{"id":839,"date":"2012-02-06T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T17:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theoddsmustbecrazy.com\/?p=839"},"modified":"2012-02-06T09:00:53","modified_gmt":"2012-02-06T17:00:53","slug":"werewolves-of-timing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tombc\/2012\/02\/06\/werewolves-of-timing\/","title":{"rendered":"Werewolves of Timing"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Submitted<\/strong> by reader Kevin<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

Years<\/strong> ago, I was playing \u00a0‘Vampire: the Masquerade – Redemption’ and\u00a0listening to an internet radio station. \u00a0As my coterie of vamps was\u00a0leaving the Tower of London zone, we were jumped by a werewolf, the\u00a0only one in the main storyline. \u00a0What was playing on the radio?\u00a0‘Werewolves of London’, of course.<\/p>\n

Though<\/strong> that one is entirely coincidental, I have another gaming story\u00a0connected to werewolves which may not be entirely so. \u00a0I was creating\u00a0a City of Villains character who was a person cursed by a fallen angel\u00a0to become a werewolf-like beast. \u00a0Since most angels within the\u00a0Abrahamic mythos have names that mean something in Hebrew and end in\u00a0“el”, I named the character “Zevael”, since “zev” is apparently the\u00a0Hebrew word for wolf.<\/p>\n

When<\/strong> writing the above story, it occurred to me\u00a0that the singer of “Werewolves of London” was Warren Zevon. \u00a0I do not\u00a0know if or how his surname and song subject may be connected.<\/p>\n

[EDITOR:<\/strong> The first one’s a pure moment of funny timing. The latter story is an interesting one because it combines two possible extra elements to what we see: one is merely anomaly-hunting, finding three letters and the writer of a song and deciding they connect; the other is the possibility of the subconscious affecting the name and rendering this a purposeful, if not consciously planned, connection. Another thought: the lead role in Teen Wolf was played by? Michael J. FOX<\/strong>. How about THAT for a crazy connection? What? Why are you looking at me like I’m<\/strong>\u00a0the crazy one?]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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