Vidor, Texas residents call a six feet with long, shaggy hair and a muscular canine body a werewolf. An elusive figure roams the night, clawing at the window screens, howling, and yelping like a wounded dog.
The following historical account was forwarded to me:
KILLER CREATURE STALKS VIDOR AREA
by John Rice
VIDOR, TEXAS- Twenty years old Bobby Bussinger got brave Monday night and decided to confront what North Tram Road residents near here are calling a werewolf.
By the light of a full moon, he took his .12 gauge shotgun and walked to the back edge of his cleared lot. To his surprise, the erect form described to be taller than six feet with long, shaggy hair and a muscular body, did not scare.
It came toward him. He shot in panic as he turned and ran back toward his house. He barely made it, he said.
Then he called the sheriff's office.
Bobby and his 18-year-old wife, Beckie, have lived at the house at 3925 N. Tram Road for 14 weeks. It is owned by her father. The couple has only been married a short time. They moved there two weeks after the wedding. Bussinger works as a laborer for a construction crew at the Goodyear synthetic rubber company near Beaumont.
They knew when they moved into the area, that previous tenants left because of strange occurrences during the night.
An elusive figure roams the night, clawing at the window screens, howling, and yelping like a wounded dog.
"It wasn't that bad at first," Beckie said from the safety of her parents' Beaumont home. "But Sunday night.
Deputy Sheriff Jack Reeves picks up the story. It was Reeves who responded at 11:30 PM to the prowler call. The Bussingers told him that Sunday night three of their dogs were believed killed. The hindquarters of two were maimed and the dogs died. One is missing. All three are puppies of mixed breed, part of the eight dogs the young couple kept on the property.
Monday night after sundown, as the moon moved into full phase, they heard a commotion "like a good sized dog fight, "Reeves said. There was ganging on the walls of the house, rapping on windows, heavy footfalls were heard outside, and an eerie barking a yelping filled the air.
Source: Orange County Historical Society, 1978
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