NEWSThe Hodag, now 125, has become part of Rhinelander's identityWausau Daily HeraldA Hodag sculpture sits on a property of the Rhinelander District Library Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, in Rhinelander, Wis.T'xer Zhon Kha/USA TODAY NETWORK-WisconsinThis is the hodag as Eugene Shepherd imagined it. He created the hodag for the first Oneida County Fair, and using lighting, puppetry techniques, odors and sound, convinced at least some people that the animal was real.Courtesy Of The Rhinelander District LibraryCoordinator Kerry Bloedorn retells the history behind the mythical creature Hodag to USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin's reporter Keith Uhlig Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, at Pioneer Park Historical Complex in Rhinelander, Wis.T'xer Zhon Kha/USA TODAY NETWORK-WisconsinA Hodag sculpture sits Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, at Diel Insurance Group in Rhinelander, Wis.T'xer Zhon Kha/USA TODAY NETWORK-WisconsinHodag creature sculptures and images display Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, at The Hodag Store in Rhinelander, Wis.T'xer Zhon Kha/USA TODAY NETWORK-WisconsinEugene Shepherd was the man who made the hodag an emblem of Rhinelander and the northwoods.Courtesy Of Rhinelander District LibraryThe hodag is a mythical creature and unofficial mascot of Rhinelander.Chelsey Lewis / Milwaukee Journal SentinelRhinelander's mythical hodag has become a symbol for the city in northern Wisconsin.Milwaukee Journal Sentinel FilesHodag statue Located in front of the Rhindelander, WI Visitors Bureau.File PhotoKay Recker of Milwaukee, wears a Hodag cheesehat at Hodag Country Festival near Rhinelander, Saturday, July 8, 2011.Dan Young/USA TODAY NETWORK-WisconsinThe legendary Rhinelander Hodag has officially become a part of the "Harry Potter" franchise, as of March 14 when J.K. Rowling added it to "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them."Laura Schulte/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin