Men become wolves have appeared in stories since before antiquity, but it was not until the Middle Ages that the word "werewolf" was used to describe solitary mingled with lycanthropy.
Perhaps the most critical account of a werewolf was the story of the real life of Peter Stumpp, who (after much torture) admitted to having the ability to turn into a wolf devouring animals and people alike, and even having sex with his daughter. Surprisingly however, the brutality of the execution overshadowed one of the heinous acts he admitted.
In 1589, a large wolf-like beast attacked the village of Epprath in western Germany. The animal escaped, but not before the villagers cut off one of his legs.
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A rich farmer named Peter Stumpp was brought before the courts, with overwhelming evidence that led the town to believe he was the beast - had Stumpp a real strain for a hand ... and on the same side as the beast had his removed.
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Sources say Stumpp real name was actually Stubbe, but because he had a stump for a hand easy nickname, I guess?
Before the trial of Stumpp, his body was painfully stretched on a rack. To avoid more torture, he admitted that the devil gave him a belt that turned it into a "ravenous wolf" eyes that "in the night sparkled like fire."
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Pretty poetic for a guy trying desperately not to be tortured again.
In addition admission to werewolf general act of eating people and infants from the womb, he also confessed devouring his son and having sex with both his daughter and a distant relative.
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in one embodiment the most brutal in history, Stumpp was tied to a wheel where men tore the flesh off of it with red-hot pincers. Its members were beaten until they broke. Finally, they cut off his head before setting him on a pyre with his daughter and his mistress.
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the story of Peter Stumpp reflects the infamous Salem witch trials in that man probably would not have admitted to these heinous acts if it has not been subjected to torture. This bizarre obsession for a scapegoat steeped in culture in the past, but is it really gone?

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