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May 25

Bulgarian farmer discovers skull resembling werewolf in a sealed box

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A Bulgarian born farmer, Trayche Draganov, claims to have found a box, chained shut, containing a werewolf-like skull while ploughing a new section of field in the village of Novo Selo, Republic of Macedonia.

The account was reported to Ancient Origins by historian Filip Ganev, who spent time in Novo Selo while conducting research for his book on the Balkan Wars. Mr Ganev met the farmer, who showed him the box containing the unusual skull. He reported that the skull appears wolf-like with the exception of an enlarged cranium, a trait found only in primate species.

Mr Ganev photographed the skull and shared them with government wildlife officials, who concluded that it was likely a wolf that suffered from Paget Disease, a condition which causes the skull to increase in size and appear more human-like.

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The skull was found in a field in Novo Selo, a small village in the Republic of Macedonia

38 Responses to “Bulgarian farmer discovers skull resembling werewolf in a sealed box”

  2. david s

    The old Paget disease response from a govt official. Even in Bulgaria the govt if full of S#!& !
    here’s an idea Bulgarian govt official, how about testing it BEFORE you decide what it is? Just a thought comrade, 🙂

    • Thomas M

      Just spent a bit looking into this as well, and found plenty of examples of baboon skulls with 3-4 teeth in between the top canines. This looks identical to baboon from everything I can see- the only unusual thing about it is finding it chained in a box… Why? Interesting nontheless.

  4. Debbie C

    I wonder why the skull was chained shut and buried in a field?
    Perhaps their folklore legend thought it to be a
    werewolf? I don’t believe werewolves are real.

    • Steven B

      Werewolves in the “classic sense” no…however, there is strong evidence for large bipedal canids – which, mind you, would have possibly given rise to “werewolf” legends just as ole “Hungry, Hungry Harry” possibly gave rise to legends of ogres, trolls, and/or giants.

      Give a listen to the shows over at: http://www.dogmanencountersradio.com/show/ Especially episode 1, 16 (I think) and 43.

      Cheers
      Steve, RGV TX

      • Mark B

        I love the stories on Dogman encounters radio,but I hate (hates a strong word ) the host. He sounds so robotic and insincere. He has a small bag of responses for his guest no matter what the situation. ” Well Mark, nobody could blame you for feeling that way, I, for one, could not blame you” LOL

        • michael s

          lol i thought i was the only one who noticed everyone seems to go nuts for that show. i honestly thought it was some type of machine the first time i listened. as for the skull though… its definitely a baboon.

          • Steven B

            Hi Michael – I looked up baboon skull photos on the web – it seems that primates, including baboons, only have 4 teeth between the 2 large upper canines. This photo has 6, which is correct for a canid.

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  10. Eddie M

    Chained Shut for a reason. It does look like an ape skull. I suppose Coonbo was correct. Type 3. Anyone watch Cannibal in The Jungle? Rock Apes. Same deal as Megaladon Animal Planet dramamazation but, pretty interesting.

    • Rob C

      Cannibal in jungle was a disappointment but I do like those fake-umentaries on animal planet. I enjoyed the “I was bitten” show a few days ago though, kept the interest level throughout

  11. erin f

    that skull is not even from earth, clearly its a nordic joojoo that fought a pitch battle with the farmer and lost. the famer must have known anout the power of its eyes and thats why he encased the skull!

  12. Papa - Yeti

    This is just one strange world indeed, and so just think of haw strange things would be without centuries of scientists and religious fanatics suppressing and destroying evidence to keep the populace of dumbed down and oh so faithful. It does make you ponder upon the secret artifacts which have been rushed away and stored deep down within the vaults of the Catholic church and within the basement warehouse of the Smithsonian, meant to never be seen again.

    • Derek G

      Wow, I guess it is true! If you do not stand for anything you will fall for everything and fools rush in where angels fear to tread! Just a little notice and I guess somewhat off topic, any ignorant comments and mud slinging directed toward Catholic Church with absolutely no basis in reality will be corrected by me. You shouldn’t take cheap shots of others religion even in jest especially when you have absolutely no clue about the workings of the church you are speaking about. I don’t know much about the workings of the Smithsonian but I do know quite a bit about the Catholic Church and anyone that knows anything about Italians, “rushed or rushing away” is not one of their strong qualities. When you speak of the Catholic Church I presume you are talking not of the Church in general but of Vatican City/state in Rome and more specifically St. Peter’s Basilica within that city/state, mmm… or maybe you yourself have no idea what you were referring to. I lived and studied in Rome for 6 years and have been within the Vatican over 50 times and can guarantee you that there are no, deep dark vaults there. In fact the Catholic Church as an organization and government takes pride in preserving and displaying both the ancient and new artifacts which it possesses. Museums and churches with history going back to St. Peter and St. Paul are proof of this. Churches built under the order of Constantine the great after he elevated the Christian faith to the faith of the Roman empire back in the middle 300s with the edict of Milan are living proofs of this amazing heritage and patrimony offered to the world for free. Yes for free. Anyone can go to Rome and see for themselves some the most ancient and preserved art for free, particularly St. Peter’s Basilica. Of course some things are stored just like anyone would do with expensive and rare artifacts but to put a negative spin on this by comments like, “deep within the vaults of the Catholic Church” and “never to be seen again” doesn’t shed any light for me about the “Mysteries” of the “Catholic Church” but it does reveal much more about the “mystery” behind persons who would make off handed comments like the ones above. There is an appropriate quote for you popularized in Alexander Pope’s poem titled “An Essay on Criticism” (1709): “A little learning is a dang’rous thing;/Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.” You can look it up if the meaning or point is lost to you.

