“And he was driven out of men, and he ate grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, so that his hair grew like the feathers of eagle and his nails like birds. “claws” (Daniel 4:33, King James Version). Just like in the book of Daniel, instances of humans believing themselves to be animals have occurred throughout history. This condition, scientifically named Clinical Lycanthropy, is not only rare, but also very mysterious. The term Lycanthropy comes from two Greek words: lykoi, meaning wolf, and anthropes, meaning man. In ancient and modern legends, some were cursed with the ability to transform into an animal, most often a wolf. These humans were called lycans or werewolves (Vogt). Contrary to folklore, people suffering from clinical lycanthropy do not actually transform into beasts but suffer from illusions in which they believe they are transforming into animals (Liden). From the early 1500s to the early 1600s, more than 30,000 people were labeled as werewolves. These humans were shunned and the subject of a criminal investigation. The less fortunate were even tortured or put to death (Vogt). Most of these people probably suffered from clinical lycanthropy. Although few of them were actually dangerous, a handful were deadly. In 1573, a man named Gillas Garner was arrested and accused of being a "werewolf." Near Dole, in France-Comté, several children aged nine to twelve years old were brutally murdered. Garner had savagely slaughtered them with what he believed to be his claws and fangs, then devoured the flesh from their bodies (Vogt). Victims of clinical lycanthropy have unmistakable common traits with each other and the symptoms they suffer from can be severe. The often invalid...... middle of paper...... things are possible. “And at the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored Him who lives forever (Daniel 4:34) . » Works Cited Daniel 4:33, King James Version Daniel 4:35, King James Version Liden, James D. (2008). Clinical lycanthropy. www.enigma2075.com Otten, Charlotte. (1986). The Lycanthropy Reader. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. Plaza-Cruver, Jennifer. (2010). “Lycanthropy: myth and medicine. » cryptozoology.suite101.com Rostenstock, Harvey, MD, Vincent, Kenneth R., Ed.D., (1977) “A case of lycanthropy”. www.primitivism.com/lycanthropy.htm Vogt, Katie Caldwell, Chris Gomez, Miriam Fussell, Meredith Wilson, Monique. (2003). Lycanthropy. www.lsu.edu/faculty/jpullia/lycanthropy.htm