🐾 Arkansas’ Own Hellhound:

In the misty hollows of the Ozarks, some say a creature still stalks the ridgelines at night — a beast that hunters whisper about and campers pray never to hear.

Locals call it the Ozark Howler, a black-furred, red-eyed phantom with the body of a bear, the snarl of a great hound, and horns that glint in the moonlight.

Witnesses describe its cry as unlike anything else in nature: part wolf’s howl, part woman’s scream, part elk bugle.

The sound chills the blood and sends even seasoned woodsmen back to the safety of firelight.

Stories of the Howler stretch back generations.

Some tales tie it to early pioneers, who believed it was a hellhound roaming the mountains as a warning spirit.

Others think it’s a misidentified big cat or even a long-running hoax.

But ask folks in the Boston Mountains or Crawford County, and they’ll tell you: something out there howls when the night grows too quiet.

Whether you believe in monsters or not, the Ozark Howler remains Arkansas’ most famous “dog” of legend — a reminder that our hills hold mysteries no one has yet untangled.

👀 Dare to explore? Next time you camp in the Ozarks, listen carefully after midnight… and hope you don’t hear the howl.

🐾 Legend vs. Fact: The Ozark Howler

• Legend: A demon dog with horns and glowing red eyes stalks the Ozarks.

• Fact: Wildlife experts say reports are likely cougars or black bears, not monsters.

• Legend: Its midnight howl is so eerie it chills hunters to the bone.

• Fact: Sounds of cougars or elk bugles can be mistaken for something supernatural.