Again, another short story from the Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark series.
This is by far my favorite story of all the books. This short story is titled, "Wolf Girl." It's about a couple who lived where Dry Creek runs into Devil's River in Texas. Mollie, the wife was pregnant after a while of living there. Her husband, John, went on horseback to find their nearest neighbors when her water broke. After he got to their neighbors, they agreed to help them, unfortunately, a storm came along just before they could get going. Along the lines, John had died. The couple who had agreed to help Mollie give birth still went to search for their cabin. They did manage to find it, although it was the next day. When they got to Mollie, she was dead as well. It looked like she gave birth, but they baby could not be found. With the wolf tracks all around, the couple had made the assumption the wolves had gotten to it. Years later, reports began rolling in left and right of the wolves killing animals. It wasn't something serious in these days however (1830's), the thing that was really being reported was the girl like thing running with the wolves. She was seen and hunted after for some while as sighs became reoccurring. Soon, everyone was making stories, wondering, or spreading rumors that this "wolf girl" was really the missing child of deceased Mollie and John Dent.
This story is probably my favorite because of the time, it was the 1830's, which means things weren't as simple as today. Babies would pass away during birth, so would mothers, technology was not how it is today. This is also kind of hard to believe that the wolves raised her as a cub instead of eating her, which I liked since it was less brutal. In my opinion, this story is the best one out of the book, from it's actual stories going on in and around Texas. It's really not something people think about today, wolves, or wolf girls. It seems more of a story from before, which is still really cool to me.
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