That Werewolf Close To Home.

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I'd guess that most of us have seen the 'An American Werewolf In London' movie, where a small village on the northern moors
of England -called East Proctor, held a secret that was kept close to its resident's hearts.

And just like many small communities around the world, there are families that stick together with their shameful knowledge whilst
the world passes them by. The area mentioned in the article below is well-known for its weird sightings to those who follow the
mystery of shambling upright creature of the British Isles.

Lycans in Staffordshire: The Cannock Chase Werewolf

'After the Burgot and Verdun werewolves had been found guilty (which was easy, since they confessed to the crimes), they were
burned alive on stakes. Their fate wasn't unexpected since their terrible crimes occurred amidst the notorious inquisitions and
witch trials.

When it comes to places traditionally associated with werewolves, Staffordshire in England doesn’t make the top 10 list; let alone
the top 100.  Yet it seems there’s a tradition of werewolf encounters in the county, centered around one spot –Cannock Chase. 
So what’s going on in this quiet, rural English spot?

Cannock Chase isn’t a village or a town but an area of countryside designed as an “Area of Outstanding Beauty” by the local
government.  Located near the towns of Stafford, Lichfield and Cannock; this rural area first hit the headlines when the remains
of three murdered girls were found in the late 1960s –they became known as the Cannock Chase Murders.

The first noted sighting of the suspected Cannock Chase werewolf dates back to 1975, when a local paranormal group investigated
a series of sightings of a ‘snarling beast’ which reared up onto its hind legs before disappearing into some bushes. 
Further reports came from a local scoutmaster and a postman who separately reported seeing the creature around the German War
Cemetery near Camp Road in Cannock Chase.
Their descriptions both matched –a large dog that suddenly stood on its hind legs, to a height of almost seven feet, and then vanished
into the bushes.

Recently, in 2012, another sighting of the creature further corroborates suspicions that a werewolf is on the prowl and not some type
of large, escaped dog as some have suggested.  According to the blog Cryptid Chronicles, the witness and his friend were parked
in a layby (an area where cars can pull off the road and park) when they saw something moving in the bushes, roughly 10 to 15 meters
from the car.

He turned on the headlights and realized he was looking at the outline of a human-like figure that stood 7-8 feet tall, judging by the
surrounding features.  When the creature noticed them, it began to charge the car which prompted the witnesses to drive away.

The appearances of the werewolf aren’t the only strangeness reported in the area.  In 2008, Cannock Chase was named on a
declassified Ministry of Defense report as a hot spot of reported UFO activity for the entire country. Sightings included balls of light,
cigar shaped UFOs and a 10-foot light hovering over Stafford Road.

If alien visitors and a werewolf weren’t enough, there’s some healthy cryptid competition from a “Big Cat” reportedly sighted in the
area back in 2005. Thought to be either a panther or a leopard, the creature appeared almost from nowhere and was spotted by
group enjoying their lunch at the Cannock Chase Enterprise Centre.
They described the creature as a muscular black cat, around three feet in length.

Is there a connection between all of these varied events occurring in one small area? For now, it remains a mystery and may simply
be just a coincidence that UFOs, large cryptid cats and werewolves all hang around one lonely spot in Staffordshire but somehow
that seems unlikely…'

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