Democrats in Virginia have passed a bill out of committee that allows government bureaucrats to receive unlimited taxpayer funding to buy a house. Gov. Spanberger and the rest of the Democrats ran on “affordability.” The only thing that will be affordable are houses for their voters. They already give $25,000 grants. Now, there is no […] The post Virginia “Affordability” Democrats Are Giving Away Homes to Their Voters appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Former CNN host Don Lemon said on Sunday that he believed the Trump administration would “go around a judge” if necessary to prosecute him for disrupting a Minneapolis church service alongside radical protesters. Speaking to fellow former CNN host Alisyn Camerota — now a special events anchor for Scripps News — Lemon repeatedly professed his innocence, claiming he was only observing the protest as a journalist. Lemon claimed that the Trump administration would prosecute him by any means necessary, even if it meant having to “retrofit” laws or circumventing a judge. A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that the Justice Department established probable cause to charge former CNN host Don Lemon and four others over the anti-ICE church storming in Minneapolis last weekend. The appeals court, however, declined to force a lower court judge to sign arrest warrants. WATCH: Camerota described Lemon as “calm,” “resolute,” and “unapologetic” — and said that he truly believes his actions were protected under the First Amendment because he was acting solely as a journalist at the time. Noting that one judge had already denied the Justice Department’s request to charge Lemon for his role in the protest — a protest that has resulted in three arrests thus far — Camerota asked Lemon what he thought might happen in the coming weeks. “I’m not naive. I think they’re probably going to try again and again as they did with Tish James and Comey and everyone. If one doesn’t work, then they try something else and that fails, and they try something else and then they just don’t give up because they, you know, they want to save face, but I don’t know what’s next,” Lemon said. “I think what’s next is that I have to be in it for the long haul and to, you know, and just to be strong, as always, and keep calm and carry on.” Lemon went on to say that he fully expected the Trump administration to step outside the law if that was the only way to get him, claiming that they were targeting him specifically because he was the “biggest name” involved. “If there’s no law to fit, they will try to fit or retrofit something or go around a judge and just do it themselves. And it doesn’t matter and everything that they say pertains to protesters. I was not a protester. It’s very clear about that. If you look at all the evidence, I’m not a protester. And so I think Alisyn — not that I think I know — I was the biggest name. And so if they get a Don Lemon, woohoo, that’s a victory and also I’m the one who put the information out there.” Lemon joined a large group of anti-ICE protesters who stormed Cities Church in Minneapolis last Sunday during a worship service because one of the church’s pastors is believed to be an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. Three of the anti-ICE agitators who organized the church storming have been arrested by the FBI, including Black Lives Matter activist Nekima Levy Armstrong.

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Federal judges in Minnesota have rejected the Justice Department’s charges against some of the anti-ICE agitators who invaded a church during service earlier this month, and others have released multiple defendants, even as the Justice Department has appealed some of these decisions. After the Justice Department filed charges against eight agitators for depriving churchgoers of their rights to exercise their religion under the First Amendment, Magistrate Judge Douglas L. Micko declined to issue arrest warrants for five of the defendants, and struck down charges against the others. The Justice Department appealed the denial of the arrest warrants, a move that Patrick Schlitz, chief judge of the U.S. District Court of Minnesota, said is unprecedented, at least in the courts under the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit. The Justice Department claimed that the agitators would likely disrupt a church service again, and many of the leaders have stood by their decision to disrupt the service. Here are five things to know about the cases. 1. The Church Invasion Between 30 and 40 anti-ICE agitators interrupted a Sunday service at Cities Church, a non-denominational Christian church in St. Paul, and shouted, “Justice for Renee Good!” as they surrounded members of the congregation.  