozark Howler could be completely mythological only. The howler may just be based on a bear or local wolf in the region. However, if anyone saw just this then there wouldn’t be a story worth telling.