The Reality of Werewolves: An intelligent analysis of Lycanthropy
 

There is a lot that man does not know about his natural world. Throughout history, for as long as man has been around, he's seen "Things" that certainly do not qualify as normal life on earth. While I believe there are a lot of interesting topics under cryptozoology, this thread will be focusing on lycanthropy. Or as the media calls it, "werewolves".

My biggest bit of evidence for the existance of werewolves, is that we have sightings of something called "bigfoot" all the time. There is research being done, foot imprints taken, hair samples and other direct evidence that some kind of large humanoid being does infact exist. But im fairly certain, that being is not a "ape-man" but rather a werewolf.

Now, think about it. Lets put on our fantasy hats for a second and pretend that there really is an ape-man called big-foot. Why is it so elusive? Why is it so hard to track and find? Especially when all footage we see of it shows a slow moving animal that is big and clunky? Here's why. A werewolf would be capable of turning back into a man, essentially eluding capture and no one would be more the wiser to that fact. Another coincidence, why havent we found any bones of bigfoot? Here's why. If a werewolf died, it would revert back to human form.

About three years ago, my brother Eddie was camping in Tennessee(near Oak Ridge if you've ever been there), and he saw what looked like a werewolf in the forest. Here's the picture he took before it ran off

http://www.picfury.com/b/werewolfinforest-2-th.jpg

The picture may be hard to see, it was taken at about 11pm at night(when he was headed back to camp) and it wasnt a full moon. He sketched it about a week later when he returned home with us, here's what he drew

http://www.picfury.com/b/werewolf-2-th.JPG

He described the ordeal as VERY fightening, and there was a horrible stench when he saw its outline up ahead(another synonymous detail with "bigfoot" sightings). But he clearly saw its head, and said it was a wolf animal, not a monkey. After he saw it, he said he got his picture and the camera noise made it run away on its hind legs through the forest. He later said the camera probably saved his life, he was worried it could of attacked him.

Has anyone here ever experienced things like this before? I know my brother eddie isnt the only one.

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That'd be cool and frightening, if it existed. There's a lot we don't understand about our world, but I don't think that Werewolves or other mythical creatures like them exist.

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This is like finding evidence on which the Vampire exists or not. :vikki: It's just an urban legend... I admit that I love them, but don't believe most of them. Not just because I can't accept it or I'm scared of it... just because I'm facing reality and using my common sense. No one has found proof that the so called, 'werewolves' exist. Bones or corpes has never been found... If they do exist, there has to be some significant evident of its remains. It is Just a legend... long series of evolved stories uttered from people worldwide with no actual proof makes things more entertaining to others.

With fake evidence and hoaxes, it causes an obvious increase in the popularity of those legends. It is natural for humans to do so in a bored environment depending on their personality... Those who create those hoaxes are a cry for attention on the media and the news because the more popularity on those hoaxes the more famous you are. One man who made put a toy dinosuar on the lake of the Loch Ness, pictured below:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...essmonster.jpg

Is a hoax proved recently. He was merely playing around with his camrea, and one of his friends saw the picture and made a fortune with it. This is how it goes with legends. Same with the so called, 'plaster castings of a big-foot foot print' or a man in a fur suit walking across the creek which resembles a bigfoot.

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See, I would think that a werewolf would not be frightened by the "click" of a camera. That does look like perhaps a reflective eye in the pic, but only one of them. Maybe a nose down to the right. But there is no evidence that I see for the existence of either. There is a diseas called something like porhphrryia(I have no idea how it is spelled), but some of the symptoms are similar to vampire and werewolf legends.

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I don't know about you guys, but I can't anything in that picture except a small white dot.

As for the existance of werewolves, I am skeptical. Werewolves are not wolves, so they shouldn't behave with pure animal reactions. It would be quite nice I think to have other humaniod species, but not a reality.

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Same.

And if he was so terrified, why did he take a picture?

