22:34 18 May 2016
Residents of Hull have reported several sightings of a mystery “werewolf” with witnesses saying that the 8ft “beast” is a half-man-half-creature that feasts on dogs. The reports have terrified locals and sparked a hunt for the creature.
Some believe it is an old folklore legend called Old Stinker, a wolf that transforms into a man at the full moon. Witnesses claimed to have seen it at an old water channel called the Barmston Drain while a woman claims to have seen the beast stand on its hind legs in a terrifying incident.
She said: "It was stood upright one moment. The next it was down on all fours running like a dog. I was terrified.
"It bounded along on all fours, then stopped and reared up on to its back legs, before running down the embankment towards the water.
"It vaulted 30ft over to the other side and vanished up the embankment and over a wall into some allotments."
Mike Covell, an expert in the supernatural and Hull resident, said: "I was sceptical at first, but then more and more people contacted me saying they had seen the same thing.
"No one really knows what to do. You can hardly pop down the local council office or police station and say you’d like to report a werewolf."