A man has claimed he was “petrified for a month” after supposedly being stalked by a ‘dogman’ creature in the Australian outback.

Reports of a half-human, half-dog monster first originated in 1887 in the US state of Michigan but, fast forward to the present day and there have been multiple so-called witnesses across the world.

One of those "witnesses" is John, who was fishing in the Australian bush when he claims claims he encountered the spooky creature stalking him from the riverbank.

Sharing his story on the Believe: Paranormal & UFO Podcast, the Aussie explained that he had headed out for a fishing trip in his kayak on Boxing Day last year, when he suddenly heard a snap from the woods next to him.

“I noticed that every time I took a stroke with the paddle of my kayak, whatever this thing was, it was taking a stride to each paddle I was taking," he said.

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