I know, I know, I'm sure you all are pretty sick of seeing topics about werewolves (especially those who don't believe in them), but I had to share my personal experience.
It happened about a year ago at my old house. It was right before dawn, and I was sitting on my front porch due to the fact I couldn't get back to sleep. Now, my house was in the dead center of a cul-de-sac, and right across the street was an elementary school, the fenced-in playground mostly facing my house. The side of the playground had the road coming into the school, then a hill (which was directly in my line of view), and then the actual road.
Now I was a good 100 feet away from the school, but I remember very clearly seeing a gigantic black dog coming up the hill.
He was a lot bigger than a great dane, and furrier, with a slender snout. He had a big kinda spiky crest, kind of like a mane, trailing down his neck. His tail was furry, but not poofy or curled like a husky's. He was running really fast, as if something was chasing him.
When he ran across the pavement that led to the front of the school, he fell! I'm guessing his claws lost traction. He slipped around for a second, like a dog on linoleum, then got back up and tried to run again, but he started off to face and ran into the fence! It looked like his snout was stuck for a second before he pulled himself free, then turned and jumped up the big tree next to the fence, then jumped over the fence without touching it and continued running, which is where I lost sight of him.
I don't think it was a regular dog, because of its size and the way it looked and jumped effortlessly into that tree. It couldn't have been a [i][real/i] wolf, it was too large and muscled, and we don't have wolves down here. A coyote would be way too small, and I hardly ever see them here. Well, I went up to the school the next day, and saw scratches in the pavement right where he fell! They were about a half-inch deep, and I know they weren't there before because I used to go up to the school several times a week and swing. I inspected the fence, and saw one of the links was bent up, from where his nose got stuck. There were a bunch of claw marks in the dirt, and the tree had a big gash in its bark from where he clawed his way up its trunk.
I went back there recently, to see if I was just crazy and imagining crap, but when I went there, everything was still there! The scratches, the fence, and the tree were all the same. I took some pictures with my phone, so the quality might be a little low, but there IS proof!!
Please be nice! This is my first topic I ever started on here <:D

wow. im seriously convinced. those photos are genuine, and that size of the werewolf seems off the scale of any sort of mammal that every had fur, tail, and being able to efforlessly jump a fence. were u parilyzed when u saw this?

I hate to say it but anyone can do that with a knife. Why, while on a patrol at work just this week I found a tree completely devoid of bark. It was a bunch of good for nothing loser kids with no understanding of the value of respect for their surroundings or the environment. That tree will probably die now. And take down a whole mini-ecosystem with it. Stupid drunken kids, seriously, apathy isn't big, it's not smart and it's not cool. Pricks!

Anyhoo, rant over. Sorry I'm not convinced by this really. But then I don't really believe in werewolves so there ya go

Hi there and welcome to UM
Interesting story, it would certainly have freaked me out, werewolves give me nightmares...

I believe that you really witnessed the dog, and it's quite obvious that the gouges in the pavement and tree are real, but I'm still skeptical. Though I hate to admit it, it is really something that's hard to believe. It would be a dream come true to see a werewolf, at least for me, but it's so hard to accept that perhaps that is what you saw. Have you asked around the community, to see if anyone else saw it, or if anyone has noticed it around before?

Perhaps what you saw wasn't even a werewolf, but, as you said, a black dog. Black dogs are much larger than the average canine, with great glowing eyes. They have supernatural abilities, and aren't that uncommon in folklore.

There are no such thing as a werewolf.

Yes!! I was so scared when I saw it, I thought it would veer off its path and come to me and eat my face off!

I thought this too, but it was really high up, past the top off the fence which was about 7 feet high. I guess if someone was carving into it they would at least have to have a box to stand on The tree's healed since then, so the cuts are not as defined as they were a year ago. But can knives carve into pavement without leaving jagged marks?

Happy to be here!! I've been visiting this site for about 2 years, so I figured I should join.

Yes, I thought about the Black Dog theory as well, but I heard the Black Dog resembles a Rottweiler or another kind of big dog. This dog resembled a wolf more than a dog. And yes, I asked around my neighborhood and nobody has seen it, and there's no Lost or Found signs about a black dog or husky or anything.

