Axehandle Hound
The Axehandle Hound is largely from Wisconsin and Minnesota. It has short legs, a long thin body like an axe handle, and a head like an axe head. It eats the handles of unattended axes.
Citations:
Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore. United States, McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2016.
Yarns of the Big Woods, Written and Illustrated by Art Childs