The Dewey Lake Monster is usually described as a 10 foot tall Bigfoot-type creature with dark brown fur covering its body. Witnesses say it is somewhat aquatic as some have seen it under the water of the lake, it has a cone-shaped head, and bear-like claws.  The legend of this creature took off like wildfire in the summer of 1964 in Dowagiac, Michigan. There were thousands of people out around Dewey Lake, searching for the monster. Some eyewitnesses even claimed that the monster clawed up or flipped over their cars.