I've honestly narrowed it down to everything that it could have possibly been. I can't think of what else it could've been

oh, well than, thread closed! problem solved! let's all go back and eat out hater-tots and sip on our hater-aid! seriously, that post contributes nothing to this thread, what goes thru your mind before you post?! it probably goes like this "hey let's be ignorant and piss of groups of people by being blatant and posting posts that help the thread in no way at all! then how about we go onto world of warcraft and call people nerds!!!" seriously man everyone has an oppinion but in some, or even most cases you should keep it to yourself. Anyways sorry bout that but anyways the pictures look convincing enough. Anyways I don't have to much to say except think of all the more "reasonable" possibilities before jumping to werewolves, hope you find the answer!!

Ganphra

Untrue. ;D Most black dog sightings include a large, shaggy dog, that resembles an Irish Wolfhound (in my opinion). They're tall, lanky, with long legs and scraggly fur. And, wolfhounds are (needless to say), huge.
Most timber wolves have long, thin legs and are quite small in comparison. They're also bulky, and have very thick "pointy" fur. Most black dog sightings don't describe a wolf-like canine... Though, I would imagine, it isn't a rule that all black dogs have to be the same. XD;

In my opinion, I would find that a canine that had the build of a wolfhound could climb trees much easier than a dog that resembled a wolf. Not saying you didn't see what you saw, because of course you saw it... But what you're saying is, essentially, you saw a very large dog that had the appearance of a wolf; eh, for the most part?

:x I feel as though I'm repeating myself. ;___; Sorry.


Wolfhound.

Wolf.


ANYWAY. In the words of Harry Potter, you've seen The Grim. ohnorunforyourlife

Nice story and far more convincing that the usual Werewolf stuff we have posted here.. My only critism of the story would be the scatches on the pavement.. I am assuming the pavement is concrete or similar..? half inch deep marks would be rather difficult to make with claws?

When you mentioned that you thought the werewolf was being chased.. did you see anything or any reason for it to be acting so disturbed? have there been any other sightings or stories from your area?

Could this be a cross breed? im wondering if you put the wolf and the wolfhound together it will make a bigger, stronger, wiser type of dog? or wolf? I will call this animal dog-wolf

I have NEVER EVER in my whole dog training life seen a canine climbing a tree when they panic. Canines have natural fear of hights and for a good reason. They can't really hang onto something when they start falling. (like humans, cats, bears...)

Do you have bears on that area or even further away? Ppl are often mistaken a running bear to a huge dog if the bear is a young male. They can look very slim to be a bear and bears are really fast when they need to be. And bear claws can easily break even hard pavement. The power in their backfeet when they jump up is enourmous. I'd say it was either a bear or something anyways that has the knowladge of climbing trees.

There is !

A bear? Very might actualy be one.

Q= Ursik "I hate to say it but anyone can do that with a knife. Why, while on a patrol at work just this week I found a tree completely devoid of bark. It was a bunch of good for nothing loser kids with no understanding of the value of respect for their surroundings or the environment. That tree will probably die now. And take down a whole mini-ecosystem with it. Stupid drunken kids, seriously, apathy isn't big, it's not smart and it's not cool. Pricks!

Anyhoo, rant over. Sorry I'm not convinced by this really. But then I don't really believe in werewolves so there ya go (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) =Q


Yeah, that looks a little bit fresh to me





I had a bad dream about them as a kid. Frightned the crap outa me.

Probably a bear, if it was even a real event, werewolves don’t exist... IMO

I'm not jumping into conclusion here. I myself don't believe werewolf exist, and I'm not going to debate about why I should believe it. I've done it many times before.

So, to help you out, I'll do what a good lawyer would do (I'm a lawyer). Can you try to do a chronologic report, including the weather, temperature, your residences and try take more picture of the event's perimeter. Take the picture of the tree from a distance, along with a human/something that can give us the impression of the creature's height. If possible, do a sketchjob, another sketch depicting the events will greatly help us. I'm not trying to make it hard on you, but be assured, if..and IF you really want this thing to be solved and you got your answer, please do what I asked you. This will also made your story far more convincing. Please don't let us wait too long.


And welcome to UM !!!

Fair enough, but that doesn't explain then your finger in the picture (or at least I assume it belongs to you). Stand on the fence? Climb the tree? Plus with a finger there, it doesn't really make it seem all that high.

Interesting story though. I'm still not convinced.

He was stating a fact. There is no scientific data of werewolves. So get over it.

You must be easily convinced. I have some pictures of boot tracks in the snow outside my house at Xmas. Must have been Santa.

I just read previous posts from Freak. Apparently it seems he has seen all types of things in his backyard. Give me a break. No credibility.

