sorry, my bad, I thought you said 'extensive research'....

Wow, you picked up alot in three sentences. (K - 4 if you count why? as a sentence) I hope you learned that doubt is a good thing and not to blindly believe everything that takes your fancy.

Hrrmzzz, didn't see that comment as overly confident at all, just using common sense
I mean really, you don't honestly expect me to believe that someone could transorm into a wolf under the full moon do you? Some unlucky people have a disorder that grows excessive hair. They do not need to bay bray howl or run around on all fours or eat other people. They do not turn into wolves, puppies or any type of canine entity at any time.

Seeing a big paralell here -

There are 3 types of Werewolves
There are 3 types of Vampires

There is the genuine sick person unlucky enough to contract a nasty disease
There is the person who follows all the movie stereotypes with no powers
There is the type with all the powers who does all the creepy stuff that sounds cool to a gothy teen with a self esteem problem. This appers to be the most common form of Werewolf/Vampire in forums.

As for the animal attacks, I reckon an ABC would be a far more likely candidate than a Werewolf. They exist which is a good starting point.

I don't think that doing a search at ask.com and reading some webpages consitutes 'extensive research', it would merely give an outline and many views on a subject. Perhaps a link or two to back any claims/theories, or other forms of 'evidence' would be good too. Your 'research' could be confirmed hoaxes. Hoaxes exist and are more common than Werewolves. Some of the readers here may be able to expedite your research.

You are not kidding WereBo, geez it would have been good to grow up with the net!! I remember getting the weekly magazine "The Unexplained" got the binders and all, learned heaps from that book, including that it is smarter to be skeptical . They even had MIB documented back then!!!


Hrrmzz Crazy Harry is a Werepenguin hey. That should shake up the aquatic life in the Poles.
I care Crazy Harry, I care. I believe in the Werepenguin, just not the Werewolf.

Oh my god!
I thought I was the only one!
WEREPENGUINS!!! UNIIITTTEEE! >_<
Creatures of the Ice, Assemble!

Nah, in all seriousness, I WANT to believe in Werewolves, since they are quite the fascinating subject, but would'nt such a transformation eventually destroy the host? Both in body and mind?
Meh, I guess I'm a skeptic believer.

i guess it would but your still a werewolf.

Truuueeee... Very true...

Well there's got to be SOME truth in it all somewhere .

Wallace & Gromit have it well documented about WereRabbits and got an Award for their filming of it.....

I for one know they exist, for I have seen some on various occasions. I have experianced many things that most people can't even imagine

I think the only 'truth' is that someone a long time ago had a great idea. It has got a bit out of hand as with Vampires.

Kinda like when Peter Benchley had a great idea in the 70's. Still, Megaldon does not exist. And Mythbusters even proved most of the movie antics impossible. Still, I'll bet on 50 years someone will be touting the novel Jaws as documented evidence of Megaldon cruising the American Coast in the 70's. Meh. Some people

Now see, you are confusing Werewolves with WereRabbits, now Wererabbits are documented to exist in the film you recommend. We have video evidence of WereRabbits, and as we all know Werepenguins exist too, we have one as a member.

but Werewolves, come on, make it at least believable

Formulae ueteres exorsismorum et excommunicationum
Strigas et fictos lupos credere

Daemon pellem lupinam
In trunco quodam cauae
Arboris occultandum

Metamorphoses lycanthropie
Possunt inquam
Metamorphoses lycanthropie
Possunt inquam

[The above is nonstandard Latin. Translation:

"Ancient formulas of exorcisms and excommunications
that witches and those made wolves believe
I maim now the demon clothed in wolfskin
Having to hide in the hollow of a tree
I believe that they so can be changed."]

Lets see who's got the twig and berries to bring this little gem on, if they believe, of course...

research? me? naaaaaaah!

Maybe the whole werewolf thing was started by the rabies thing that the wolfs used to carry all those years ago cause once a human got infected by it, by ether getting bitten by a wolf or whatever that get messed up by the rabies they act crazy and just want to bite anything thing that moves and they run off into the woods. People thought the person was turning into a wolf cause of the wild behavior they got from the rabies but human beings usually die after a while after getting rabies. So probably the whole werewolf legend is based off of rabies and over reactive imagination of supertiues people and gullible believers.

But hey if i'm wrong and people are turning into werewolfs its probaly years of evolution which gives them the ability to change by willpower of the person after being hunted down by humans for thousand of years and their self control of restisting of temptation to hunt humans down as prey.I mean come on if their werewolves in the 20th century don't you think they'll be more secretive than that its not like their wearing signs saying "HEY I'M WEREWOLF COME SHOOT MY @%$ WITH A SILVER BULLET"cause if they just they do what we see in the movies they would have been discovered already and shown on the 6 clock news.

