Declassified documents from a defunct Cold War-era intelligence program known as Project HOLLOW VEIN describe multiple encounters with non-human bipeds—creatures matching ancient descriptions of lycanthropes. Not mythical beasts, but engineered anomalies.
From 1952 to 1981, NATO intelligence flagged 36 incidents under codename “MOONFALL,” all within forested or isolated zones. Witnesses consistently reported:
• Heightened aggression during lunar cycles • Unnatural regeneration speeds after injury • Bipedal movement with canine distortion • “Voice mimicry” — an ability to imitate loved ones’ voices
“We found claw marks inside the APC. From the inside. The bodies… they weren’t torn apart. They were opened.” — Classified field log, Estonia, 1974
Some reports suggest the lycanthrope wasn’t a mutation, but a military weapon — an attempt to bio-engineer a perfect predator, hidden beneath human skin. Unstable. Uncontainable.
Not a man cursed by the moon. But something created, buried, and now escaping control.
The howl you hear in the forest might not be natural. It might be the echo of a forgotten program, still running in the dark.