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werewolves

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  1. Legendary human beings who are magically transformed into wolves. Werewolves supposedly prowl at night, devouring babies and digging up corpses, and cannot be killed with ordinary weapons. They are particularly associated with the full moon.


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But the agency did discover that a network of UFO believers within the Defense Department had created a program that investigated accounts of interdimensional creatures and werewolves on a ranch in Utah.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 22, 2026

She was also known for the Night World novels, which also feature vampires as well as witches, werewolves and shapeshifters, who secretly live among the human race.

From BBC Mar. 28, 2025

In Forks, a thriving commerce has grown up around the “Twilight” saga, drawing a steady stream of visitors to wander where its fictional werewolves and vampires roam.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2024

“An Earth with climate change and nuclear war and, like, zombies and werewolves is still a way better place than Mars.”

From Salon Nov. 27, 2023

Reyna swatted them aside with her modified duct-tape-coin-sword, but a handful of change wasn’t going to hold back a pack of werewolves for long.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

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