Want to know how the UFO myth started? This guy said he saw a strange flying thingie at day this, time that. He described its flight as something akin to how a saucer would skip if you threw it across water. Almost instantly, some idiot who's misunderstood the message reports that he, too, has seen a big saucer-shaped space-craft. Pretty soon there are "eyewitnesses" all over town, and then all over the world - 99% of them describe the ships as "saucer"-shaped.

1. He doesn't exist (my theory:)).
2. We just haven't found any yet. Lots of fossils out there that have eluded us, and new ones turn up all the time.

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My opinion is that werewolves and vampires etc don't exist. Believe me, it is a very interesting topic and I find it intruiging. But the fact of the matter is there is no evidence to prove that they exist. Only stories and myths and no hard proof.

In regards to what you are saying concerning the bigfoot/werewolf link, wasn't the footage captured of bigfoot caught in the day, aren't werewolves nocturnal creatures? The guy who took the photo probably saw a bear, that explains why it ran off on its 'hind' legs and ran away from the click of the camera. I am sure a werewolf would not run away from anyone on there ownsome.

They could exist, theres things out there we don't understand... the world of the supernatural is a spooky place.. WwowooOWoooo.

Oh and on the UFO front. I would say that they are more beliveable than werewolves and vampires. There have been reports made by important people, 100s of thousands of sightings by civilians. Pilots from the 2nd world war would report seeing lights fly beside them. They called them Foo Fighters, thats where The Lord Grohl got the name of his band from. There is a whole lot of universe out there and I find it hard to belive that we are the only sentient beings in it.

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The drawing could, with some good-will, be a bear. Actually, that's not such a bad explanation.

Not that it takes much:D (sorry, just had to say that).

Yes, there are lots of reports on UFOs, and no, mathematically we pretty much cannot be the only intelligent life in the universe. I even believed in UFOs for a while, though I don't any more.

Ghosts, however, I'm less sure of, so I'm a bit of a hypocrite when it comes to believing and not believing in supernatural stuff, after all:o.

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Personally I don't believe in turn-into-a-were-wolf-at-midnight sort of werewolf, I just believe in a wolf with human intellegence. Anyway, how do we know it isn't the other way round? Wolves turning into humans at midnight?

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You believe evolution is fake, but bigfoot and werewolves are real?

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Inspired and hilarious. Good work. :lol:

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And intelligent analysis of werewolves? They don't exist. That is a much debate any mature, rational person can have on the topic.

Oh, and JP, he also believes that he saw some sort of flying dinosaur.

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You want my opinion? They simply don't exist (never as well) and only come from some dark and old history of the Middle-Ages obscurantism.

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Folk lore and fairy tales under the guise of intelligent debate. Nice one…
Weather or not such myths are true is irreverent discussion.

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Doesn't mean you can't have fun discussing them, spoil sport. Although it should probably be in GD in that case.

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I’m sure there is a small interest in such discussion. I just don’t see why. Let alone believe intelligent and werewolve belong in the same title of anything.


Anyhow rather then continuing my critical stance on the subject, ill leave ya all to it.

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irreverent, how so Sedistix? I would use the quote thing but i can't seem to work it out at the moment lol

Some people believe in this stuff so much that they dedicate their whole lives to it. Try telling them that they don't exist without being able to back up your accusations and they'll come up with a 100 reasons to prove to you that they do. No matter how crazy they appear to be to you.

I don't belive in werewolves etc, but as I said, the theory is interesting. Some peoples of the world are bought up beliving in this stuff and it's as real to them as a bigmac or le bigmac is to us.

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I see werewolves, vampires, and Frankenstein’s monster as fairy tales, with little substance beneath them. Comparable to soon to be old and decrepit versions of the Hulk, Superman, Spiderman and so on. Give these comics and other newer things several hundred years, and they’ll surely be legends of folk lore too.

Just think about it from the time period. Long ago, comics didn’t exists so entertaining and or frightening tales were told as verbal stories. They were created to evoke thrills of heroism, emotion and tension. Usually for children at bedtime. After time, there age old status became legendary and widespread. Thus perpetuating the very existence of the tale. No hard evidence of any kind can be found on any of them. At least any evidence of creatures. Truth can be found in some of those fairy tale stories, just none pertaining to those oh-so-magical entities.

