About a month ago on of my friends was attacked while he was in a forest near his house. he was not badly mauled but he could not ID what attacked him. he was only in the hospital for a few days but once he got out he started acting a tad odd. he had a strange oder that seem to make animals hostile around him, he always has bloodshot eyes, always on edge, loss of facial hair, hair changing color from light brown to black (he doesn't dye his hair cause hair dye makes him itch), teeth deformation, strange changes to his nails,bit wounds he suffered healing odd.

My friend ask me to post this cause he doesn't have internet at his house.also Nethier my friend or me think this was a werewolf attack.my friend as gone to the docter over his odd symptoms but the docter found nothing wrong with him.


so I was wondering what you guys could make of this

Rabies? About the animal, I'm really not sure.

I was about to say rabies as well, but I've never heard of rabies changing your hair color or whatnot like that. Then again, the only thing I've heard of rabies is that it makes you foam at the mouth and makes you hostile.

You are absolutely right:


it is a bit hard to believe.

Rabies doesn't give off symptoms so quickly though.

It can take up to a year.

Also, how about a better description of this creature doing the assault?

That is a slow, slow disease. I thought it was quick as well.

what did he hear? like what did the animal sound like, noise wise. and could he tell how large it was from the attack?

Try and get some pics of the person in question, but make sure they go easy on the eye-shadow.

Yeah that's what I thought also because I've never seen a case of rabies that was advancing so quickly, but as of now I have no clue as to what infections an animal can give you except for rabies.

It was my hypothesis. But the hair thing seems real weird. Maybe it's the stress or something related to the bite.

rabbies anyone?

Ya know, Creeper, if you were a REAL friend, you would find this creature and let it bite you so your friend won't feel so alone.

I couldnt agree more!!

If I recall correctly rabies progresses quickly once the first symptoms show.. but it doesn't immediately develop symptoms (takes 1-3 months-ish). Oddly many of these symptoms seem to coincide with thyroid disorders - which would seem to have nothing to do with being attacked unless it was stress induced.. but thyroid disorders can redden eyes, cause hair loss, irritability, reduced cuticles and bitter nails (though these are rarer symptoms).

the creature could be any thing. First off what did it look like; canine, feline, bear?

It may have been any animal with a disease unknown to science. Hundreds of new diseases are made every day as bacteria mutates and reproduces.

How do you know there are hundreds daily? o.O It would suck he had some weird unknown virus that was transmitted from whatever bit him.

His teeth are deforming. Within a month? Yes, very hard to believe. And no, you're right not to think it was a werewolf attack.

Then we better hurry up and find this creature before this hair-dying disease explodes into a full-blown epidemic.

he didn't really see the animal, what he saw was a good bit larger than a wolf and it was dark brown in color let off some weird growl that sounded like a really odd gizzly bear

meh can't blame you

Take a pic of your friends bite, or his scar.


And take pics of his symptoms if he's not too shy. It could be a great help in finding out what he has.

Take some garlic,a cross and some holy water and a bible with you next time you see him.(oh and a wooden stake)

I don't have a camera

Does your friend have a camera? Just borrow his, after reading this....I've become intruiged.

Buy a cheap digital cam for 20 bucks or so. Then take a picture. Then take your friend back to the hospital.

he has a flim camera but nethier of use have a scanner, sorry. there is a digital camera I plan on getting this week

Go for it, then takes pics n post em, I wanna see this.

haha a.k.a.-the t-virus from resedent evil lol
ahh!! run away!!

I will, but he is giving me a hard time about me taking pictures of his condition, he is paranoid he is going to be viewed as a freak

OMG...why are you guys indulging in this guys B.S?Everything he is saying is so just...STUPID!!Hello,dentist?Yeah,i need to come in and see about why my eye teeth have mutated into large fangs?When i posted a comment on here making fun that it was a vampire,(no such thing) i thought that would end it.Tell ya what...Till this guy comes up with more then this crap(it is)...how about a pic?Answer:i dont have a camera.Lol...ok,well gee ya sure have all the answers dont ya?Borrow one.Take pics.Come back with said pics. P.S.make sure they are not blurry,out of focus,etc...

Yes EXACTLY!! I just went through a rabies scare. That what the CDC says, RIGHT ON!!

Technically a good virus is different DNA-wise every time it changes hosts, which is why we can only really cure diseases that are not virus-based.

Was the rabies scare chocolate related?

Everything in my world is chocolae related, DUH! Jody

uncalled for dude

There is nothing in actual historical werewolf legends about a bite infecting the victims... Many methods are alleged to turn one into a werewolf, but an infectous bite is the product of Hollywood, likely stemming from vampire legends. Werewolves were considered more likely to become vampires after their demise.

Plus the whole werewolves/vamps not existing thing but you know, thats just a theory based on pure, hard science so it's negligible

interesting

Anything you wanna know about shapeshifters or werewolves, just ask, Im pretty much an expert in the field. Just dont come to me with a bunch of Hollywood mumbojumbo, that has them transforming into some wierd hybrid that hungers for human flesh. There is reality behind the werewolf, but its not what most people expect.

What are you people talking about,Rabies only takes 10 days to kill you,It does not take weeks or months it takes days I should know first hand,I do pest control and yes that includes animals an believe me it takes days.Once bitten the victim needs to get injections ASAP even before the animal is diagnoised with rabies it is very very important to procied with treatment,If the animal attackes and isn't caught you should still get the shots,this is something that is NO LAUGHING MATTER!Anyway I hope the victim is ok as for what is happing to him(bloodshot eyes,hair coloration) I've no clue,he needs to go to a specialist and have some test done like blood work and such tests like that,Hope he gets better.

Now thats freaky!

shapeshifters? never heard of that before

It is wrong to dismiss vampires and werewolves because they could be real. Myths have to derive from some amount of fact.

Ok then you've got fact in there

Crazy-haired psychotic dude running around and screaming in the night= werewolf
People with blood and sadism fetishes= vamps

I don't think what happened to my friend was werewolf or vampire, I don't know what it was that attacked him, but do to the time and place I don't think it was a vampire or werewolf

Yes, but just a few people can't start these myths in many cultures around the world.

It's probably a lot more people with these condition than "a few".

As well as this would account for the supposed physical characteristics of these things in various parts of the world and how they typically resemble the people of the culture in which each story originated.

I blame moldly bread

Perhaps what we don't realize is that the animal had no disease and the attack had no connection with your friends strange symptoms. Perhaps he just contracted a disease afterwards, just coincidentaly.

Lol yeah well atleast he's getting a camera. But please don't take blurry pics... I'll have a stroke.