There are modern scientists and psychologists that recognize a disorder which causes a person to believe that they are a wereanimal. The disorder is called Lycanthropic Disorder. It is a mental condition in which the patient believes that he or she is a werewolf. The subject does not change shape but takes on the characteristics of the animal. These people are treated by psychiatrists (Werewolf 5).
The belief in werewolves and their counterparts, the werecreatures, of the world has yet to diminish even after thousands of years. This could be based on common human stubbornness or to the fact that we have yet to prove that they do not exist.
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