Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Wednesday Weird: The Greggton Werewolf

Time for another post on werewolves for today's Wednesday Weird.

I've blogged about werewolves before, here, but its been awhile (years, apparently.)

Today we're going to talk about a fun little account from 1958.

In July of 1958 Delburt Gregg, of Greggton Texas was home alone while her husband was away.

The night was stormy and hot, so she moved her bed closer to the open window, hoping for a cooling breeze.

In the middle of the night, scratching sounds at the window would wake her.
When the lightning from the storm flashed, she saw a "huge, shaggy wolf-like creature" that was "clawing at the screen and glaring with baleful, glowing, slitted eyes."

Gregg jumped up from the bed and grabbed a flashlight. The creature quickly dashed into a large collection of bushes.

Gregg kept the flashlight on the bushes, waiting for the creature to emerge, but it never did.

Instead, a tall man rose up from the bushes and walked away, down the road into the darkness.



Thoughts or theories?

 

7 comments:

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

Maybe a prank? He had part of a costume on?

Rena said...

Prank seems about right. Especially since he just up and left. I feel like a real werewolf would have potentially been confused...

Rena said...

Prank seems about right. Especially since he just up and left. I feel like a real werewolf would have potentially been confused...

Nicola said...

oooh I've just finished one of Cherie Reich's short stories about a strange warewolf looking creature. Great stuff! Super post, Sarah. Thanks for sharing!

Maria Zannini said...

hmm...a Gregg from Greggton. I had to look up the town. It's barely a dot on the map but it's within 2 hours of me.

Dreaming? Drinking?

There was a loose lion once in my neighborhood, but I think he stayed a lion. :)

JoLynne Lyon said...

Never trust the things you see when you first wake up--or the last thing you see before you fall asleep. But always, write it down.

Emily R. King said...

Freaky! I would doubt what I saw, but hey, there are some weird things out there that can't be explained.

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