In Werewolf Canada, vegetables eat you!

Yes, this story has it all -- Werewolves, man-eating vegetables, admonitions to children, and crazy Canadians:

A local urban legend claims a produce farmer in nearby Fort Whyte was bitten by a werewolf in 1917 during a full moon.

The farmer, who ate his produce regularly, was then eaten by his prized fruit and vegetables-turned-werewolf produce.

This mutant produce werewolf now stalks the streets of Whyte Ridge gobbling up children who refuse to eat their fruits and veggies.

For the past five years, Boris Danyliuk has built a giant replica of the vegetable-werewolf in his front yard, and for the past five years, no one in Fort Whyte has been eaten by broccoli.

Coincidence? Or is your celery just waiting for the right moment to pounce? Beware when the celery stalks...

The Beast of Bladenboro

The stories start Jan. 4, 1954, with the deaths of three dogs, their “skulls crushed in and chewed.”

Cryptomundo has two great articles on the Beast of Bladenboro, one describing the attacks attributed to this unknown creature, the other giving a picture-perfect tale of the frenzy which erupted in this small town as hundreds of hunters and reporters descended upon it to catch the Beast.

A hog was found partially eaten, and a goat died after its nose was bitten off.

"I don’t know what it was that killed that goat," said present Mayor Livingston Lewis, who saw the dead goat, "but something took its nose right off."

The consensus after all these years is that the Beast was some sort of cat, though the possibility of it being a coyote, bear, or even wolverine is not discounted. What does this have to do with werewolves? Other than the identity of the Beast, this story is a near-perfect match with accounts of werewolf hysteria in medieval Europe. Gruesome animal deaths followed by sightings of an unknown creature bring a town to a frenzy which nearly wipes out whatever animal is most suspected in the area; wolves in Europe, big cats in Bladenboro. It's a fascinating look at how a comtemporary community reacts in the face of the unknown.

She was minding her own business when she looked up and saw the “beast” stalking toward her. It was only about 20 feet away, she told the Morning Star.

Kinlaw screamed and ran into the house. Her husband, Charles Kinlaw, grabbed his shotgun and ran outside but only found cat-like paw prints all around his yard.

Everyone’s worst fears seemed to be confirmed. The beast had shown interest in a human.

Good stuff.

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Leonid Kliuchevskiy of Perm announced that he belongs to the ancient clan of werewolves. All men in his family are covered in grey fur and have a green mark on the cheek. In order to avoid physiological changes Kliuchevskiy became a police officer.

Read the full article at Pravda.