Wampus Beast /Cat

Most every location in the Appalachians have heard tales of the Wampus Beast or Wampus Cat. In Northeast Tennessee, it is half woman half cat, all terrorizing, kills animals, steals children and smells like a skunk. It is said that if the Wampus Cat crosses your path it's bad luck. That would have to be the very best you can hope for if you run into this creature. Scary takes of the Wampus Cat have been around for hundreds of years. The Cheerokee called her Ewah. The legend is that a Cheerokee woman who didn't trust her husband decided to follow him on a hunting trip one night. She put on the skin of a mountain lion and crept after him into the woods. When the medicine man found out she had been trying to spy on her husband, he cursed her to forever wear the mountain lion skin. Now her spirit forever roams half cougar half woman. Many white settlers claimed to see the Wampus Cat. In our recent times residents of Knoxville Tennessee and many other towns have reported sightings. They claim it is a cat like beast that walks on it's hind legs and has glowing, hypnotic eyes. The sightings continue even from places like the University of Tennessee campus. One report came from Brunswick County, North Carolina. A few years ago an unknown predator mauled a pit bull and killed two puppies. Residents feared it was the same animal that killed three dogs in September 2007.Animal Control investigated the animal tracks, droppings and other clues but couldn't determine what attacked the dogs. Three inch paw prints were found at the scene. The West Virginia legend of the Wampus Beast is of an old woman who lived by herself in the hills. People called her a witch. Local folks were complaining that their livestock were being hexed and coming up missing. The old woman was blamed They said she would turn herself into a cat and hide until a door was opened. She would dart into the house and wait until the people fell asleep. She would then cast a deep sleeping spell on the farmer and jump out the window to steal livestock.