So as I'm currently living in Sweden I do have some access to other newspapers than I usually do. Most interestingly I found an article that was on the most popular newspaper (aftonbladet) main website. Aftonbladet is more Daily mail that BBC but sometimes they have more obscure news. About two weeks ago (I can't find the article :( ) There was a report about a man who was attacked by a bear. He was walking in the woods when a great black hairy thing chased after him and attacked. He escaped after climbing up a tree. There were pictures of the mans wounds, on his back atleast that were thin but long scratches.
Interestingly the police and experts have said that what ever attacked him was not a bear. Due to lack bears in the area and that his wounds are not consistant with other bear attacks. When questioned he said that he never got a good look, to busy fleeing for his life I should think. But he assumed something big, black and hairy would be a bear as there is no other large predators that look bearlike in northern sweden.
Sweden has wolverine, but I wouldn't class them as big. It would be like someone climbing a tree to escape a badger. (But they can be visious little devils!) And wolves, but I should think one would know the difference. The police said they don't know what it was, but it was definatly not a bear. Which brings werewolf type figures to my mind. When I mentioned this story to my friends they mentioned witches. For some reason here in Sweden witches seemed to be mentioned alot. You can buy little ones at easter, or dress up like them and at the Valborg festival the witches light the bon fire.
Don't know about witches, but it will be interesting if anything else like this surfaces.
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