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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/metapolitical_psycho on 2025-07-19 10:36:44+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that in 1691, a man was called to testify as a witness to robbery and told the court that God turned him into a werewolf so he could raid Hell and fight the demons there. The judges took his claim seriously and banished him from Livonia for sorcery.