Each year dozens of encounters with upright canids are reported in North America. These beings often behave in similar ways with many reports recounting a creature that is aggressive, ghastly, and disturbing. While many theorize that the Dogman is some sort of unidentified species of animal, many believe that what they were confronted by was something else. Something more.

Perhaps, most terrifyingly, many of these encounters may have ended in death. A woman jogging on a country road in rural Ohio goes missing. A man hiking into the mountains of Alaska turns up mutilated beyond recognition. His face mangled by something that seems to defy the natural predatory animals of the region. Thousands of people go missing in the United States each year, and the latest film from Small Town Monsters and director, Seth Breedlove allows witnesses and a few brave investigators to present their theory that maybe, a real Werewolf is behind the disappearances.

American Werewolves aims to explore an oft-overlooked aspect of American folklore. However, where previous “STM” films delved into similar subject matter by presenting the details of the phenomena through a panel of experts, authors, folklorists and investigators, Werewolves leaves the storytelling to the witnesses. Comprised of around a dozen witness accounts, the film takes on the strange topic by leaving it up to the people who have experienced it to present it to an audience. Encounters discussed range from brief run-ins on rural country lanes to horrifying, face-to-face confrontations that seem like the stuff of nightmares. One witness even claims to have discovered the grisly remains of a werewolf victim.