Are werewolves real or are they just part of stories engineered to stand our hair on end? Are they the'real deal' or simply the figment of the fruitful imagination of horror story writers? I will let you decide.
It happened in Britain in 1591. The details are a little flaky as the only remaining written account was taken from a 16-page flyer that was written about the events. Just two copies remain. Many records of the period were destroyed during wars that have been fought in the area over the centuries. But here is what we know :
There were a rash of horrible deaths in the country around the German towns Cologne and Bedburg. The accounts are truly hideous ( half-eaten human remains ). Some people cornered a huge wolf that was thought to be in charge of the deaths and set their dogs on it. They started to attack the wolf with sharp sticks and spears. The wolf didn't attempt to run away or to protect itself. It stood up on its hind legs, and the residents recognized him as a middle aged man. He was Peter Stubbe from the same village.
Stubbe was put on the torture wheel. He finally admitted to having murdered, drank the blood of, and eaten 16 people, including two pregnant girls and thirteen kids. According to the flaky accounts of these events, Stubbe began to practice sorcery when he was 12. Ultimately he began to take the guise of a wolf. When he was in the form of a wolf, he would rip the throats of his victims and drink their blood and then eat their flesh.
Stubbe was tried, found guilty, and executed. The execution was a dire affair. His skin was pulled off with a red-hot pincer. His legs and arms were all broken and his head was cut off. What was left was burned to ashes.
Stubbe's brutality and savagery were beastly and his acts were easily associated with the behaviour of a wolf. People started to believe that such part-human/part-wolf creatures were living among them and they called them werewolves. - 29772
It happened in Britain in 1591. The details are a little flaky as the only remaining written account was taken from a 16-page flyer that was written about the events. Just two copies remain. Many records of the period were destroyed during wars that have been fought in the area over the centuries. But here is what we know :
There were a rash of horrible deaths in the country around the German towns Cologne and Bedburg. The accounts are truly hideous ( half-eaten human remains ). Some people cornered a huge wolf that was thought to be in charge of the deaths and set their dogs on it. They started to attack the wolf with sharp sticks and spears. The wolf didn't attempt to run away or to protect itself. It stood up on its hind legs, and the residents recognized him as a middle aged man. He was Peter Stubbe from the same village.
Stubbe was put on the torture wheel. He finally admitted to having murdered, drank the blood of, and eaten 16 people, including two pregnant girls and thirteen kids. According to the flaky accounts of these events, Stubbe began to practice sorcery when he was 12. Ultimately he began to take the guise of a wolf. When he was in the form of a wolf, he would rip the throats of his victims and drink their blood and then eat their flesh.
Stubbe was tried, found guilty, and executed. The execution was a dire affair. His skin was pulled off with a red-hot pincer. His legs and arms were all broken and his head was cut off. What was left was burned to ashes.
Stubbe's brutality and savagery were beastly and his acts were easily associated with the behaviour of a wolf. People started to believe that such part-human/part-wolf creatures were living among them and they called them werewolves. - 29772
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