The Claptrap Caravan & Hangdog

📺 What Was the Claptrap Caravan?

The Claptrap Caravan was a children's puppet troupe/show allegedly aired on regional public access stations between 1981–1994. Its origins are murky — the only known production studio is listed as “Two Penny Productions”, based out of somewhere in Georgia (later redacted).

Episodes featured characters like:

Cappy the Capybara — A sleepy animal who taught time management.
Miss String — A marionette who warned children not to lie (by stretching when they did).
Mr. Knots — A tangled man made of rope who helped “solve problems.”

The show mixed live puppetry with hand-drawn transitions, cut-in lectures from adult actors, and VHS-quality music segments. The last known official episode aired in 1994, though some claim it continued off-air via mailed tapes. Whispers of strange occurrences often mention the Whisper, a name only spoken quietly by those who searched the archives deeper.

🧷 "The show was weird. Not scary, not at first. Just... off. Like it wasn’t made for kids. Or anyone."

🐾 Enter: Hangdog

Hangdog was a character introduced in the final era of the show (approx. 1992–1994). He wasn’t in the early seasons and doesn’t appear on any VHS covers. No officially released tape includes his full segments. He’s described by fans and former crew as:

Tall, lanky puppet suit with canine features
Drooping ears, sagging mouth, and long arms with sewn fingers
A dragging tail, stitched in crookedly
Voice muffled and inconsistent, possibly dubbed post-production

“Hangdog was supposed to teach kids about shame and silence. But his segments were wrong. They were cold. There was no laugh track.” — Former set builder, anonymously posted 2006

Hangdog’s segments often took place in the basement set, away from the colorful main show. He never directly interacted with the other puppets onscreen. In some recovered scripts, his name is crossed out and replaced with “H_DOG_3”.

🔥 The Fire, The Disappearance, The Actor

In 1994, a fire destroyed part of the studio. No official report mentions injuries. However, fan investigation uncovered records of a crew member named Jesse L. [REDACTED] who disappeared shortly before the fire and was believed to have operated the Hangdog suit.

Rumors suggest Jesse suffered an on-set accident involving rigging wires. Some believe he never left the building, and others claim he had been living in the Hangdog suit for weeks before the incident.

Sightings of a “rotted” or “melted” Hangdog began popping up online in early fan forums in the late 2000s — especially after the leaked tape surfaced.

❗️Hangdog Theories & Lost Media Sightings

📼 A corrupted VHS tape labeled “HANGDOG_DEMO03” loops for over 6 hours and contains no spoken dialogue.
🧠 Several users have reported dreams or nosebleeds after watching Hangdog fan edits.
🪞 Hangdog sometimes appears in the background of unrelated recordings — often when rewinding static tapes.
🖥️ A user claimed Hangdog looked directly at their webcam during a paused frame.

Most of this is unverifiable. But that's what this archive is for.

📁 Want to Contribute?

If you have photos, recordings, VHS tapes, or any information about the Claptrap Caravan or Hangdog, please post in the Forum or reach out to mod_Jay. The more we remember... the less it forgets.

He was never a character. He was a suit. That remembers.