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The novel Empire of Wild (2019 Penguin Random House Canada) by Cherie Dimaline is 'inspired by the traditional Métis story of the Rogarou-a werewolf-like creature that haunts the roads and woods of Métis communities.' In the episode a victim is killed while investigating a possible sighting of the rougarou, which occurs in the 20th episode of the sixth season. The rougarou is incorporated into the story of an episode of the American television show NCIS: New Orleans. Ī “rugaru” is the monster of the week in Season 4, Episode 4 of Supernatural. Rowling's Harry Potter universe includes wands that contain rougarou hair as their magical core. īoxer Regis Prograis (of Creole descent) goes by the nickname Rougarou. The creature is only vaguely seen in the film with a head resembling a bear. The 2015 short film Atchafalaya centers around a game warden searching in a Louisiana swamp for a missing person who is hinted to have been taken by a loup-garou. In late 2014, Cedar Point theme park in Sandusky, Ohio announced plans to renovate the existing Mantis roller coaster into 'Rougarou' for the 2015 season. The novel Hagridden by Samuel Snoek-Brown features heavy usage of the Cajun version of the rougarou. Similarly, in episode 6 of Swamp Mysteries, Troy Landry discusses the rougarou legend while hunting a creature killing pets at Voodoo Bayou. An unknown creature has been mutilating and killing animals and perhaps humans in southern Louisiana some locals attribute the attacks to a rougarou.

Lugaru the rabbits foot series#

The legend of the rougarou plays a prominent role in the History Channel television series Cryptid: The Swamp Beast. A camp owner alerted authorities and video taped what he suspected to be a Rougarou in the weeds behind his camp. The creature is featured in an episode of Cajun Justice, an AE Television show. The NBA team formerly known as the New Orleans Hornets filed for several new name trademarks among which was the Rougarous.

The 'rugaru' is mentioned as having come to Dakota consciousness from Ojibwa folktales, and figures both thematically and experientially in the narrative of Peter Mathiessen's In The Spirit of Crazy Horse (Viking, 1983). In the latter claim, only a witch can make a rougarou-either by turning into a wolf herself, or by cursing others with lycanthropy. Other stories range from the rougarou as a rabbit to the rougarou being derived from witchcraft. Although acting sickly, the human refrains from telling others of the situation for fear of being killed.

During that day the creature returns to human form. After that time, the curse is transferred from person to person when the rougarou draws another human's blood. Ī common blood sucking legend says that the rougarou is under the spell for 101 days. This coincides with the French Catholic loup-garou stories, according to which the method for turning into a werewolf is to break Lent seven years in a row. According to another variation, the wolf-like beast will hunt down and kill Catholics who do not follow the rules of Lent. One such example is stories that have been told by elders to persuade Cajun children to behave. Often the story-telling has been used to inspire fear and obedience. The rougarou most often is described as a creature with a human body and the head of a wolf or dog, similar to the werewolf legend. In the Cajun legends, the creature is said to prowl the swamps around Acadiana and Greater New Orleans, and the sugar cane fields and woodlands of the regions. The rougarou legend has been spread for many generations, either directly from French settlers to Louisiana (New France) or via the French Canadian immigrants centuries ago. Some people call the monster rougarou others refer to it as the loup-garou. Both words are used interchangeably in southern Louisiana. According to Barry Jean Ancelet, an academic expert on Cajun folklore and professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in America, the tale of the rougarou is a common legend across French Louisiana. 'Rougarou' represents a variant pronunciation and spelling of the original French loup-garou. Statue representation of the Rougarou at Audubon Zoo, New Orleans, Louisiana