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Every now and again someone, somewhere?finds little stone heads for which?gigantic, misshapen?wolves always come hunting. Well to be sure, we said ‘every now and again’ – but we meant it only happened once that we’ve heard of. And incidentally – those wolves we mentioned, well they?don’t just track you as you and your over-sized Spider-Man backpack walk to school – they?angrily?plod through?your house too. Searching all the while.
There are dozens of reasons why you might encounter a werewolf. It could be because you’re relentlessly pursuing his daytime human girlfriend. It could be because you’ve left one too many roses on the grave of his long-dead mother who was totally vivacious back in the day. Lastly, it could be because you’re at a science fair.
We’ve a theory that werewolves really love science fairs.
As it pertains to this story – another way to meet a supernatural spirit-dog beast is to dig up two stone heads in the back yard. Once you’ve done that, the heads’ protector will show up to track them down mercilessly. It’s quite terrifying, actually. Here’s the story as told on MysteriousBritain.com:
“It was 1972, and at the Robson family home in Hexham, only ten minutes walk away from where the legendary Wolf of Allendale had roamed the woods, the two young Robson brothers dug up two small, carved stone heads whilst they were tending the garden. Several nights after the discovery of the stone heads, neighbour Ellen Dodd and her daughter were sitting up late one evening when both of them witnessed a “half-man, half beast” entering the bedroom. The pair screamed in terror but, the creature seemed indifferent to them and simply left the room, heard to be “padding down the stairs as if on its hind legs”. Later on, the front door was found open. It has been thought that the creature had been in search of something, and had left the house to continue searching elsewhere”
But what could be so important that a freaky demon gets sent up from the depths of hell to collect? The website Profiling the Unexplained gives a great description of the two heads:
“The stones, which were called the Hexham-heads, represent two different types. The first was similar to a skull and seemed to bear male traits; it was called ?boy?. The stone was of a greenish grey and glittered with quartz crystals. It was very heavy, heavier than cement or concrete. The hair seemed to run in stripes from front to back. The other head, the ?girl? was similar to a witch. It had wild pop-eyes and the hair was tied back to some knot. In the hair, traces of yellow and red colour could be found.
“After they have dug up the heads, the boys took them into the house. Thereby, the whole disaster commenced. The heads turned round without reason, objects broke to pieces without evident cause. When the mattress of one of the two daughters of the Robsons was dotted with broken glass, the girls moved out of the room. In the meantime, a mysterious flower bloomed at Christmas exactly on that spot, where the heads were found. Besides, a strange light was glowing there.”
And there’s the wolf – we already told you about that a bit. Well just after that the heads were given to Dr Anne Ross, who was a Celtic expert of one type or another. She said the heads were around 2000 years old. Almost as soon as the heads arrived – Ross got a visit from the wolf too. Here’s her account according to a site called GoArticles.com:
“In her own account Anne Ross described how, one night shortly after their arrival, she woke up suddenly at 2 a.m. feeling chilled and extremely frightened. At the instant of awakening she saw a tall, jet black wolf-headed figure standing against the faint white of the open door. It then moved out into the corridor and she felt an irresistible urge to follow it. This she did, seeing and hearing the figure clearly as it made its way down the darkened staircase and along the corridor towards the kitchen. Anne Ross described the figure vividly, reporting not only its blackness and tallness but also its distinct part animal, part human appearance. As the creature neared the kitchen the spell broke and Anne Ross felt fear overwhelm her and so she rushed upstairs to awaken her husband. Together they searched the house for intruders but found no-one and nothing disturbed by any forced entry and eventually concluded that she must have suffered a particularly vivid nightmare…
“[Later, as Ross’ daughter]?recounted, she had returned to the empty house at 4 p.m. and opened the front door with her key. As it swung open she saw something large, dark and inhuman rushing down the stairs (which faced the doorway) toward her. Half way down it had suddenly stopped and vaulted over the banisters, landing with a soft thud like a heavy animal with thickly padded feet?”
So do you believe it? You thinking about throwing out all your Hummel figurines just in case? Well before you rush to judgement and?toss your fine collection that might rival that of elderly women everywhere – you should know there are sceptics. No – really there are. ?For instance – one man claimed he carved the two heads with his own hands. As proof of this he carved duplicates.
Did he really make the heads? Maybe. But the werewolf makes for a far better story.
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Sunny says
I love scary stories. Werewolves are much better than Zombies… or children with freaky black eyes… tell us another one…
gilbert wham says
Werewolves are better than zombies? Surely this ought to have spawned a furious internet debate by now? What’s going on around here?