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Ethiopia's blood-thirsty werehyena 'has two mouths and buries victims alive'

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Beasts of the World author Andy McGrath says.A half-man half-hyena nocturnal hybrid often known as Bouda is believed to possess two mouths, large golden eyes and be entirely hairless but for a tuft on its upper back.

Feasting on the flesh of humans it calls out to, Andy says the werehyena is understood to suck blood from victims who it buries its alive to feed on later.

Myth also claims the monster 'laughs' like a hyena before calling people by name to lure them to their doom.Once in human form during the day, the werehyena can supposedly be spotted by its hairy appearance and foul stench.Andy says stories of the creature which to some are far more than just a scary ghost story, are enough for a sense of urgency to break out every time the sun goes down in certain communities.He said: "Each day, before the sun sets, local farmers can be seen racing home to lock their cattle indoors.

Market stalls hurriedly shut up shop and anxious mothers call their children home."Certainly, the dangers are very real, with savage hyenas, packs of wild dogs, lions, and even wolves inhabiting the region; making a cultural bogeyman a much-needed monster to warn the foolish away from venturing out unaccompanied into the night. "But does this legendary being constitute any more than a cautionary tale; or is there a real flesh and blood animal, inextricably melded into the myth of this sub-Saharan therianthrope?"Wicked anti-Semitism was once attached to the werehyena as blacksmiths — a traditionally Jewish trade in Ethiopia — were often accused of transforming into the savage predator.

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