Read.
http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum...p;#entry1731970

did you even read my post?! i didn't say I believe in werewolves, i'm just saying that his post contributed nothing at all to the thread. If the answer was that simple this thread and so many others wouldn't have been made. Werewolves could very easily be fantasy and whatnot but going out and making a post with 4 words that in no way will aid in finding the answer is pointless. So yeah

That's all very interesting and personally i believe in werewolves, But i doubt it was one in the traditional case because you mention you saw it around dawn correct? If you saw a naked guy/girl running up a hill and maybe over a fence i might be more inclined to believe it but werewolves traditionally revert back to their human form in the day. And if you took those pics with your phone why couldn't you have taken pics of this animal with your phone if you had it on you?

Well, in the way I view werewolves, I believe more experienced werewolves would be able to change at will. Or maybe just adaptation to the more modern times, but I think i'm looking too far into it As for the phone thing, I didn't have a camera phone then. I just recently got this phone.

ITS a cross breed or a bear.
Werewolves did exist... couple of thousands of years ago there were big wolves like same zize of a car. but there all died out.

Me and my friend watched "An American Werewolf in London" when we were about 14, and then I had to walk home afterwards, and I'm scared enough of the dark as it is....

You know what, I think I'll cut down a couple dozen trees tomorrow and use them for firewood. Or maybe just for fun. I haven't decided yet.

Why does everyone have to instantly mark it off as a fake(not everyone but, you khow wut I mean)!?

Don't know since the pics are genuine. And it would take some serious time to put those gouges in the gropund with a knife, The blade would get dull pretty quick, Or it would have broken because you would have to stab pretty hard to make cuts like that in concrete. Whatever it was that made those scratches had some weight behind it.

Welcome to UM. While you will find a few people that will openly scoff at you, the majority will be respectfull (even if they don't have the same viewpoint). I don't think most people will have a problem with someone who believes in werewolves. Where you are going to get in trouble here is when you believe YOU are a werewolf. That is when you will get taunted mercilessly (I have personally done this myself).

Personally, I don't believe in werewolves, so I take the sceptics path, but I would like nothing better than to be proven wrong on this. I've got to agree with the poster that brought up the "Black Dog" Legend. Your description does seem more like that than an actual werewolf. Another question I might bring up is: What was making it run like it was afraid for its life? If you believe it was a werewolf or a black dog, what could possibly strike fear in its heart?

Realistically, if I were to guess, what you discribed sounds like a large bearcat. Although they are not actually thought to be native to the US, they are sighted occasionally due to either exotic pets that escape into the wild, or possiblly due to being an uncatalogued North American species. Keep an eye out, and if you see something again keep us posted.

Anyone can come along and say something like this, but no one's going to pay attention to such an effortless comment.

Back on topic:
I believe that the pictures are real, but I'm not so sure it was done by a werewolf. I'm pretty sure that if this werewolf was where you said it was, other people would've spotted it. Maybe you should try asking around to see if anyone else spotted it...

These are the reasons why I strongly advised you to post everything that I asked you to. The longer you put them in this condition, the more they'll play around wit you.

I'm gonna go ahead and say it probably wasn't a werewolf.

I know, I know, I've sketched up a couple things, I just need to re sketch it to pretty it up and make it legible (i'm not the best artist, and my handwriting is chicken scratch), and to find a scanner so I can put it up here. Hopefully it will be up in the next few days.

Do you mean dire wolves? They weren't werewolves, werewolves are mythical/ legendary creatures, dire wolves are a species of wolf that became extinct and is present in the fossil record. Dire wolves weren't the same size as a car either, according to the site below they were 57-79 kg, another site suggest they were around 5 feet long. Sorry to tear your post apart, but we gotta have the facts!!!!!
Hoooowwwwllll!

Also, just had to look at what a bearcat looks like. Kinda cute, but only grows to the size of a smallish dog.

Actually, to follow up on the whole dire wolf thing. Dire wolves were only a smidgen bigger than normal wolves today. They had shorter legs and were bulky, with broader skulls and stronger jaws, but essentially were the same size. Really, there's nothing incredibly fancy about a dire wolf. Died out about 10,000 years ago, I guess would be the only amazing thing. xD Died out with mammoths, ground sloths, and saber cats; all sorts of "super sized" animals.