Like I said, I’m critical on fairy tales, especially those with absurd creatures…

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God is an absurd notion to a lot of people but he's been around since creation and I don't think he'll be disappearing in a hurry either. There is no proof of him, yet god knows (boom boom) how many believe in him.

I know where you are coming from though, in regards to them being fairytales comparable to aging comic book characters. But you don't get people in real life say that they were walking down the road at night and were attacked by The Hulk. But you do get reportings of people being bitten by vampires etc etc.

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MACKAY (C.). Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds. Kent, Wordsworth, 1995, 724 p.

:)

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No, he believes in evolution but not in bigfoot, werewolves or god.

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Werewolves are AWESOME...I like the Lichens or w/e u call them from underworld, although the vampire chicks were hot...
They don't exist and ur bro probably saw something he didn't see, when ur alone and scared u tend to hear and see strange things...
Werewolves don't exist, but oh man to be strong and fast and be able to howl really awesomelike at the sky would be great.

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There have been countless people who report seeing "hairy large men" in the wilderness. It is my proposal that they are not "bigfoot", but rather werewolves. And when you think about it, the evidence is there to support such an idea. We havent found any bones, because when a werewolf dies, it reverts back to human form. Besides, if this were a court case a jury would have immense evidence if so many people claim to have seen the same thing.

As for vampires, it is generally agreed upon by most scholars and archaeologists that they went extinct a little over 500 years ago. As for Loch Ness, its existance doesnt surprise me. And it makes sense, considering that it IS a dinosaur, and not all dinosaurs died out during the global flood.

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You're pretty hypocritical you know?

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Every year, around the end of december, lots of people report seeing a fat, bearded man, in a red and white outfit handing out gifts to small children. We havn't found any bones of this elusive fat man, because he rides a magical sled that flies trough the air and because he hides on the north pole with billions of elves the rest of the year. But that doesn't mean he's not real.

Stop pulling shit out of your ass. Archaeology and science in general does not recognise vampires or anything similar. They treat them like the bible and most religion. Maybe that's why you're so fascinated by them.

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Also hes a bit hypocritical by believing in the bible and opposing against evolution, Like you said JP.

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Actually, in the past it was quite common for devout christians to believe in superstitious bullshit like witches and werewolves.

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In the past. And as you said, "bullshit".

You know, hardcore Confederate rednecks are supposed to hate black people, not want to be them.

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http://www.picfury.com/b/img/werewolf-2.JPG

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ltjeskrant.jpg

im convinced.

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zomgz, paper owl picture, it muzt be real!

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Funny that, I am one of those people. Funny that, it isn't true.

True. Read the book I mentioned. ;)

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There's lots of weird stuff in the world. But werewolves...? :rolleyes:

Reminds me of an old ancedote from my father in his scouting days. The older boys in his troop would scare the little guys at camp by telling them the story of the mutated wolverines, who would crawl in through the cabin window and eat you.

While the story is being told in the dark, several fellow conspirators sneak around outside and start scratching on the walls and windows... :lol:

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I hope he won't attempt another "salem witch trails". :rolleyes:


My father tricked me with this so called, "Snipe Hunting". With a flashlight and a baseball bat... I was convinced until well, My father ruined everything by attempting to make sound effects with his voice.

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Oh man, I remember doing that. My sound effects were AWESOME, though, so it amplified the worry of the little ones.(A family thing, not Boy Scouts. I am not a fan of Boy Scouts)

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Did you know the word "gullible" is written on your ceiling?

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I love snipe hunts. Of course, you have to do it a few miles from home and then take off when your unsuspecting victim heads out for the hunt.

But snipes are real, just not the way we think of them in a hunting sense anymore.

http://www.aves.net/ohio-shorebirds/snipe-in-hand.jpg

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No, hunters of those are more accurately called "snipers"

No pun intended (accurate, snipers)

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AHH! Real Monsters!

