Wolf Weather Coming, or, Don���t Let the Werewolves Bite

A cold week���s a-coming, according to the Weather Channel, at least around New Year’s to follow a warmer than usual Christmas week.�� Wolf weather — howling winds, increasing chill as the moon reaches full on Sunday, January 4.�� And of course, not all things that howl at the moon are necessarily natural wolves.�� Especially as the year comes to a close, and people huddle inside by the fire, steeling themselves for the long wait for spring.

But if one must go out, what then, especially with a full moon coming on?�� Herewith a few hints for your reading pleasure, the first a brief overview of lycanthropes from HALLOWEEN FOREVERMORE, by Donna Marie West, that can be seen by pressing here, followed by a second piece pointing up the three distinct classes of werewolves courtesy of GODS AND MONSTERS to be found here.�� Then finally a related case history ��� or is it? ��� an article on the 18th century Beast of Gevaudan in France by Jamie Hall via THE CRYPTID ZOO which can be be read here.�� Another theory on what the Beast really might have been, incidentally, is offered in the very good French film LE PACTE DES LOUPS, a.k.a. BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF.