of any contaminants. It is suggested that hairs from a dog Canis Familiaris may have dropped
from an experimenter into the potion changing the resulting morphological field from human to
one of a lycanthrope.
In conclusion, following a modified Wolf method a sample of Aqua Vitae was generated. This
potion showed blue white luminescence and when consumed changed the apparent age of a
subject to the mid-twenties followed by expression of lycanthropy. This unexpected side-effect
is traced to the presence of dog hair contamination of the formula.
The authors propose that re-conducting the formulation with greater diligence for avoiding
contamination will generate a potion that will not lead to these effects. It is intended to conduct
these experiments as soon as ethical approval has been granted.
Financial Disclosure
The authors would like to thank the Riddle Foundation for their generous support of this research.
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