Werewolf Sightings In India!

Recently there was an incident regarding modern-day werewolf accusations in India. Perhaps the circumstances were coincidental, but a documentary about dholes; a reddish not quite a wolf but not quite a jackal type animal; was being filmed right next to a village where several young children were being attacked by animals. Authorities in the area initially blamed some sort of animal despite protests from villagers that a werewolf was responsible. Instead of blaming the dholes, an animal known for taking down prey much larger than itself by working as a team with other dholes, the blame actually turned to three local men thought to be werewolves.

While there was no hard evidence at then men actually caused the attack there was reasonable suspicion for werewolf accusations. In fact, the attacks on children did in fact stop after the three men were killed by an unruly group of villagers. In all likelihood, there is no such thing as werewolves and even if there were, there is little proof linking the three aforementioned men to the attack. Also, it is most plausible the carnivorous dholes are the culprits of the unfortunate attacks as it is consistent with their attacking of their prey in large groups. However, there seems to be little to argue against since the attacks stopped after the three men were killed.

In India, a culture rife with mythology and superstition, it does seem plausible to a westerner that they are able to write the attacks off as due to the local were-men. It is particularly of note that none of the men were suspected of being a werewolf until the attacks started and even more interesting that the attacks did not start until the dholes population was being studied for a documentary. Nonetheless, the attacks have stopped and the dholes’ population remains undisturbed next to the village once again.