The Werewolf of Jarnitz

In Jarnitz, Germany, there lived a werewolf who was believed to have the ability to transform himself into anything. This werewolf was said to spend the whole evening thieving sheep to their pen. During those days, the shepherd is keeping all the sheep inside the enclosure every evening. Eventually, the shepherd noticed the alarming rise of the stolen sheep. He started guarding the pen at night while armed with a loaded gun, hoping that he would come across the robber of the sheep.

 

The Werewolf of Jarnitz: The Shepherd Account

 

There were nights that he could sight the sheep, and he managed to hit it with his gun. However, to his surprise, it doesn’t seem to have any effect on the werewolf. Finally, the shepherd decided to load his gun with a silver bullet. Those silvers are his inheritance, but he decided to melt them and turn them into ammunition. This time he believes that he would be able to pin down the creature.

 

The Identity of the Werewolf of Germany

 

The shepherd did his night patrol again as he usually does. The werewolf appeared again that night, but as he was getting close to the sheep inside the pen, he felt a sensation that the shepherd might be able to kill him this time. The werewolf immediately reverted to his human form and approached the shepherd. He told the shepherd that there was no need for the shepherd to kill him. The shepherd appeared to be familiar with the werewolf as he lowered the gun that he was aiming at him a while ago.

 

After this incident, the werewolf of Jarnitz never stole a single sheep again. Jarnitz is said to be a town on the Rugen Island near the Baltic Sea. Similarly, there are other legends about werewolves in Germany, such as the Benandanti werewolves.