‘The Werewolf Of… Hull?’ (2016)

‘The Werewolf of London’… starring Henry Hull. Hmmm….

You don’t expect to find werewolves in Yorkshire. You don’t expect to find even one. But several thousand people out there, over the past few years, have claimed to have seen a werewolf.

The Werewolf of… Hull?

They’ve dubbed the werewolf “Old Stinker.” They say he sneaks into the city through the storm drains. Have you ever tried to do that? I have. It’s not habit-forming.

If werewolves aren’t real, why do people say they’ve seen one?

You could hold a whole conference, trying to answer that question.

‘The Werewolf of… Hull?’ (2016)

Henry Hull in “The Werewolf of London”… Could we have Julie London in “The Werewolf of Hull”?

You don’t expect werewolves in Yorkshire. But for some thousand years, people in the cities of Hull and Kingston have reported them. A few years ago, “Old Stinker” (as they call him) was back, entering the city via storm drains.

The Werewolf of… Hull?

A sudden rise in tourism was eagerly anticipated, but it doesn’t seem to have worked out that way. No one got a photo or a video of Old Stinker. By and by the fuss died down.

… Until the next time.

The Werewolf of… Hull?

Don’t you mean Werewolf of London, starring Henry Hull?

Nope. We mean a werewolf known as Old Stinker, who may be sneaking around and even into the city of Hull in Yorkshire, England–at least according to the British news media ( http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/672636/Fears-American-werewolf-prowling-HULL ).

The werewolf is being sought by “paranormal experts.” I would like to know how you become a paranormal expert. If you or I went schlepping around wooded lots and abandoned factories and a cop asked us what we were doing, and we said, “Trying to catch the werewolf,” I fear it would go but ill with us.

Anyhow, it says here that people in Hull are actually afraid that Old Stinker is getting tired of lurking in the countryside and may have ventured into some of the less salubrious parts of the city.

They don’t fear God, but they’re afraid of werewolves.

If the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, what is the fear of werewolves?