The Curse of the Bedburg Werewolf

rmany once hunted a monster so terrifying… they claimed it wasn’t an animal at all.

They said it was a man. In the late 1500s, the town of Bedburg, Germany was haunted

by brutal attacks. Livestock torn apart… villagers vanishing… and bodies found with wounds no normal

wolf could cause. People began whispering about a shape-shifter — a werewolf. But not the Hollywood

kind. This one was said to walk on two legs, with glowing eyes, and claws long enough

to split bone. The townspeople accused a farmer named Peter Stumpp. They said he owned

a magical belt given by the devil himself, a belt that transformed him into a wolf whenever he wore

it. After weeks of terror, Stumpp confessed under torture. He claimed he hunted