Werewolf Stories

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Werewolf stories abound in fiction and in real life. Whether you’re interested in real werewolf sightings or fictional accounts, all werewolf stories contain spine-tingling elements of the natural mingled with the supernatural. View the Werewolf Art Gallery for additional inspiration.

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Werewolf Stories and Legends

Werewolf stories remain popular throughout the world, and are second only in popularity to vampire stories.

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The Georgia Werewolf

This account comes from Talbott County, Georgia, in the United States. Farmers there lost sheep every night. When they found the mutilated carcasses, many thought that they resembled animals attacked by wolves, yet locals knew that there were no wolves in the vicinity. Night after night, hunting parties attempted to capture or kill the animal that was slaughtering the livestock, but to no avail. Finally, locals consulted a local old-timer who had emigrated from Eastern Europe. The old man knew just what to do. He melted down several metal crucifixes and made bullets out of them. Then he waited in the bushes. Sure enough, around midnight and under the light of a full moon, he could clearly see a large, wolf-like creature stalking a herd of sheep. He raised his rifle and fired, and heard a yelp from the creature. The men later found bits of bone and fur, and assumed that the old man had mortally wounded the creature. Also, the attacks stopped.

Years later, the local doctor revealed that on the last night of the attacks he’d treated a teenage girl who’d lost part of her arm to a bullet wound. She never explained how she’d received the wound, and he was afraid to ask.

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The Royal Werewolf

From the mountain region of France comes the story of a royal werewolf. A hunter visited the court of the local lord and lady, and asked them if he could hunt in their forests. They gladly granted permission, and the hunter then bowed to kiss the special jewel-encrusted ring worn by the lady. While hunting, the huntsman encountered a fierce wolf who leaped at the hunter's throat. The hunter drew his bow, but only managed to sever the paw of the wolf before the wolf ran off. He placed the paw into the basket he usually used to carry the game he killed. After the day of hunting was over, he sat next to his campfire and decided to examine the paw more closely. He recalled that the wolf had acted strangely, and wanted to learn more. To his horror, he saw a woman’s hand in the basket, wearing the lady’s unique jewel-encrusted ring. He returned to the court the next day and with great sorrow, presented the hand to the lord and lady. The lady confessed her werewolf affliction and was summarily executed.

This tale is told with some variations on Hell Horror, along with many other legends of shape-shifting creatures.

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The Wolf Strap

Many werewolf stories refer to a wolf strap. Legend has it that to receive the strap, you need to sell your soul to the devil, and anyone who possessed this magical device could wrap it around himself tightly and transform into a werewolf at will.

In Russia there was man who lived on the edge of a village. He did not mingle much with the villagers and mostly kept to himself. Many whispered tales circulated throughout the village about the man’s strange behavior and his sneaky ways. Some people reported seeing strange tracks in the snow outside his house during the winter.

One night, the villagers hid in the man’s barn to see what had made the strange tracks. Around midnight, a candle flared inside the house. Soon thereafter, they heard the howl of a wolf, and a large black creature leaped from one of the windows of the house into the snow. Sure enough, the tracks led away into the woods.

Frightened, the villagers hurried back to their homes and locked the doors. They held a quick council. The next day, they knocked on the door of the man’s house and asked him where he had been the previous night. When he refused to answer, they seized him and searched the house. There, hidden under a thick blanket in a chest of drawers by his bedside was a strange leather strap carved with symbols, and rubbed with herbs and a strange greasy substance. The village elders, recognizing it for what it was, immediately burned the man and his evil wolf strap at the stake.

More information about the legend of the wolf strap may be found on Werewolves.

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