One of the classic monsters which roam our world has been discovered in Brazil. A security camera supposively captured a real live lycanthrope (werewolf) roaming through the woods. This happened at São Gonçalo dos Campos, Bahia, Brazil on February 5th, 2014.
It is believed that in the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, these vicious beasts roamed free to hunt and prey upon unsuspecting humans – meanwhile being hunted themselves. Werewolves emerged in what is now known as Switzerland.
The persecution of werewolves and the associated folklore is an integral part of the “witch-hunt” phenomenon as well. Numerous films have been made about this beast which is part human, but with a large wolf head, fangs, claws and paws which are quite deadly.
As time passed ending the witch trial era, the werewolf legend was established and these part man and wolf beasts became part of folklore study. Eventually, the Gothic horror genre they became a part of. Even some stories feature these creatures entangled into romantic encounters; torn between killing with their primal instincts and their human side still maintaining control.
(The term lycanthropy refers to the ability of transforming oneself into a wolf and the act doing so)
Werewolf-like creatures are associated with gypsies in their camps, as a person may have been cursed thereby being changed or doomed to forever turn into this wolf beast.
This CCTV footage was caught on a garden camera in Brazil; the authorities there have now issued a curfew within the area as people are taking this seriously. Perhaps it is a prankster, but you never know keeping an open mind.