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Originally posted by surrender_dorothy
Originally posted by random hero
um no. werewolves aren't real. come on, ask a real question.
"even a man who's pure in heart
and say's his prayers by night,
can become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms
and the autumn moon is bright."
Curt Siodmak
I put forward the idea that was first discussed in Universal's "The Wolfman" 1941.
Perhaps the metamorphosis from human to wolf is a figment of the imagination but the change in the behaviour of the human actually occurs. In this case, the act of becoming a werewolf is actually a psychotic breakdown of some kind.
Am I explaining this properly?
In any case the same applies for women as explored in the quite good movie "Ginger Snaps". When it's that time of the month...
Originally posted by surrender_dorothy
I imagine that Romania have many superstitions and superstitious folk...
...what's this about the Liverpool, England case? You didn't give any links or sources. And is it plausable or is it reminiscent of the famous "vampire" case in highgate or wherever. You know with that Sean Manchester dude? Know what I mean?
Originally posted by surrender_dorothy
yeah werewolves exist. They are very rare though.
You will only become a werewolf if you have the curse.
Symptoms of the curse include a five point star that can be seen on your palm, loss o memory for extended periods of time, heightened sense of smell and hearing, elongated teeth, a thirst for raw meat/blood, monobrow and extensive hairyness aka hypertrichosis.
[edit on 8-7-2006 by surrender_dorothy]
Originally posted by hogtie
One of the more interesting theories that I've heard is that lycanthrope is actually an astral projection that has some real form, created from ether. This is performed by a magician/witch/shaman type. The projector uses an animal form that has some symbolic meaning to them (wolf, bear, what have you), and the animal form also helps to disguise the real person behind it. The reason silver was supposed to be effective against lycanthropes was because steel is very disruptive to ether, but silver is especially so.
Originally posted by random hero
more likely, historical accounts of werewolves were either simply the work of actual animals, or were(as i mentioned above) the work of human serial killers with their acts explained by werewolves since the psychiatric idea of psycho(socio)pathy didn't exist yet.
There have been cases, there was an one in Liverpool, England only during the late 80s and early 90s. It was very famous case. Plus, in Romania, Werewolves are still feared to this day...a lady was reported attacked by it (this was on a television program).
Originally posted by Apoplexy123
I would say with 100% rationality, that it is ridiculous to truly belive that warewolves exist. Remeber these are creatures created out of myth, much like the centuarians or vampires.
It isnt logical for them to exist.
The terrifying animal tore into one of the horses and killed it, while the other horse broke free from its harness and galloped off into the night.
The attack took place just after dusk, with a full moon on the horizon. The moon that month seemed blood red, probably because of dust in the stratosphere from a recent forest fire in the Hatchmere area.
The locals thought the moon's colour was a sign that something evil was at large and the superstitious phrase, "bad moon on the rise" was whispered in travellers' inns across the region. In the winter of 1791, a farmer went into his snow-covered field just seven miles east of Gresford, and he saw enormous tracks that looked like those belonging to an overgrown wolf.
In February 1992, a national newspaper reported sightings of a strange bear-like animal that had been seen across Wales. In the north of the country, a farmer who had spotted the animal on the night of a full moon said he had afterwards found two of his lambs had been killed.
And in 2001 the local newspaper, the Evening Leader ran a series of articles about sightings of big cats, like a puma in Treuddyn, near Mold, and Bangor-on-Dee, near Wrexham.