A Rougarou is a werewolf from Cajun folklore said to lurk around the swamps around New Orleans. Like a typical werewolf a Rougarou lives as a man during the day, forever fearful that his nature will become known by his neighbors and family. As night approaches however, a insane bloodlust overtakes them, and they must satisfy their craving or go mad. It is believed that a person becomes a Rougarou by way of a curse or hex put on them by a witch. Such curses are usually for a finite period of time, usually three cycles of the moon, after which the victim is usually either dead (hunted down or by their own hand) or they have passed on the curse to another through their bite. In some legends, just looking at a Rougarou in wolf form will turn a person into a Rougarou.
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