agownofcoalandglowingflame:history in the games {1/?} in the late sixteenth century, denizens
agownofcoalandglowingflame:history in the games {1/?} in the late sixteenth century, denizens of the small town of bedburg, germany believed themselves to be terrorized by a supernatural lupine beast: cattle were found mutilated; children and young women snatched from their homes, never to be seen again; men killed in horrific ways. the superstitious people quickly set out to hunt the monster down, determined to rid themselves of this plague of violence. one night in the surrounding forest they fell upon a well-to-do farmer named peter stumpp, supposedly just after he’d transformed back into a man. stumpp quickly confessed to every chilling act, claiming that the devil had gifted him with a wolfskin belt. the accessory, he claimed, allowed him to mutate into a lupine creature when worn, allowing him to satisfy his unnatural lust for blood. the belt, if it ever existed, was never discovered. peter stumpp was executed on october 31, 1589. his corpse was burned at the stake, his head placed atop the statue of a wolf. -- source link