Videos of the incident show the pastor and others repeatedly asking the agitators to leave, and the agitators chanting, “Who shut this down? We shut this down!” This is not peaceful protest. This is an invasion of a sacred space. Anti-ICE agitators disrupted Cities Church in the middle of service. Warning: the agitators on the Left are serious. The man who posted this video bragged about doing this—comparing it to Jesus flipping over… pic.twitter.com/BeeIdubpwM— Tyler O'Neil (@Tyler2ONeil) January 19, 2026 According to the charging document, a member of the congregation said worshippers were “terrorized, our children were weeping.” One woman broke her arm. Agitators blocked about 50 members of the congregation from exiting, making it “nearly impossible for parishioners to get out and leave.” The document also mentions that agitators prevented congregants from getting to their children, and one of the agitators reportedly told young children, “Do you know your parents are Nazis, they’re going to burn in hell?” ?HORRIFYING NEW DETAILSThe invasion of Cities Church was even worse than we thought. Agitators blocked stairs so "parents were unable to get to their children" at Sunday School.?One told a kid, "Do you know your parents are Nazis, they're going to burn in hell?"?1/7 pic.twitter.com/DUNPRdECGa— Tyler O'Neil (@Tyler2ONeil) January 25, 2026 2. The Defendants On Thursday, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that law enforcement had arrested Nekima Levy Armstrong, Chauntyll Louisa Allen, and William Kelly, who posted videos of the invasion online under the handle “DaWoke Farmer.” Yet Magistrate Judge Micko rejected arrest warrants for the other five defendants. While the published version of the charging document redacts the defendants’ names, clues in the document suggest that Lemon and Jamael Lundy each face charges. The charging document quotes an exchange between Lemon and Cities Church Lead Pastor Jonathan Parnell. The pastor tells the former CNN host: “It’s shameful to interrupt a public gathering of Christians in worship.” The document also notes that one defendant “identified himself as a current candidate for Minnesota State Senate, District 65.” Lundy, the intergovernmental affairs director for the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, is running to represent that district in the Minnesota Senate, and he appeared in videos with the organizers before the church invasion. 3. Church Invader Charges The Justice Department brought two charges against the church invaders: deprivation of rights under the Ku Klux Klan Act and violation of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances or FACE Act. The Klan Act criminalizes depriving people of their civil rights, such as the free exercise of religion, while the FACE Act protects access to churches. Judge Micko approved the warrants for Armstrong, Allen, and Kelly, but he struck the FACE Act charges, writing, “No probable cause.” Micko denied the arrest warrants for the five other invaders. Lemon’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, praised the magistrate judge’s decision. “The magistrate’s reported actions confirm the nature of Don’s First Amendment protected work this weekend in Minnesota as a reporter,” Lowell told Fox News Digital.  Screenshot 4. The Appeal Patrick Schiltz, chief judge of the U.S. District Court of Minnesota, explained in a letter how the Justice Department went about appealing Micko’s decisions. “It is important to emphasize that what the U.S. Attorney requested is unheard of in our district or, as best I can tell, any other district in the Eighth Circuit,” Colloton wrote. If the prosecutor does not like a magistrate judge’s decision, he or she can either improve the filing and present it to the same magistrate judge, or present its case to a grand jury to seek an indictment. Colloton said he would not make a decision until conferring with his colleagues at a bench meeting, but the meeting got postponed. He plans to make a decision after a lunch meeting on Tuesday. Schiltz noted that the U.S. attorney’s office stated that “there are plans to disrupt Cities Church again on Sunday.” He said that the government “does not explain why the arrests of five more people—one of whom is a journalist and the other his producer—would make Cities Church any safer, especially because that would still leave ‘dozens’ of those who invaded the church on Sunday free to do it again.” 5. Church Invaders Released The Sherburne County Jail, which had held the defendants, released them Friday after District Judge Laura Provinzino rejected the government’s appeal. Prosecutors claimed that Armstrong and Allen posed flight risks and requested that the court hold them or require them to post $10,000 cash bail. Judges often grant pretrial detention in cases where defendants are accused of violent or other serious crimes or pose a flight risk. Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general for civil rights at the Justice Department, pledged to aggressively pursue these cases. “We’re going to pursue this to the ends of the earth,” Dhillon told Megyn Kelly about the cases, particularly the charges against Lemon, the former CNN host. ? IT'S OFFICIAL: Assistant AG Harmeet Dhillon is AGGRESSIVELY pursuing charges against Don Lemon for storming the Minnesota churchGood, do NOT let radical judges protect him!DHILLON: "When I first saw the video that Don Lemon himself put out about his conduct that day, it… pic.twitter.com/ubrrCcKfvO— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 25, 2026 Cities Church’s attorneys have suggested that they are considering civil cases against the church invaders. The post 5 Things to Know About the Minneapolis Church Invasion Case appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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It increasingly appears that the Detained Kid Hoax was set to be this year’s Kids in Cages- a catalyst for media-fueled outrage with which Elitist Media would attempt to browbeat Republicans appearing on their shows. But, as demonstrated on CBS’s Face the Nation, this doesn’t always work. Watch as Brennan attempts this emotional manipulation on House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), to little effect: WATCH: Margaret Brennan tries to run the Detained Kids Hoax by Steve Scalise, gets shut down pic.twitter.com/Gil1qXy5em — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) January 25, 2026 MARGARET BRENNAN: ICE detained at least five kids, including five-year-old Liam Ramos, who was taken into custody by men in masks. Does this picture sound right to you? Are you comfortable with how this is being implemented? STEVE SCALISE: Let's keep in mind that the five year old's father was here illegally and was evading law enforcement and abandoned his child. ICE actually-- BRENNAN:  --the family-- SCALISE: --protected the child-- BRENNAN: --The family disputes that. The administration has a problem with the previous administration's legal system for asylum, that's- they don't like the app he used to file for asylum. [CROSSTALK] SCALISE: Well, Joe- Joe Biden allowed-- BRENNAN: --And they dispute that he fled--. SCALISE: --millions of people to come into our country illegally, including very violent people, Margaret-- BRENNAN: --But they are retroactively trying to change the legality of the status-- SCALISE: --people from prisons in other countries. President Trump was elected. The number one issue last year was President Trump saying-- BRENNAN: --Absolutely-- SCALISE: -- I'm going to secure the border, and he's doing it. But also he's removing violent people. 416,000-- BRENNAN: --The father did not have a criminal record of any kind of violence-- SCALISE: --criminals- illegals have been arrested by ICE. It could be reasonably argued that the entire interview was an exercise in emotional manipulation. Brennan opened the interview by tying the current unrest to the shooting at a baseball field that nearly ended Scalise’s life. On the one hand, she’s right- they were both perpetrated by radical leftists. On the other- Minnesota is about ongoing efforts to impede the implementation of federal law. Scalise rightly ignored Brennan’s frame and proceeded to respond to her question. Brennan tried to pin Scalise down on polling and on the Second Amendment (expect a lot of media concern trolling on 2A), to no avail. Each time, Scalise would circle back to the unique circumstances of Minnesota’s troubles. Scalise also brought up the massive fraud investigation, which was barely covered (beyond CBS) to begin with, and has now disappeared from the news. It is then that the interview closes with one final exchange, precipitated by Brennan’s citation of the Detained Kids Hoax. It is public knowledge by now that the children are not actual ICE targets, but the unfortunate victims of their parents’ actions. In the case of Liam, the oft-mentioned 5-year-old, ICE cared for him because no one else in the household stepped forward to take custody. Per reports, the agents took him to McDonald’s, fed him, and cared for him until his father requested they be kept together. And they are now together in a least-restrictive family detention facility. This is very favorably comparable with what happens to the children of U.S. citizens arrested by law enforcement. In those cases, the child is held until custody is sorted out. But there are times when the child goes into CPS custody. This is an angle not often mentioned in the media, and viewers are left to believe that this is some unique phenomena. Scalise handled both Brennan and the Detained Kids Hoax. As we’ve previously stated, much of the coverage of events in Minneapolis appears to be designed to shape opinion rather than inform it. Click “expand” to view the full transcript of the aforementioned interview as aired on CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday, January 25th, 2026: BRENNAN: And we turn now to House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, who joins us from New Orleans. Good morning to you.  STEVE SCALISE: Good morning, Margaret.  