  14. Papa - Yeti

    If that is at all aimed towards me, LMFAO, oh but respectfully so… The list would be seemingly endless, and not worth my bother to dig them all up, and state then all… Why because it includes many who have been burned as heretics, and tortured by the all holy murderous Bastards and Rapists that have suppressed too damn many good people over the ages. Cultures destroyed and so damn many tortured for being who they were born to be. I am of the blood of not one but two Indigenous American Indian Nations, and of two tribes, not only going back many thousands of years before the oh high holly Peter and Paul who were brain washed, but further back when they were still just carbon upon a parched desert floor, of which they returned to be… Your Idols are not of my mind, heart, and Cultural heritage, but thank you.

    • Derek G

      Anyway…… As human beings I think we have all shared in one way or another in man’s inhumanity to man. It is not isolated to one or another particular group, party, nation or culture. It is a fact of life that there will be some individuals who for some reason choose to be the bullies orthe tyrants or who abuse responsibilities but fortunately all of the evils do not change or cancel out the fact that there have been many heroic souls who have sacrificed their lives for what is good, just and the true. None of us can claim to be 100% victims or to be completely innocent. A famous author and philosopher from England named G.K. Chesterton entered an essay contest to be written on the theme of “What is wrong with the world?”. He illustrated an important point on this topic. He could have, like all of us could, pointed fingers at one person, political leader, religious leader or other group but instead he chose to look at it from a different perspective. He wrote, “To whom it may concern, What is wrong with the world? I am. Sincerely yours G.K.” A simple truth… we don’t have to look to far to find problems with the world we live in. If we want that to change we start with ourselves. Take the plank out of your own eye before you start complaining about the splinter in your neighbors. Neither are your idols of my heritage but i must tell you my Great Grandmother was a Native of the Algonquin tribe.

  15. Papa - Yeti

    By observation of this image, the canine teeth appears to be more curved like that of a wolf as compared to the same front canine teeth of a dogs, but it is wolf like. But I have never see such a skull, it’s that low angular front sloping cranium. And those eye sockets and their positioning are just way wrong. There are no fresh breaks, or wires, I am going with the real deal. And if real, then we can say that they have Bi – pedal – wolf – creatures in Bulgaria. But what would have better assisted, would a dated artifact discovered along with the ‘chained box with the bizarre skull within it, and or the rest of the creatures skeletal remains. Is there at any possibility of examining it to perhaps retrieve any DNA material / marrow from its canine tooth? It’s a far long shot, but perhaps it’s possible to extract any.

  16. Kay S

    Whatever it is, I’m glad it’s not chewing on me…. Look at the size of those canines!
    Also it is/was a regular meat eater going by the wear on the bottom front teeth. The same wear as a dog gets in middle to later life. I know baboons eat meat, but do they do so as often as a dog? Would they have the same wear?

  17. Steven B

    I just noticed something…the skull isn’t huge by any means. Look at the size compare to the guy’s hand holding it. If it is a full grown animal, it would not be too big. Perhaps a juvenile of sorts…dunno, only an analysis of it would maybe tell.

  18. Steven D

    Just a guess but this was prolly a juvinelle of whatever was bothering the farmers at the time and was caught and beheaded and locked in a box to keep it from growing up and terrorizing them later.as far as the Vatican it’s no secret they do have many items stored beneath it to keep things out of publics eyes

  20. Tristene M

    Of all that bothers me in this story is, why was it chained in a box? What scared whoever was previous, to be so terrified that they would decapitate it and put it in a box, wrap chains around it and lock it, then dig a hole and bury it deep enough that it took at least a few decades to be found? A wolf or coyote or bear would be shot, skinned and made into something or end up a rug. An ape…I could see if before the mid 1900, it might be thought a monster and “shoot and shovel.” but that also begs to differ that no known ape makes N. America their home.. hmmm….. If sent to a lab it will be labeled dog or such or labeled contaminated. I wish a lab would simply provide the conclusion without bias. Who knows maybe it was a rabid canine.

  21. Papa - Yeti

    Perhaps the creature ate the original Bulgarian famer’s wife and children, scattering their pieces all about the field. That would do it, to cause him to come up from behind it as it was down upon all fours ravishingly devouring the victims and he swings back and chops of its head, as it fell away, the creatures eyes bulged and quivering, it headless corpse jetting blood, as it tries to rise upon wobbling dog -like legs, its razor sharp talons (which some claim are claws) retracting and reaching as its hair covered human – like hands and talon finger try to desperately attempt to grasp hold of its killer. Half insane crying and gasping in lungs full’s of air, the famer franticly spades the earth, deeper: “It must be dug deeper” he cries out, he takes the wooden box, and chains it, with the beast fowl putrid head within it, and he drops it down and covers the hideous beasts head forever, assuring that it never shall rise up again. And the Bulgarian authority looks the sobbing half crazed Bulgarian farmer / widower in his eyes, and he says: “This was a Baer!” “Do you understand that Drovnick!!” “It was a bear!” “Not a werewolf!”

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