"Well this has been a special report by reporter: beyond the _grave at Paranormal News sponsored by "WHAT THE #$%$" thank you and don't get our butt chewed on by a werewolf, also good night."

As you used my post as a reply I assume this is somehow directed at me???

What does it mean ?? Spooky poem?

This line



Demon clothed in wolfskin. That implies dresing in an animals clothing by the sound of it. the whole thing sorta sounds like one of the witchy rants you hear - like in MacBeth (You know, Wing of Bat and Eye of Newt, claw of cat etc. etc.)

Why does one need a twig and berries? And what does one need to believe in? Sorry for all the questions, I do not understand, your post is somewhat cryptic

This may constitute research, Im not sure.....

Yeah. You watch alot of TV.

I barely ever watch tv

Sorry if it sounded a little cryptic, I was fighting through a haze of Pabst Blue Ribbon...

Its basically an old incantation that was supposed to be used to bring the change on. I found it and thought you would like to check it out.

'Twig and berries' is the polite way of saying 'balls' lol! if there are any real firm believers out there, I was saying they should give it a shot and see if it works.

then post a thread about it!

You barely know reality from myth too.

Ahh, the plot thins.
Now I see, bloody cultural gap. Thanks for being polite, I have a tree trunk and a pair of Breadfruit

Well done, Sounds like you are starting to dig up quite some stuff on the legend Keep us posted of any further interesting information you find.

I like stories

Well, the gauntlet has been thrown down, any Werewolves want to tape a transition and prove the thinking world wrong?

I'm sorry, I couldn't resist...



^ICP

but back on topic -

Hoagy, I have no twig or berries but I have tried playing with that gem...

oohhh gawd...OHH! I'm changing!! Gimme attention please, Thank you

LOL, I'm sure the transition will contain a good bit of PBR...


and a little drop of Fago too, eh distorted?

LOL TRUE

I myself belive werwolves and lycans do exist, but not as the fairy-tale bad guy sortof lycan we hear about everyday. I my self belive werewolves are genraly human like creatures with wolf-like features, I could put myself as an egsample, i have very sharp teeth, bit kanine teeth, like a wolf, i have alot of hair on my arms, back and so on.

Do you howl at the moon?

Repeat after me - wolves do not howl at the moon

I agree, its somewhere between shapeshifting and adopting the animal spirit, probably much easier for adepts! On three occasions people have sworn that they've seen me not shapeshift as such, but morph and adopt other forms around a human form - so far this has included leonine, reptillian and lupine forms....

Not only have I had the giant wolf appear in my spirit photos, I also have a figure that looks to me to be human with canine features. This is an image much like the wolf photo which I believe is a being manifesting from a nearby dimension. While I am only able to see these things through the tool of photography myself, there are plenty of stories of people that have had non-aided encounters with all sorts of beings, werewolves included.

Since taking this photograph, I must say that I believe there are beings that exist somewhere that are part human, part animal.

I don´t think they exist. Because I think it would be too much for someone to resist all the tranformatios to werewolf and back to human!

My opnion!

Alisa,
I'm sorry I cannot see a wolf/man in the photo that you have posted. Could you please place another pic with an overlaid drawing? Spirit photography interests me because it seems IMO to be only what people want to see. I'm sure you are a believer... please, try to make me one.

yeah same here.

But which is the original host - man or wolf

Romulus and Remus

At the risk of being guilty of triple-posting

Correct, just one of the metaphors used by Christianity in an effort to 'convert' pagans. The dragon-slaying myth is another - a metaphor for killing off the beliefs in the dragon energies of the Earth. To say nothing of building Christian places of worship on ancient/pagan sacred sites

Christianity has a lot to answer for, as it was the root cause for the slow but eventual eradication of true wild species in the British Isles in the Middle-Ages; a time when animals - based on Biblical ideas - were considered to be provided for man to use as either: (i) Food; (ii) Labour; or (iii) Sport. There was no category for predatory wild animals such as wolves, bears etc. so they were eradicated

The modern legends and myths - werewolves, devil dogs, vampires etc - have their roots in this period. Not sure where Chupacabras fit in though?

Who says they have to change? they might just stay in warewolf form!

Holy crap this place gets weirder and weirder. What the hell am I doing here?

Werewolves.



I'm willing to bet that all those in here that think they are werewolves are under the age of 20 and struggling to prove to the world they're different from the norm.

Grow up, get a job, pay taxes, puke out a couple kids, and call it a life.

