Waheela

The Waheela is a cryptid from Michigan, Canada, and Alaska. They’re described as larger than a timber wolf, with small ears, short legs, thick tails, and wide heads. They stand three feet tall at the shoulders with pure white, long, shaggy fur. They’re described as solitary hunters and scavengers and are much rarer than normal wolves. They spend most of the year in the tundra and come down only during the winter. There is a place called “Headless Valley” because anyone dumb enough to camp there has their heads torn off. There are multiple confirmed incidents of headless bodies found in areas where the Waheela is sighted. One sighting is described by a man named Frank, who spotted one going through the Nahanni Valley. It approached him while he was alone and he responded by firing his gun. Despite insisting he hit it, the fur supposedly deflected it, and the animal was unimpressed. It wandered off, and later Frank told his Native American friend and found out it resembled a mythical monster from mythology. Cryptozoologists suggest they may be related to dire wolves or amphycions, also called bear dogs. The latter resemble bears more than canines but have very canine teeth. Both of these creatures are considered extinct, and the Waheela may be a living version or a societal memory of these creatures present in myth.

Citations:

Godfrey, Linda S.. Hunting the American Werewolf: Beast Men in Wisconsin and Beyond. United States, Bower House, 2006.

Shuker, Karl. The Beasts That Hide from Man: Seeking the World’s Last Undiscovered Animals. United States, Paraview Press, 2014.