Anderson "Werewolf" of 1945 Remains Mystery

Greg Wilson/Anderson Observer

In the autumn of 1945, Anderson County residents were a little nervous after the son went down, due to reports of a werewolf prowling the cities and farms.

Eviscerated animals, multiple sightings of a dark animal standing on hind legs and moving quickly, took hold as news reports in both newspaper and radio stations spread the news and the panic. A team was hired to hunt the beast, but none was ever found. Even a West Coast “werewolf expert” failed to discover where the beast came from or why it left.

Some say it could have been a panther which wandered down from the mountains. Others suggest a bear. But whatever it was, it remains a mystery that is fun to revisit this time each year.