1
Including the websites Wolfpelt, Lunar Eclipse, and Sisterhood of the Silver Bullets.
2
Briggs 2005: http://www.patriciabriggs.com/books/silver/silverbullets.shtml.
3
Thirty rounds were produced in total; twelve were eliminated due to poor quality, which would have increased the risk of gun malfunction in the field and therefore biased the data. This production issue, however, must be considered relevant to the larger question of efficacy. (For ballistics information on this ammunition, see the appendix.)
4
For a full account of each subject’s background, involvement in the anti-lycanthrope community, and predatory efforts, see the author’s monograph Under the Full Moon: An Urban Safari Into the Biology of Lycanthropes, in preparation.
5
While it may lie beyond the scope of this study to make tactical evaluations of lycanthrope-hunting techniques, the investigator believes it is generally more advisable to aim for the center mass, for reasons illustrated by Hunter A’s results.
6
Initially this subject was disqualified from the trial on the basis of evidence that he was merely seeking revenge against the non-lycanthropic leader of a rival gang. The alternative candidate for the fourth trial, however, revoked her permission and abandoned her hunt at the same time that new evidence came to light, supporting Hunter D’s claim regarding his target. (It is regrettable that this new evidence took the form of an entire gang of lycanthropes.)
7
This analysis is based on slow-motion playback of the video recording. The investigator failed to directly observe anything of value either during the confrontation or after, as safety considerations required immediate departure from the trial location.
8
The investigator indicated to Hunter F that the trial would be biased if multiple subjects were directly involved. He responded in language unsuited to an academic journal.
9
Some lycanthropes observed in this study appear to have possessed opposable thumbs, but in other cases this trait is uncertain at best. There may be variation in the wild.
10
According to a report from Assistant F6; unverified by the investigator.
11
One of many common names for the genus. Others include monkshood, aconite, blue rocket, and women’s bane. No antipathetic qualities have been observed in human females—beyond the naturally-occurring cardiac poison, which is equally effective against human males.
12
Formerly known as Hunter B.
