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THE WEREWOLF OF WITTLICH
1988
Morbach munitions site, near Wittlich, Germany
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elow is an extract from D. L. Ashliman's Werewolf Legends from Germany web-site. Mr Ashliman has received two e-mails from separate sources, which makes this an interesting and credible story.
Have you ever heard of the Morbach Monster?
I first learned of the legend while I was stationed at Hahn Airforce Base, Germany. Morbach was a munitions site just outside of the village of Wittlich.
Supposedly Wittlich is the last town where a werewolf was killed. There is a shrine just outside of town where a candle always burns. Legend has it that if the candle ever goes out the werewolf will return.
One night a group of security policemen were on the way to their post at Morbach, when they noticed that the candle was out at the shrine, and all joked about the monster.
Later that night alarms were received from a fence-line sensor. When the security policemen investigated the call one of them saw a huge "dog-like" animal stand up on its back legs, look at him, and jump over the 7 1/2 foot chain-link fence. A military working dog was brought to the area where the creature was last seen, and the dog went nuts, not wanting anything to do with tracking the creature.
This occurred around 1988.
There have always been "ghost" stories dreamed up by bored security policemen, but this is one I have heard over and over again. Thought you might find it interesting.
E-mail received October 6, 1997
Another eye-witness account reads as follows:
"I was stationed at Hahn Air Base, Germany, from May 1986 to August 1989 as a security policeman, and it was my group that witnessed the Morbach Werewolf. Whoever told you the story about the monster that you put on your website had very accurate information. The creature that we saw was definitely an animal and definitely dog or wolf like. It was about seven to eight feet tall, and it jumped a twelve-foot security fence after taking three long leaping steps."E-mail received November 16, 1998
Update:
I
have recently contacted someone who served at Hahn Air Base from 1979 - 1981 and had spent a lot of time at Morbach. They unfortunately knew nothing of the legend of Wittlich and had heard nothing of any werewolf encounter however this is quite understandable as they were there 7 years before it happened and had lost contact with people at Hahn after they had left.Is there anyone out there who served at Hahn Air Base in 1988 ? Do you know of anyone who did ? If so, contact us below !
Sources -
Werewolf Legends from Germany by D.L. Ashliman
E-mails received from person serving at Hahn Air Base 1979-1988
As you can see this report lacks many vital facts. If you think you know anything about the Werewolf seen at Morbach we would love to hear about it. If you have any other information on a werewolf encounter we would love to hear about it too. You can contact us here :
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