Unidentified creatures
Cardiff’s Werewolves: The Halloween Legend Built at Forest Farm
A University of South Wales team turned a Cardiff nature reserve into a walkthrough werewolf rite, then studied how a crowd helps a monster feel real.
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Um Lobisomem Cacerense: A Brazilian Werewolf as Social Satire
Daniel Genuino's 2016 novel borrows the werewolf legend of Cáceres, Mato Grosso as an allegory for corruption, trafficking and public health.
Unidentified creatures
The Besançon Werewolf Trials: Bourgot and Verdun in 1521
Pierre Bourgot and Michel Verdun were accused of crimes in wolf form in 1521. Their confessions left a long shadow over werewolf history.
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Follow the Bray Road legend, a hunter’s reported encounter and a review of Linda Godfrey’s Dogman investigations.
- An American Werewolf in… America The Beast of Bray Road
- Hunter Hesitates to Shoot the Bray Road Beast
- The Michigan Dogman: Werewolves and Other Unknown Canines Across the USA
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- The Vampire of Highgate Cemetery
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Rougarou Fest 2026: Houma’s Werewolf Weekend and the Wetlands
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Nantes Put a Werewolf in Its Anatomy Lesson
Werewolves & Dogmen
Salu'ah, the She-Wolf of Arabia
Unidentified creatures
Janaina Wagner’s Lobisomem: The Werewolf in Iron and Film
Unidentified creatures
Cardiff’s Werewolves: The Halloween Legend Built at Forest Farm
Werewolves & Dogmen
Um Lobisomem Cacerense: A Brazilian Werewolf as Social Satire
Unidentified creatures
The Besançon Werewolf Trials: Bourgot and Verdun in 1521
Unidentified creatures
Attention: Créatures! Quebec’s Monsters Enter a Poet’s House
Werewolves & Dogmen
Southern Ontario Dogman Account: A July 2016 Roadside Recollection
Werewolves & Dogmen
Riga Dogman Account: The Husky That Seemed to Wave
Werewolves & Dogmen
Werewolves at the Threshold: Samhain Wolf Lore from Cruachan (Not a How-To)
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Aillen Burns Tara: The Irish Samhain Monster You Weren’t Taught
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