Below you will find a brief history of the Wolf Creek Forest. This data was compiled by a team of paranormal researchers last year on behalf of the family of one of the possible victims. For the complete history and to view the report click here.
The history of Wolf Creek is riddled with mystery and death. The American Indians settled in the area thousands of years ago and then, for reasons unknown, abandoned the land. When the first frontiersman arrived west of the Appalachian Mountains the Indians still did not permanently occupy the area. They claimed strange spirits roamed the forests and streams of the hills and river valleys. Some claim these same spirits were responsible for many of the unexplained murders and disappearances that occurred in the area in roughly fifty year intervals. The most recent event in which police reports report an unsolved homicide involving wild animals occured in 1991 on what was then the Wolf Creek Golf Course and Country Club.
Charles “Chuck” Wright, David Milby, Sam McCubbins, and Raymond Hodge were playing a late round of golf on a Friday evening in August 23rd, 1991. On the 16th tee, at approximately 7:28 p.m. EST, Chuck hooked his ball into the woods along the fairway. With the sun setting behind the hills, Chuck headed off to find his ball. Raymond’s ball landed nearby the edge of the woods and Sam’s and David’s balls both landed in the middle of the fairway about forty yards further down. They all stood waiting by their balls for Chuck to come back out of the woods.
In the words of Mr. Hodge who stood not 20 yards from where Chuck entered the woods, “I head a rustling sound, a low growl, and then this horrible screaming began and faded away as something crashed through the woods away from the fairway deeper into the darkness.” Raymond, without thought ran into the woods to find out what was happening followed by Sam and David but by then the screaming stopped and all was once again quiet.
They began calling out to Chuck but he did not reply. David ran back to the clubhouse to get help while Sam and Raymond looked around for some clue as to what was going on calling out for Chuck the entire time. They were no more than 25 feet into the trees and brush when the Sam found the blood. Sam later told reporters, “It was everywhere. The ground, the trees, the brush, everywhere… bits of clothing and blood and drag marks where something heavy had been pulled into the forest.”
Carrying their golf clubs as weapons, they slowly crept deeper into the woods, following the drag marks through the heavy brush, still calling out for Chuck. But the marks disappeared after about fifty yards. It was then that Raymond saw something crossing through the trees and brush up ahead. According to Raymond, “It was really dark and I couldn’t see very well and it was probably one hundred or more feet away… it was really dark… but it was big…I know it sounds crazy… but it looked like a really hairy man, but not really a man. The legs were odd, and the head was… well it was like some guy with a long face and long hair… I mean I couldn’t really see … like in a wolf mask and… I mean its eyes glowed… like a deer’s eyes in headlights… they were shining yellow…. I only caught a glimpse of it mind you, but… well then it dropped down on its hands and knees I guess… or all fours or whatever and in a flash it was gone… Then I heard the yipping and howling coming from an area down near the river. It sounded like more than one of whatever... My hair stood up on end and my flesh crawled… I turned and ran as hard as I could until I got out in the open and out of those <explitive deleted> woods.” Mr. McCubbins did not see anything unusual, but did corroborate the yelping and howling sounds that Mr. Hodge reported. He says he ran when he saw Raymond run and didn’t look back.
The police were called and the woods were combed repeatedly. Nothing was ever found of Chuck except for the splattered blood and shredded clothing. The murder remains unsolved.
The golf course closed after a wrongful death suit was filed by the family of Charles Wright. In court experts proved that the owners of Wolf Creek new that a pack of wild dogs prowled the course at night and was covering it up. It was shown that the operators had hired hunters and trappers in an attempt to rid the area of the animals but it was unsuccessful and in fact others had disappeared as well. Two of the grounds crew, who were in the country illegally, had disappeared and were never reported. And nearly all of the crew had reported seeing signs of the animals in the area. Damaged greens, trees, animal carcasses, and remains of other things that some whisper, were actually hitchhikers and wanderers from the nearby interstate. Two of the former employees testified that the remains had been dumped in the river, but after a thorough search by police divers, nothing was found but animal remains.
During our research into this area we discovered over 350 cases where people had been injured, killed or disappeared in the past. It appears to happen in 50 year cycles or so. Fifty years of killing, fifty years of nothing, then another fifty years. It starts off slow and then peaks and falls off again. There is a pattern and we feel that we are once again in a peak cycle. We believe that this area is plagued by a pack of demons known as the Lycan. These are the original werewolves of the ancient past. The demons who take the shape of both man and wolf at will. We think that some natural phenomenon draws them to this area in a cyclical pattern and is linked to the natural magic in the area of Wolf Creek and the surrounding hills and valleys. The native American Indians knew of these demons and avoided this “dark and bloody ground” as they called it. Then of course the killings stopped and over time people forget. When the killings started again people no longer believed in werewolves and demons and things that went bump in the night. They attributed the events to natural occurrences such as Indian attack and wild animals. Recently the activity has been on the increase and we believe it is tied to a solar cycle as well as a lunar cycle and should peak around December 2012.
Not all people want listen to our findings. Few want to believe what really happened. No one wants to know that werewolves still prowl these forests and have for centuries because the truth is too much for them to deal with. There have only been a handful of people to actually see these creatures with their own eyes and live to tell the tale. None of the locals dare to enter the run down course at night anymore. The fairways have become overgrown with scrub brush and briars and the woods are more desolate than ever. In the evening howls are still heard from across the lake in the woods down by the river. The beautiful resort is now gone and the golf course is in ruins and is once again the home for an ancient evil. Please do not go near Wolf Creek Forest for the next twenty years or so until the cycle ends or you may become another statistic on our list.
