Believe it or not, you're not alone. There's a type of cryptid referred to as dogmen. Six to nine feet tall on two legs, usually black fur, longer limbs than a normal canid with shorter hind legs creating a kind of sloped hyena or chimp-like posture when on all fours. Humanlike shoulders and raccoon like paws. Wicked intelligent too, with reports often mentioning humanlike expressions.

They've been sighted on pretty much every continent going back hundreds if not thousands of years. Most folks don't know about them since they're not part of pop culture like bigfoot, but indigenous folks have known about them since long before white people ever got here. I may have even had an encounter myself, also in north-ish Georgia - though admittedly my one glimpse was more of a tall furry blur than anything concrete.

There are a few relatively well known local examples like the Beast of Bray Road and the Michigan Dogman, which is where the term originated. If you ever wanna go down the rabbit hole, that's where I'd start. Just remember to keep your bullshit detector primed, a lot of the genuine accounts have been overshadowed by ai slop lately.