BRENNAN: I know in addition to being a leader in Congress, you have this unique experience of having been the victim of political violence yourself. You know how dangerous rhetoric can be. We've heard a lot of anger in the past 24 hours, and your fellow Louisianan Senator Bill Cassidy said the events in Minneapolis are not only incredibly disturbing, but the credibility of ICE and DHS are at stake. He called for a joint federal and state investigation. Would you join his call? SCALISE: Well, I don't question the credibility of ICE. They're doing an incredibly hard job. They're- look we are all, just feel sorry about what happened in Minneapolis. And this has happened over and over again. I mean, I'm not just talking about regarding ICE. I mean, they've got some failed local leadership. They let their city burn down years ago. They have chaos, it seems like all the time in places where other cities don't. ICE is operating in a lot of cities, Margaret, and you don't have these kind of incidents in any other city but Minneapolis--  BRENNAN: -- You don't- don't see these numbers either?-- .  SCALISE: -- and so, I wish yesterday didn't happen. What's that?  BRENNAN: You don't see these numbers either, though, when we looked at, for example, at the federal response in New Orleans. I mean, it's just a fraction of the number of federal agents. Nearly 3,000 is quite a lot for a city the size of Minneapolis. SCALISE: Well, that's because they didn't get resistance in cities like New Orleans, where, you know, when you look in Minneapolis, and I just listened to the chief, and you could hear him lamenting four times, I think he said that they're strapped so thin. And let's keep in mind, Minneapolis is a city that defunded their police. That's not the chief's fault. That's the failed Democrat leader's fault. But at the same time, when they defund the police, that leaves the chief stretched thin. And so he- was made a decision not to assist ICE-- . BRENNAN: -- He was talking- he was talking to- dealing with the federal issues. Because when you look at the Minnesota database, shooting victims down 76%, homicides down 67%, burglary down 39% year-to-date, sex offenses down, robberies down, motor vehicle theft is up. So he was talking about the response- the deal that they have now, that the stretch they have now dealing with the federal agents who are there.  SCALISE: Well, but remember, these agents have also arrested thousands of violent criminals in Minneapolis. That's one of the reasons that crime is down, and we're seeing that across the country. ICE- look again, anytime something bad happens, we all lament that. I wish it didn't happen. But the rhetoric does need to be toned down, but we also need to remember, why is ICE doing this in cities? They're enforcing federal law, Margaret. The law says you can't be here illegally and if you're committing violent crimes. The President made it clear, in fact, he was elected. President Trump was elected to get rid of criminals in our communities. 416,000 criminals have been arrested by ICE just in the last year. That has helped make our communities safer. BRENNAN: Well, it's interesting you bring up the politics of this, because undoubtedly, the President was elected on the platform of immigration enforcement. There was a lot of support for it. But our latest poll shows more than half of Americans say ICE is making communities less safe, almost two thirds of Americans say they dislike the President's approach to his deportation program. There is not public support for the way this policy is being implemented. Do you think there needs to be a reassessment? SCALISE: Well, if you asked people in a poll, do you want violent criminals that are here illegally in your community? Yes or no? What do you think the answer is going to be? I will tell you, overwhelmingly, they will say, please get the violent criminals out. In fact, you're seeing that on the ground in many, many cities where they are cooperating with ICE, where they don't have sanctuary city policies, and where you don't see by the way, people going in the streets breaking the law to interfere with law enforcement, which is a felony. BRENNAN: You have been a supporter of the Second Amendment. When Secretary Noem says, "I don't know of any peaceful protester that shows up with a gun and ammo rather than a sign." Do you believe Americans have the right to bear arms while they're protesting? SCALISE: Well, first of all, I'm a co-sponsor of Louisiana's law that allows you to have a concealed carry permit. It's worked very well there. I don't know the state law in Minnesota. I know in a state like Louisiana, and frankly, most states, you are not allowed to carry a gun while you're committing another crime and interfering with law enforcement is a felony. It's something that, unfortunately, we're seeing in a lot of cities. You even had the police chief yesterday, Chief O'Hara, that you just had on, yesterday said of the protests going on after the shooting, that they were unlawful. Yes, he actually said it was an unlawful assembly, what a lot of people are doing. And they were throwing things at ICE agents. Throwing projectiles that could harm ICE agents--  BRENNAN: -- Yeah, he wasn't talking about the victim --  SCALISE: -- So, let's tone this down. And-and leaders in Minnesota, by the way, have been ratcheting up the rhetoric. I mean, you saw the governor, Governor Walz said they're Gestapo. He said they're violently hurting people. BRENNAN: I'm going to have to take this commercial break and let you finish the thought on the other side of it. If you could stay with us, Leader, we have more questions. We'll be right back.  [COMMERCIAL BREAK]  BRENNAN: Welcome back to Face the Nation and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise. Leader, we have seen a letter that Attorney General Pam Bondi sent to Governor Walz out in Minnesota, offering to end the federal surge if the state does a number of things, among them giving access to the food assistance programs and voter registration logs. What's the purpose of that? What's the intent? SCALISE: Well, I haven't read that letter between Pam Bondi and the governor, but I know that we are investigating tens of billions of dollars of potential fraud coming out of Minnesota. There have been hearings that have already been held. We have a lot of whistle blowers talking to us about major theft of taxpayer money coming out of Minnesota, and these are stealing programs from learning centers, from disabled students, programs that are being stolen, and the Governor did nothing about it. Congress is--  BRENNAN:-- But voter registration logs?--  SCALISE: -- Investigating that aggressively.  BRENNAN: As a conservative, doesn't that make you a little uncomfortable that they're demanding the state hand- hand over voter registration logs like, what's the purpose of that to end ICE enforcement? SCALISE: Well, I haven't seen the letter. I know- I know we're trying in Congress to deal with putting laws on the books that will make sure that we protect the integrity of the vote nationwide. States like Minnesota have had problems with voter integrity. We want a national standard, the SAVE Act, which makes sure illegals can't vote, but also making sure you show a picture ID. Those are things we're pushing for that's across the board federally. BRENNAN: Non-citizens cannot vote. But I want to ask you ICE- about all the things that have happened this week, even before that shooting in Minnesota. ICE has said his officers can go into homes without judicial warrants. ICE shot unarmed Renee Good, as you know, claimed that she was a domestic terrorist. An FBI agent resigned after she was ordered not to investigate the officer who shot her. ICE detained at least five kids, including five-year-old Liam Ramos, who was taken into custody by men in masks. Does this picture sound right to you? Are you comfortable with how this is being implemented? SCALISE: Let's keep in mind that the five year old's father was here illegally and was evading law enforcement and abandoned his child. ICE actually-- BRENNAN:  --the family-- SCALISE: --protected the child-- BRENNAN: --The family disputes that. The administration has a problem with the previous administration's legal system for asylum, that's- they don't like the app he used to file for asylum. [CROSSTALK] SCALISE: Well, Joe- Joe Biden allowed-- BRENNAN: --And they dispute that he fled--. SCALISE: --millions of people to come into our country illegally, including very violent people, Margaret-- BRENNAN: --But they are retroactively trying to change the legality of the status-- SCALISE: --people from prisons in other countries. President Trump was elected. The number one issue last year was President Trump saying-- BRENNAN: --Absolutely-- SCALISE: -- I'm going to secure the border, and he's doing it. But also he's removing violent people. 416,000-- BRENNAN: --The father did not have a criminal record of any kind of violence-- SCALISE: --criminals- illegals have been arrested by ICE. 416,000 have been arrested by ICE. These are very bad people, by the way-- BRENNAN: 47% of ICE detainees have criminal charges or convictions. 47%. SCALISE: --ICE just put up a website. Not ICE, Homeland Security, worst of the worst DHS. Go Google worst of the worst DHS. State by state, they show you all the people that have been picked up in each state. Your state, you can find out horrible people, murderers, rapists, that they picked up that would be on the street-- BRENNAN: --That doesn't apply to the father or five-year-old Liam-- SCALISE: --today if President Trump wasn't securing this country. BRENNAN: --or the two year old who was separated from her mother.  SCALISE: --that father was here illegally and abandoned his child-- BRENNAN: They are not the worst of the worst, are they? SCALISE:  --Go look at the website. It shows you who they picked up-- BRENNAN: --Are they the worst of the worst, sir? SCALISE: 416,000 people with violent criminal records. These are people- and by the way, America today has the lowest murder rate that we've had since 1900 in part because of President Trump's actions to get these violent people off our streets. 