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

Really interesting one this. I've been looking into some of the older Dogman reports from the northern counties and quite a few of them do cluster around old rail corridors, particularly where lines were abandoned mid-20th century.

My theory, and I'm genuinely asking if others think this makes sense, is that the rail routes were often cut through remote woodland and moorland that would have already been ancient trackways or ley lines before the railways even existed. So maybe whatever these things are, they're following the same geographical pathways they always have, and the rail lines just happened to be built on top of existing routes.

Has anyone done any actual mapping of sightings against old Ordnance Survey rail maps? I'd love to see that data if it exists. Also wondering if there's any crossover with the ancient aliens angle here - some researchers have suggested these entities move along energy corridors rather than just wandering randomly. Does that resonate with anyone elses research?

Not a Dogman guy myself but the railroad line thing tracks with what I know about ley lines - a lot of old rail routes were deliberately laid along pre-existing travel corridors that go back centuries, sometimes following natural geographical features that also happen to align with known ley paths. So you might not be looking at a Dogman-railroad connection specifically, more like both things are drawn to the same underlying geography. The Highlands has a few spots where this comes up. Worth cross-referencing your cluster map against any known ley alignments in those areas and see if the rail line is the real variable or just following something older.

Interesting thread to land on for a new member @CheekyHawk - welcome to the forum, good to have someone doing proper research rather than just reposting YouTube clips.

The rail corridor thing is genuinely worth digging into. My thinking is more practical though - are we looking at something that uses the cleared land as a travel route, or is there something about the infrastructure itself that matters? Because those are two very different questions and the answer changes what you'd actually look for on the ground.

Have you mapped the sightings against where lines are still physically present versus ones that have been completely removed? That might help narrow it down.