:D I loved that show...

anyway, I don't believe in werewolves, but I DO know of some REAL monsters:

examples- polititians, HMO's, and of course, the Japanese Hornet of flying-2-inch-long-3-inch-wingspan-DEATH

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LOL this guy is crazy, if vampires existed oh man...i wish i could have a nice one suck me off with her fangs and see what its like...probably a bit painful but awesome at the same time. I love watching vamps suck on these big boobed girls...imagine yourself in his position...drain some from her neck and then catch a nice bite off her breast and...wow good shit!

WEREWOLVES ARE STILL BETTER THOUGH!!!....AHHHWWWWOOOOOO (howls)

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Sucking you off with her fangs(if they were real) would involve Mr johnson getting bitten and drained of blood. That doesn't seem fun to me.

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you cant be 21....its just not possible.....im guessing 4 or 5......




As for werewolves, vampires, santa clause, boogyman, joan rivers and bigfoot..............all fake, made up to scare people.........

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Wait, you mean Santa Claus isn't real?!? I knew about Joan Rivers, but not Santy Claus!

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I don't what is so big-fussed about finding higher intelligent life or weird creatures. It's just money been thrown away.

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I never really doubted the paranormal so i guess in some way i believe that werewolves are real....

As for your friends photo, i cant see anything cept a tree and a white dot.

The sketch looks more like a bear standing up right, and the fact that there was no full moon suggests its more a bear than a werewolf

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A bear would be a good explaination indeed, as they can stand up aswell..

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So, people of science actually believe in vampires and confirm that they were extinct only 500 years ago?! Thats not really that long ago and if they were real, there would be a hell of a lot more evidence and a lot of empty castles with coffins in.

Maybe these people are seeing real life 'hairy large men'. We get a load of them down our local, they are normally builders or hells angels. What they do in the woods is their own business... I wouldn't want to ask them to find out. That alone is more of an explanation rather than Bigfoot or a Werewolf.

The idea is fun, I've read Dracula and the Anne Rice Novels and yeah the notion is cool. But there is no way that anything of this sort exists otherwise there would be proper proof of them. They would be locked in a zoos or in travelling shows with the bearded lady, now that is something freaky!

I went to the Zoo the other day, but it wasn't very good, all it had was a dog.....

it was a shitzu :lol:

I wish I lived where Tear13down lives though.... cool place, sounds like Disneyland.

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How about he made it up?

If it was a bear, the kid would have been killed. At the very least, he would have drawn a much fatter picture than what he did.

I think I speak for all of us here when I say what the fuck...

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Well I don't know about werewolves, but I definitely believe in vampires. Nothing like Dracula and all that nonsense -- in reality they're far worse. They have their fingers in everything, they take money from industries and people alike without their consent and sometimes even without their knowledge, and the government actually encourages and supports them. How do I know this? Well, I've spoken with one of them. He was part of an organisation known as the Inland Revenue, though it goes under different names in different countries. The organisation has existed in one form or another since the 1600s at least, and its very powerful.

Not everyone; I just ignore him. It's pretty obvious that he's a troll, possibly one of the 'proper' ones from times of yore.

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I share the sentiment.

Some how sexual fantasies involving vampirism was brought into play.

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Im afraid not, a bear looks nothing like a werewolf. Besides, there have been werewolf sightings in places that bears do not live.

Vampires did exist a little more than 500 years ago. But these were not the same kind(garlic, undead, coffins ect..) vampires that "hollywood" has portrayed for decades. The vampires I speak of were agents of the Illuminati who while practicing satanic rituals would sacrifice humans and drink their blood during ceremony. Although such dark rituals went out with the "blood cure-all commemoration", it was a very dark era in history(black plague anyone?). History doesnt lie.

Regardless, I sincerely doubt that the "hairy men" in the woods are hells angels or builders. Would it make sense for one of them to run around naked looking to eviscerate unsuspecting victoms? No. But would it make sense to do that if they were a werewolf who cannot control themselves? Absolutely. In remote areas of the world, the werewolves that have been spotted are known to be violent.