Re: [mythfolk] Werewolves?

[DESTINYSMOON1964]

Might I ask what you saw?  I would love to hear your story.  I  too saw 
"something" in 2003.
Esther
 
 
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i grant you all that, but it does not change what I and others have  seen
so, the truth is if we have all the answers why even discuss  it

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Sent:  Wednesday, October 29, 2008 11:55:15 PM
Subject: [mythfolk]  Werewolves?

I think any actual literal physical change of a human being  into a wolf, 
coyote, bear, tiger, or leopard, or vice versa, is EXTREMELY  unlikely, 
for two reasons:

(1) I find it very hard to think of any  plausible biological mechanism 
for radically changing anatomical  structures from those of one species 
to those of another species in just a  few minutes.

(2) The ENERGY needed for such a quick, radical physical  transformation 
would, in all likelihood, end up producing ANOTHER  well-known (and much 
better authenticated) Fortean phenomenon--  Spontaneous Human Combustion! 
Or are some SHC cases really unsuccessful  lycanthropy attempts? :-)

For these reasons, I have ALWAYS been  EXTREMELY skeptical of any and all 
"lycanthropy" and "shape-shifting"  stories, interpreted as literal 
physical transformations. However, I also  see no good reason to 
dogmatically reject several other Fortean and  paranormal explanations of 
seeming "lycanthropy, " "werewolf," or  "shape-shifting" cases:

(1) Spectral "Black Dogs" and "Phantom Wolves,"  a well-authenticated 
paranormal phenomenon, which sometimes manifests  shape-shifting (see 
Janet and Colin Bord, /Alien Animals/,  1981)

(2) Comparable spectral "Hairy Hominid" or "Bigfoot" cases, again  
sometimes manifesting shape-shifting (again, see Janet and Colin Bord,  
/Alien Animals/)

(3) Giant Monkeys, as posited by Loren Coleman and  Patrick Huyghe in 
/The Field Guide to Bigfoot and Other Mystery Primates/  (2006) as one of 
their nine basic types of frequently reported cryptid  primates, probably 
responsible for many "out-of-place kangaroo" and even  "goat-man" reports 
(and maybe even some "Bunnyman" cases? :-) )

(4)  "Ghosts" (whatever they might REALLY be), with seemingly few or no 
qualms  about shape-shifting

(5) Shamans with a mental or "psychic" capacity to  "hypnotize" witnesses 
into seemingly perceiving a "shape-shifting"  episode, who can 
telepathically induce people into seeing them change into  a wolf, bear, 
deer, or tiger!

All these, I think, I can more or  less accept--far more than literal 
physical  shape-shifting!

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