Let’s admit that we’ve all heard stories
about werewolves and have been scared breathless in our childhoods. Now
that we are all grown up we know they don’t exist but we have seen then
in movies, read novels about them. They are pretty cool. I believe that
humans tend to be very ignorant at times and we simply deny the
existence of things that our mind cannot comprehend. Same is the case
with werewolves. Just because the entire phenomenon seems a bit
farfetched and we haven’t seen them with our own eyes, we blindly trust
that these creatures do not exist. But are we doing the right thing in
trusting that? Read on to find out.
In the sixteenth century, in a town of
Dole, the residents were permitted to hunt and kill the werewolf that
had been haunting the village. A group of villagers, walking in the
forest, heard the screams of a little child. Upon arriving at the source
of the screams, the villagers witnessed a child trying to fend off a
monstrous wolf, later identified as Gilles Garnier. He confessed of
being a werewolf and was later burnt.
9. GREIFSWALD WEREWOLVES
The records say that in 1640, the German
city of Greifswald was raided by werewolves. Their population was so
huge that any human who walked the streets after dark was considered to
be a werewolf. All the silver in the town, the plate and goblets were
melted to form bullets. They hunted down the wolves and they freed
themselves of this misery. They could roam the streets at night,
fearless as ever, once again.
8. WEREWOLF OF ANSBACH
The Bavarian town of Ansbach was being
terrorized by a wolf in 1685. It was said that the wolf was actually the
town’s dead mayor. The wolf was killed and the carcass was dressed to
resemble the mayor. It was put on in the town square and was later
transferred into a museum.
7. KLEIN-KRAMS WEREWOLF
Many hunters gathered at the thick
forests in around the area of Klein-Krams. The forests were filled with
different animals to hunt and people from all over Germany gathered here
to hunt their own game. These hunters started reporting sightings of a
wolf, a wolf that would mock them by stealing their game and
disappearing into the woods. One day, a young cavalry officer saw a
group of people running out of a house, screaming. There was no one
chasing them. So the officer stopped a child and asked him exactly what
was going on. He told him that the youngest son of the Feeg family is
alone at home and it was his custom to transform into a wolf and
therefore they were running because they didn’t want to get bitten. The
officer thought the child was joking, however, moments later he saw a
wolf in the house and soon after that a boy in its place.
6. WEREWOLF OF PAVIA
The story dates back to 1541 in Italy. A
farmer killed many men in the form of a wolf. He was caught of course.
The difference between normal wolves and him was the hair. In a normal
wolf, they would grow outward however with him the hair grew inward. He
was accused of being a wolf, and because of that his arms and legs were
cut off. The farmer died of mutilation.
5. WEREWOLF OF CHALONS
This particular werewolf is also known
as the Demon Tailor. His real name is not known. He was accused of
horrible murders in Paris in the year 1598. All the documents regarding
his trial were burnt. No records remain. He used to trick children into
his shop and then he would slice their throats of. He would roam the
woods in the shape of wolf and attach the passers-by. Many bones were
found in the cellars of his shop. He died unrepentant.
4. CLAUDIA GAILLARD, WEREWOLF OF BURGUNDY
Claudia was brought to trial by the
witch-hunter Henry Boguet. She was accused of being a werewolf. There
were witnesses who reported that she was often seen behind a bush in the
form a wolf without a tail. She was tortured because of this
accusation. It is reported that she never even shed a tear and she was
later burned to death. No tears huh? That’s certainly interesting.
3. MICHEL VERDUN, WEREWOLF OF POLIGNY
Philibert Montot, Pierre Bourgot and
Michel Verdun were tried in 1521. They were accused of having made a
pact with the devil and the practicing lycanthropy. The trial happened
because a man was attacked by a wolf. He was able to wound the wolf
forcing him to retreat. Following his tracks, he came upon a hut where
he found Michel Verdun and his wife who was treating his wound. The man
reported this to the authorities. Verdun confessed that he was a
werewolf and he also spilled the names of the other two accomplices.
2. BERNANDANTI WEREWOLVES
The story dates back to 1692 and
involves a man called Thiess. He confessed that he was werewolf. This
story involves an epic battle between the witches and werewolves, where
the werewolves tried to keep the witches from performing magic that
would stop the crops from growing. During the battle, Thiess broke his
nose. Iron bars were used by the wolves where the broom handles were
used by the witches. Thiess said that the werewolves where the ‘hounds
of Gods’. You can see how the stories today took shape with the iron and
brooms and all.
1. JEAN GRENIER
Terror spread across the St. Sever
districts (France) in the year 1603. From the villages, many children
began to disappear. There was no trace of the attacker and there was no
explanation of these incidents. Rumors spread of man-eating wolves in
the region. Soon, there appeared a witness – a thirteen year old girl.
She swore that she had been attacked by a monster resembling a wolf
during the full moon and if it weren’t for her iron stick that she used
to ward of the wolf, she would have been dead. Jean Grenier, confessed
that he was the one who attacked the little girl has a wolf and was also
responsible for the disappearance of other children.
Source : http://www.thelisticles.com
Cool. A big book on lycanthropy, first printed 300 years ago that I read aged 13, mentions witches using salves or ointments to transform into wolves. Often the devil in the form of a man dressed in black or a black dog gave them the ointment. So basically, anyone can be a werewolf by using the ointment, which is different from all the stories you've collected which suggest werewolves are born. I have always liked wolves, werewolves and vampires. That's why I hate Twilight.
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