Has anyone else noticed more Dogman sightings happening near old railroad lines?

Been doing EVP work near the old Southern Pacific corridor outside Roseburg for about three years now and honestly the railroad correlation is something I've been sitting on for a while. The number of reported encounters that cluster around decommissioned rail lines is statistically hard to ignore if you actually map them out rather than just collecting individual reports like pokemon cards.

My working theory, and I stress theory, is that the cleared corridors and old right-of-way land just provides easy travel routes through terrain that would otherwise be dense and difficult. Nothing supernatural required. Animals use them, people use them, so why not something we haven't properly catalogued yet.

What I'd actually want to know from anyone posting sightings is whether the encounters were near active lines or abandoned ones, because that distinction matters quite a bit for ruling out mundane explanations. Also time of year. I've got maybe a dozen reports from this region I've cross referenced and theres a definite seasonal clustering I can't fully account for yet.

Anyone else actually doing systematic collection on this or is it mostly anecdotal?

Interesting angle @DefinitelyGolem. The railroad correlation actually makes a lot of sense when you think about it - old rail lines were often cut straight through ancient woodland corridors that animals still use as transit routes. If something large and territorial is out there, it would naturally follow those same paths.

There's also the factor of abandoned infrastructure. Old rail tunnels, embankments, culverts - all provide shelter and cover. We see similar clustering with UK big cat reports near old canal towpaths and disused lines, and i've noticed the same pattern doing field work around South Yorkshire honestly. The linear geography just creates natural wildlife highways.

What I'd want to know is whether the sightings cluster at specific points along the corridor - junctions, tunnels, bridges - or distributed evenly. That would tell you a lot about whether its territorial behaviour or just opportunistic travel.