Case file · Cryptid
Wolf Woman of Mobile
In April 1971 the Mobile Press-Register took dozens of calls from people who said a creature with a woman's head and a wolf's body was roaming Mobile's Plateau and Davis Avenue neighbourhoods.
1971 CE · 30.70, -88.08 · status: claim
The account
The paper ran the story on 8 April and over 50 reports followed in a week. Police in Prichard answered one call to find a frightened collie.
The sceptical view
Coverage stopped by the end of the month. Folklorists treat it as a short-lived rumour panic.