Impundulu Vampire Bird
In South Africa traditional beliefs and legend says that there is a creature called the Impundulu (or izulu) aka “lightening bird”, which is a winged bird-like creature which can masquerade as a human. Most of the time it recognizable as a huge black and white bird of prey which has the ability to strike lightening [...]
Werewolf Body Part Regeneration
Werewolf myth A werewolf cannot regenerate body parts – in other words if a werewolf loses a body part it does not grow back. Some have hypothesized that it might be possible through a p-shift, however while the mind is an incredibly strong thing, it is not strong enough to recreate an entire limb. A [...]
Vampirism
Vampirism is the act, practice, and condition of being a vampire – in other words, the condition of living off the energy of another being. With vampires, this normally means sucking their blood. When someone is accused of being a vampire, basically they are being accused of vampirism. There are three possibilities as to what [...]
Werewolf Hunter in Washington
Earlier this week a man on Bainbridge Island – which is located near Seattle, Washington – was found waving a sword and claiming to be a werewolf hunter. The man was outside of the parking lot of a ProBuild hardware store. He claimed he was “hunting werewolves and chuds”. The man was taken in for [...]
Silver Bullets vs Lone Ranger
Silver bullets have been associated with werewolves not only in movies, but also in alot of werewolf folklore. Werewolf folklore says that werewolves are vulnerable to silver. When humans discovered this, they developed the silver bullet as a means to safely destroy the werewolf as it was easier to project a silver bullet when confronted [...]
Vampire Characteristics
Although the characteristics of vampires vary depending on who you are listening to or what legend / myth you are reading from, there are some traits that seem to carry over from legend to legend or story to story. The most common / typical vampire characteristics include the following: Fangs Almost all vampires are depicted [...]
Wolf Island
In different parts of the world, there are a few different references to places called “Wolf Island“. Are they home to wolves? Is there a wolf island – werewolf connection? And is it even possible for a wolf to live on an Island? Yes, it is possible for wolves to live on islands. There are [...]
American Werewolf
The American Werewolf in the World Among werewolves, the American Werewolf is typically seen as a wilder, more reckless, bolder type of werewolf than those from other countries. The American Werewolf does not have the reserve or patience of their European or South American counterparts, and tend to base their actions more on feeling rather [...]
Real Vampires
Real vampires??? Yes, there are people that are considered to be real vampires. Humans consider real vampires to be part of the occult. Most of the real vampires stay underground – meeting up in secret and keeping their identities secret just as werewolves do. But there is a small pocket of real vampires that want [...]
Werewolf Sightings in Virginia
One location of werewolf sightings is in Henrico County Virginia of a werewolf that has come to be known as the Werewolf of Henrico County. The story of the werewolf of Henrico County has taken on something of urban legend status…it’s hard to find true first-hand accounts – every thing heard about this particular werewolf [...]
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