I recon this guy is right, but, have you ever thought about humans with wolf-like features? e.g large kanines, big build ect.

Just what do you expect to find in the Unexplained Mysteries Discussion Forums

True.

I guess I never envisioned, when signing up for this place, that people actually thought they could be werewolves.

dude, werwolves exist. yourjust a slave to barriers in your mind from where you brain rejects the infomation thats given to it because it dosent logicly comply to evolution.

In this case then, I really don´t know. One thing is certain when there is something that persist for ages, I mean, a story that lives for centuries etc could be true. Maybe, someone, a long time ago saw a werewolf and reported this.

This doesn´t mean that it still exist, but, who knows!!!

Here is an outlined version of the werewolf photo with enhancement. I cannot tell you why, but many of the spirits that show up for my photos show a strong, well-formed side or features, and a weak side with some blurry features.

Nice Photos Alisa.
May i ask where was it you took these photo's and what time eg late at night.
~Ruby

Thanks, Ruby.

Almost all of the photos I have posted thus far are of my house, surrounding property, and across the street. Makes it easy, eh. I have tried cemeteries and bushland, too. Surprisingly I faired better with the bushland than the cemeteries, capturing a couple of strange creatures I have yet to post.

I have experimented with times. Most of the photos were taken after dark from 7 pm through 10 pm. But sometimes I take them at dusk (where it is still quite light outside), often with excellent results. I also tried the crack of dawn and found that to be very good, too. I'd say just barely before dark is best in my experience for capturing the clearest, most interesting anomalies.

Mmhmm. Good call on that one.

They are as real as any other imaginary creature. They exist in the mind, books and movies.

There is a rare condition where people grow hair all over and look like werewolves. This MAY have played a part in the folklore of werewolves. There may be a grain of truth to it, but medical instead of supernatural.

well i guess you could say that. That's a logical explanation.

But then why would i start a topic that says "why" "you BELIEVE in them and why."

Werewolf legend evolves out of lycathropy, a medical condtion where your hair is out of control. Also, most people who suffer this condition also have another one where the iron in their blood is low making them crave blood.

There is also a theory that people can be possessed by animal spirits, much the same way as people taken over by demons.

People who believe the impossible are much more superior. If it weren't for people who believed the impossible then we wouldn't have Airplanes, Submarines, SpaceShips, or the technology to send satilites into orbit or cure diseases through Stem Cell Research.

"Never doubt what no one is certain of."
-Willy Wonka

thank you! Confidence can help.

Much more superior ey.
Hope you believe you can improve your grammar.

There is a difference in believeing something that is possible and just being led.

Why do you think that people thought submarines or planes were impossible? Leonardo DaVinci had blueprint prototypes. That really was some time ago you know. People have been curing disease for millenia too. As we develop, we better our practises. Stem cell research was a matter of time. Here is belief for you. Some still insist on holistic and hebal medicines. Amazing isn't it. Hundreds of years, millions of sacrifices, thousands of colabartive minds trial and error, yet some refuse Western Medicine because they believe it is bad. No reason or logic, they simply believe that. Some will die for these beliefs. I just cannot get my head around that. Belief can be a dangerous thing used stupidly.
Believing the impossile will only lead to disapointment. Go on and believe that you can walk out your back door and jump up to the Moon, or run the width of your country in under 3 seconds flat. Go on try it, believe with all your heart and mind. Tell me when you accomplish these things with your belief.

People who are 'much more smarter' also recognise the difference between being thourough and wasting time.

Someone else explained the spirit pics very well in another thread.
Pareidolia
No disresepect rto photographers or 'believers' intended. Sounds very likely though.

If you stop to think, remember to start again.

see you have doubt.

In this section - discussion on the possibility of new animals, how Myths and Legend started, explaination of mis-interpretations of unusual animals (eg. Dugongs), a place to gather knowledge and pool minds and life experience together to tackle different aspects of Unexplained Phenomena. Disecting Myths and Legends, using them as comparison to help conclude some current mysteries, share discoveries. Discuss new headlines, possibilities, theories, the origin of legends and new discoveries. Even the odd debunking of haoxers.

I have noticed that a great deal of people like to use the forum as a story telling board or a place to voice their wishes. Belief in fairy tales seems qute common, and should such silly stories be debunked, you can be up for a few pages of

Did so
Did not.

Bit of a shame. I have suggested a couple of times a poll to see if we should split up Myths and Legends form Cryptozoology as one is based on fact, the other fiction, and a few members cannot determine between the two, which leads to some fiesty arguments.
A 'kiddies room' would be just as effective for Vampires and Werewolves to 'believe' in together.

LOL

Yep.