Only silver bullets or arrows can kill a werewolf. After death, a werewolf resumes his human identity. In the Middle Ages, many Europeans believed wolves were tools of the devil and the animals were ruthlessly hunted. Epileptics and the mentally ill were often brought to court and accused of being werewolves. A History Halloween Costume Poll Monsters and Imaginary Beasts Certain branches of Haitian and West African vodou, or voodoo, believe a spirit or spell can bring a corpse back to life to perform heavy labor or evil deeds for its master, a sorcerer.
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In August 1995, National Geographic magazine reported that men of the Ewe people of Togo , West Africa, chanted a blessing over sacred knives, which were then pointed at a chicken, which promptly shivered and died without being touched.