Wolf Man

Who hasn't heard about the legend of the werewolf, the creature whose monstrosity is fueled by the light of the moon. Who lurks around in the darkness of night thirsty for blood? Well, scientists now believe some of those wolf-like characteristics were themselves fueled, not by the moon but by genetics.
Case in point: A young man in Mexico Danny Ramos Gomez looks like any other circus performer. Look a little closer and you'll quickly realize why Danny is known as "the wolf man". Danny has a condition called hypertrichosis, in which the body produces an abnormal amount of hair. Danny Ramos Gomez, Werewolf Guy: "Sometimes people who touch me say that the hair on my face is finer than the hair on my head. That's what they say." Twenty-two-year-old Danny and his 25-year-old brother Larry are known for their daredevil feats in a Mexican circus. But when they were little, it was different. They were part of a freak show, and they were known as "los ninos lobos", the "wolf children", and exhibited like animals. Besides his excessive hair, Danny is by all other accounts "normal". But there are still people who view him as a freak.

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