416,000 have been removed. Do you want them still out on our streets?  BRENNAN: No. SCALISE: I don't think most people do. BRENNAN: No and I don't think--  SCALISE: --This is a hard job ICE has. BRENNAN: --They do, indeed-- SCALISE: And local law enforcement, local officials, the mayor, the governor, should not be encouraging people to go out on the streets and break the law by interfering with law enforcement. That's a felony to interfere with law enforcement-- BRENNAN: --And American citizens are concerned about American citizens being shot, and that's why we are asking the questions-- SCALISE: Yeah, and we don't have that chaos in other cities. BRENNAN: -about the tax payer funded federal-- SCALISE: --Minneapolis has its own problems--  BRENNAN: Okay. SCALISE: --failed leadership that has led to a lot of this, and it's unfortunate it happened. I wish it didn't happen. Their failed leaders need to look in the mirror and tone it down. BRENNAN: I have to go next to our next guest. Leader Steve Scalise, thank you for your time today.  

Through the rural community of Elkhorn, Wisconsin, runs Bray Road, a 17-mile stretch of thoroughfare dating back to colonial times when it was known as the King’s Highway. Like many roads in America, it is generally unremarkable — except for the terrifying creature that supposedly lingers in its vicinity. The first sighting of what would come to be known as the Beast of Bray Road occurred in 1936 when a night watchman for the nearby St. Coletta School for Exceptional Children was crossing the fields. He saw what he described as a hairy, humanoid creature standing between six and seven feet tall, closely resembling a wolf or a bear. Its speech was half-beast, half-human, and the watchman caught the strong scent of rotting flesh. He never saw the creature again, but the experience stuck with him for the rest of his life. But that was just the first of many encounters with the Bray Road Beast. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, more witnesses would come forward claiming to have encountered the Wisconsin Werewolf, each with their own theory as to what it might be. The First Encounter With The Bray Road Beast Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 1936. A small rural town, picturesque and charming, with a population of roughly 6,500. As author Linda Godfrey wrote in her book The Beast of Bray Road, Elkhorn was known as “the Christmas Card Town.” Surrounded by a rich prairie and dotted with cornfields and dairy farms and about an hour’s drive from Madison and Milwaukee, it was an idyllic place. But something would soon change the town of Elkhorn forever. Enter Mark Shackleman, a night watchman at a Catholic convent known as St. Coletta — the very same St. Coletta where Rosemary Kennedy was housed after her father Joseph Kennedy Sr. had her lobotomized for “agitated depression” to combat her sometimes violent mood swings in 1941. The now-abandoned St. Coletta School for the Feeble Minded. Around midnight, Shackleman was walking through the fields near the school when he saw something perched atop a nearby “Native American burial mound.” It appeared wolf-like, yet standing upright, and appeared to be clawing at the ground. Shackleman approached the creature to get a better look, but it fled. The following morning, Shackleman told his wife about the creature, describing that its thumbs and little fingers appeared “shriveled,” notably shorter than the others on its hands. During the daylight hours, Shackleman returned to the mound and discovered “raking” marks in the dirt. After dusk passed and gave way to night, Shackleman returned to the mound and once again saw the creature. This time, however, it did not flee. It stood and faced Shackleman, who later estimated it to be nearly seven feet tall. He said the creature was “covered with dark or black hair, gave off a bad, bad odor… like long-dead meat… eyes that looked right into me, and it made a sound. It was a three-syllable growl, low and mean, something like ‘gadarrah’ with the accent on the second syllable.” Mark Shackleman was in his mid-30s, a strong and capable man — and a former heavyweight boxer — but the encounter made the hairs on his neck stand on end. “Then I did the only thing I could do, I prayed to God to save me… and it turned and slowly walked away… For a long time I stood there, that bad smell hung in the air and then I said another prayer of thankfulness. I never saw that thing again or anything even like it.” Some who heard Shackleman’s story assumed the creature must have been a hellhound, a creature often found in ancient European and Biblical literature. The growl of a hellhound was once described by writer Bob Trubshaw as a “halfway station between articulate speech and silence… filled with emotion and power, but utterly lacking in reason…” Then, there was what Shackleman had heard the creature say: “gadarrah,” which shares an uncanny resemblance to “Gadara,” a site mentioned in the Bible as the location in ancient Judea where Jesus exorcised a demon-possessed