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Documented in the Wesen Files by Grimm, Garrett Rhys

Cougar/Dragon-like creature. (Ojibwe= Underwater Panther). Non-Wesen being.

The only documented cases of this creature are in the Great Lakes region of North America. The Ojibwe say that this creature causes drownings and storms.

"Tuesday, November 24, 1891.  Aboard the SS Samuel Mather the crew and I had an encounter with our maker.  Luckily no one was hurt or killed, but about three in the morning yesterday, in dead fog we were struck by a passing freighter vessel, the Brazil.  We left Duluth, Minnesota and were heading towards Buffalo, New York and I was to be dropped off in Sault Ste. Marie.  The lake weather was supposed to be fair until the fog rolled in. The Brazil left a 3 meter gash on the starboard side and we took on water fairly quickly, but we had enough time to launch to life boats and escape safely.  After we were picked up by the Brazil and transferred to the steamer Parks Foster we landed in Sault Ste. Marie.  The locals in town had said that there was a tribe to the north called the Ojibwe that says that the Mishipizheu had granted them clemency and did not drown them. After a horse ride north along the eastern Superior coast me and my guide made it to the village. The elders said that Mishipizheu was angry because some of the crew members had taken copper from his home on MichipicotenIsland northwest of the village. They said that copper is precious to Mishipizheu and he guards it at all times and the tribe refrains from taking copper from anywhere around Superior. After some time of convincing, we were allowed to be guided to the cliffs to see the Mishipizheu. The lake was dark, but calm and we cast off the canoes that night to the cliffs. We stopped at the rocks and stepped out of the canoes and climbed up the cliff with torches to see two red colored serpents painted on the rocks. Next to the serpents was a canoe and a large monster. The creature had a large body and a long neck and tail. The pictograph only depicted two legs on the beast and pretty good sized spikes on its back. The most prominent feature was its rounded head, ears protruding on either side and two large horns coming out of the top. The guide said that we must get back into the boats so we don't anger Mishipizheu."

I have hunted for this creature all over Superior and never found it, even on Michipicoten Island, but I had found traces of the beast. I spoke with people who had seen it and they said that it was large and menacing. It looked like a cougar covered in large fish scales and large spikes on its back. The paws were massive and had webbed toes and razor sharp claws. The tail was abnormally long and was like that of a snake, and sported spikes as well. Its head was massive with the face of a cougar, but it had horns on its head that resembled a bison's horns. Its eyes were blood red and glowed, the scales ironically were somewhat red-copper colored.