I have been through Winder GA a number of times. Yet until recently I have never heard of the Wog or the dormant volcano near which it lives.
The WOG is an old story that goes back to the days of Indians. From the description it is the size of a deer and the color and shape of a wild hog, the head of a bear, a long tail with a tangled mass of hair at the end and a forked tongue. Apparently it waves this tail back and forth making a swishing sound that can be heard from a distance.
I wonder if the WOG might just be a wild hog. They are all over Georgia and according to http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/h/hogzilla.htm
there was at least one giant hog killed here. The description kind fits, well not the forked tongue but the rest of it is pretty close.
Natives believed the bubbling bog was the gate to Hell and the Wog was Satan. They routinely made sacrifices to into the bog to keep the wog from taking villages in the night. I thought that was interesting because I could not find any stories about the WOG attacking or "kidnapping" any humans. Not even small children, which in itself is odd since almost every southern scary story involves something sinister happening to a kid.
I did find a legend telling the story of a native American woman that killed and ate her children. It didn't say why, but I guess we can assume some form of mental illness, or that they were really bad kids. The rest of her tribe took her and threw her into the bog as punishment. Now her ghost can be seen running through the woods screaming, being chased by a group of laughing, clapping children. No mention of the WOG.
I think I will keep some tabs on this one and see if there is any more info or sightings out there. If anyone reads this and has any info or stories I would love to hear them.
The WOG is an old story that goes back to the days of Indians. From the description it is the size of a deer and the color and shape of a wild hog, the head of a bear, a long tail with a tangled mass of hair at the end and a forked tongue. Apparently it waves this tail back and forth making a swishing sound that can be heard from a distance.
I wonder if the WOG might just be a wild hog. They are all over Georgia and according to http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/h/hogzilla.htm
there was at least one giant hog killed here. The description kind fits, well not the forked tongue but the rest of it is pretty close.
Natives believed the bubbling bog was the gate to Hell and the Wog was Satan. They routinely made sacrifices to into the bog to keep the wog from taking villages in the night. I thought that was interesting because I could not find any stories about the WOG attacking or "kidnapping" any humans. Not even small children, which in itself is odd since almost every southern scary story involves something sinister happening to a kid.
I did find a legend telling the story of a native American woman that killed and ate her children. It didn't say why, but I guess we can assume some form of mental illness, or that they were really bad kids. The rest of her tribe took her and threw her into the bog as punishment. Now her ghost can be seen running through the woods screaming, being chased by a group of laughing, clapping children. No mention of the WOG.
I think I will keep some tabs on this one and see if there is any more info or sightings out there. If anyone reads this and has any info or stories I would love to hear them.
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