man “coming from the tombs” — just as the creature Shackleman saw had been clawing at a burial mound. Wikimedia CommonsThe Norse goddess Hel with a hellhound. Even among believers, though, this “hellhound” explanation for the Beast of Bray Road carries little credence. Rather, it highlights how the creature seems to defy explanation. When presented with something beyond understanding, it is often easiest to compare it to what you do know. In any case, Shackleman’s story ends there. The creature he saw atop the burial mound vanished for a time — or perhaps it simply lay in wait, as nearly 50 years after Shackleman’s encounter, stories of the creature once again began to surface. Subsequent Sightings Of The Beast Of Bray Road Throughout the ’80s and ’90s, sightings of the Bray Road Beast rose in prominence. Though mostly seen around Elkhorn, locals also reported sightings of the beast as far as Walworth, Racine, and Jefferson County. The first of these recent encounters with the so-called Wisconsin Werewolf occurred in the fall of 1989. Around 1:30 a.m., Lori Endrizzi was driving home along Bray Road from a lounge in Elkhorn called The Jury Room, where she worked as a manager. There, off to the side, she saw a massive creature, its back turned to her, but as she continued along the road, she glanced back and caught it from the front. “It was kneeling!” she said. “Its elbows were up, and its claws were facing out, so I knew it had claws. I remember the long claws.” RedditAn illustration depicting the Beast of Bray Road. She said it seemed to be holding something between those long claws — roadkill, perhaps. But unlike many animals, which would turn and run when headlights were aimed at them, this creature instead turned and stared at her. Terrified, Endrizzi drove home. The next morning, she ventured to the local library to dig through the catalogs and find something that might explain what she saw. What she found was an entry in The Golden Book of the Mysterious, published in 1976, featuring an illustration labeled “werewolf.” “It was night, and it was quite late, but I know what I saw,” Endrizzi said. “You don’t mistake something like that… To this day I believe it was satanic. It was just my feeling. I don’t believe in werewolves, per se, but I believe something could be, well, conjured up.” Two years later, another local named Doris Gipson claimed to have seen the beast. It was Halloween night, 1991. Gipson was driving along the road through the fog when she hit something and felt her front tire lift off the ground. After driving another 50 feet, she stopped the car and got out to assess the damage — to her car and to whatever she might have hit. There was nothing on the road behind her. As she made her way around the back of the car, it came running out of the woods. “Here comes this thing, and it’s just running up at me!” she said. “It was no dog; it was bigger than me… I’ve never seen a human run like that, and my uncle was a track star.” Gipson quickly got back in her car and slammed her foot on the gas; at that same moment, the creature caught up to her car and landed on the trunk, only sliding off because it had become slick in the rain. Gipson said she felt she’d have been “dinner” had the beast caught her, but she managed to escape. Except, later that night, she saw it again. She picked up a friend from a party, and on the way home, that friend pointed out the window and screamed, “Look at that thing!” Gipson wasted no time in speeding away, and when she got home she noticed claw marks on the back of her blue Plymouth Sundance. Gipson later described the creature as “a freak of nature, one of God’s mistakes.” Is The Wisconsin Werewolf Still Out There? Godfrey published both Gipson and Endrizzi’s stories in the local paper, The Week, and shortly after, even more people came forward with accounts of the alleged Beast of Bray Road. As reported by Milwaukee Magazine, Godfrey acknowledged some of the nuances on her website: “There is a high probability that everyone is not always seeing the same thing. There could be a biological, physical animal seen by some, while others see phantoms or supernatural entities from a variety of sources. A few may be misidentifications or hoaxes.” For the most part, sightings of the Wisconsin Werewolf have dropped off since the ’90s, but a few still believe the creature lurks in the brush along Bray Road. And, of course, there are those who never believed in it to begin with. In either case, the legend of the Beast of Bray Road has solidified itself in the pantheon of American folklore. And who knows? It may still be out there. After learning about the Bray Road Beast, read about another legend from North America, like the creepy tale of the Bunny Man and the disturbing true stories behind it. Or, learn about a horrifying Japanese legend, Kuchisake onna, the slit-mouthed woman. The post The Legend Of The Beast Of Bray Road, The Wolf-Like Creature Said To Prowl The Wisconsin Countryside appeared first on All That's Interesting.