Yup, only a bit bigger than modern wolves. So definitely not "Car sized"

i peronaly like the idea of werewolves weather they sare real or not i do not know

but the mistiek is still their

I will pay attention to it. I think we are all tired of kids claiming to see werewolfs and such.

ok, well hes a kid who saw Something, and hes coming on here to explain it, and try to get some help and opinions from us. if you dont beleive him thats fine. but people come on here to get others opinions, or express their own. and so far, we dont know what he saw for sure. none of us were there

Many of us come to get real info. Not claims from teens or younger that are looking for attention. Such posts take away from the pursuit of the real paranormal.

ahh, i see. good point

so...........youre wasting your time on this topic here because...?
there are alot of other topics here that would probably interest you more then.
i just find the story interesting, and if he did see something, id like to know what it might have been.

same here

Okay, this is the best I could do drawing a side-by-side comparison. I used myself, and i'm five feet and two inches tall, and the creatures' head probably reached to about my breasts. I also drew a side view of the creatures' head and neck, so people could get a look at the spiky crest I was talking about. I hope it looks okay, the scanner I used wasn't a very good one.

dose anyone watch destantion truth how much truth do you think there is to their stories and did anyone watch the last epaisode about werewolves

Yeah I saw that it. It was called "el lobizon" where the 7th son in a family turns into just like a wolf on a full moon.

All the eyewitnesses were really lame, like some lady that worked at a bar said she ran off the lobizon that was attacking her chickens, and then the next day a man came up to her and said "Did you see what I did to you last night?"

Then she lead them to some other guy who said he was a lobizon and could transform for them. The guy basically just starts acting like hes transforming, gets on all fours, howls, then gets up and checks his watch. It was really lame, but kinda funny.

Then they met some guy that had supposedly lassoed one of them and beat it with a pole and his kids were bashing it with bricks, but eventually decided to let it go and it ran off. I didn't get the fact he said it happened in the afternoon, so no moonlight or full moon. Anyway, they took the lasso because it had blood on it, had it tested and it came out to be human blood. So maybe it was like some dude that they thought was one and beat his ass, I don't know.

Then they start trying to find families where they have 7 boys in the family to videotape the kid overnight to see if he'd transform (like that would ever happen). They found one but the father wanted his kid to goto sleep.

Then they found another and had the kid sit on a little wooden chair for like 4 hours being videotaped. They setup 4 video cameras and put some meat in a tree. They caught two videos of a wolf running through the camp but thats about it, the main guy ran after the wolf but of course didn't catch it.

so what is your thoughts on this? Do you think that they found the el lobizon, or just big dogs that have gone wild. Becuase they ruled out any normal dog or wolf .

I'm still sticking with the idea that it could have been a black dog, much more now that you've provided the pictures. I would imagine a werewolf being smaller, the size of an actual wolf, instead of the height of a person while on all fours.

Personally, I think that show is a little exaggerated...and these people go way out on a limb. Video taping kids?! What an invasion of privacy.

They showed the tapes, night vision, to an animal expert who said it was not a dog, based on the profile when it walked past the camera it had to be some sort of wolf. There aren't wolves in the area but he did say that it might be possible for one to come that far over from areas they do inhabit. The running footage showed a bushy tail. I think wolves may be spreading into the region.

But I did feel so sorry for that poor kid! Having to sit there like that. And he probable gets blamed for all kind of stuff being the 7th son.

Now the blood sample from the rope that old man said he caught one with? Tested positive for Human, hmmmmm, I wonder who he's been tieing up and beating with a stick? The cops should check him out.

i had the same thought on that one, but what if what the man foundand tied up was a dog form of animal maybe the crew should have done checked the children in the area for maybe scars or somthing of the sort.
i have to say i did feel bad for the kid though. i thought that was wrong to put him out in the open like a free meal, i mean there is an animal out there that is cuasing some trouble you would think as a parent that you would not want your child in that situation right. thats what part i dont see as real, the dog sure could be real, but putting the kid at risk i dont think so
thats a lawsuit waiting to happen at least here in the states anyhow.

OP, actually you did draw well. And from my opinion, it's not a werewolf, but I suppose it's a rather hungry or rabid wolf. I don't really know about your area, but did any of your neighbour or some people from next town lost one of their pet dog? This might also be a good reason. Now that you've provide us with the animal sketch, now get a picture of you and the scratched tree trunk for comparison.
I can safely say: it's not a werewolf. Think about it: a werewolf would NOT stop, especially not by a fence- to attack it's prey!