These fine guys would like you to know they are people, too.

Portrayed on left and right: Brothers Julius (30)  and Marcel (29) H., chemical engineers

In the middle, Steven W. (32), circus owner

Hypertrichosis (aka Ambras syndome, aka Werewolf syndrome) is a recognized medical condition in which a subject is born with, or grows up to be covered in hair in unusual areas of the body, such as the face. People who have it - often called the wolf people - live a life of stigma, but they are as normal as you and us. They are typical citizens who takes their dogs out for a walk every morning, who visits their grandmothers, who dates, loves, fight, breakup and eat an entire napolitain ice cream gallon (leaving only the strawberry part in the box, much to the despair of the next person in the house who will be craving it), who gets back in shape, then start dating again and marries the next year the new person they fall for, who celebrate Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and Christmas, who shaves (probably a couple of hundred times more than you do), who visit Facebook at least 15 times a day, who watches infocommercials, who goes to school, work and church, who wonder about the meaning of life, and fall asleep every night, wondering if there is life on other planets just like we do.

It's very important to know that not everyone who lives with werewolf syndrome is ashamed of their condition. In fact, some of them takes pride into their unusual appearance and embrace it to make it their lifestyle. Here is what our pal Steven W., 32 and living with this condition since birth had to say to us:

"We live in a time where body modification is at it's peak. Weirdness is glorified and people would do anything to look different. For Christ sake! Have you ever heard of Bagel heads? I'm not passing judgment, but I would never do that to my forehead, I'm more of a purist, you know. If I were to modify my body, I would pierce my eyebrow and that's all ! Us wolf people are proud of our history, our past in circuses and our courageous ancestors. We would also like to thank Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr., for portraying us brilliantly in the 2006 movie Fur. I felt glamourous while watching it, and  it made me confident that someday a woman like Nicole Kidman would fall for me. Robert, if you are reading this, thanks from the bottom of my heart, man!"

...And thanks to you, Steven, for delivering us this inspiring speech.

Left: Justin K., 17,  president of his High School Yearbook Committee

Right: Nathan B., 28, famous author of "You are the hero" books.

PS: We'd also like to thank our personal artist for taking the time to sketch all of our friends living with Hypertrichosis and by doing so, making them feel like comic book heroes.

Bigfoot rampage + Our new sponsor

Sorry for the long hiatus, hypothetical audience, but our ongoing quest to find Bigfoot is not without a struggle. One of them being that, dedicated as we are to find the truth, we quitted our day jobs as cashiers at Wal-Mart to spend our lives documenting the weird and bizzare. For a few weeks, it seems, we were inhabited by a surreal willpower and would spend days hiking in the woods, living, breathing and eating like Bigfoot. One thing we forgot is that we should have made the good move of renting our appartments to other people or selling our cars back home (but did not), so we now find ourselves falling short on money. We've been witch-hunted by our landlords. We've been chased around town with sharp and deadly objects. We've asked for shelter in churches and stuff. Our case is serious.

..And that's when we thought about getting sponsors. We know blogging is the shit right now (paranormal blogging though is still quite obscure, ah-ah), and let's be honest, we want to become world famous one day, so we should follow the general guidelines, and let people support us in any way they can (if you are interested in sending us money, we will be eternally grateful, but we also accept nonperishable food and used - but clean - and warm - clothes) Do it for us. Do it for your karma.

PS: Do call our new sponsor PAST PRESENT FUTURE at 1-800-PSYCHIC. Their headquarter is so secret it can't be written on a bussiness card, so take an appointment with their lovely psychic-extraordinaire Margot or Ninon ! You'll thank us we've told you.

We're away, looking for BigFoot

On this first quest, we will be investigating the real identity of the legendary ape-like creature and look for clues of his existence in some perfectly common places.  One tangible theory is that he might disguise himself as one of us humanoids, so we will pay very close attention to any tall, large and hairy entities that might came off as being slightly antisocial, mysterious and primitve. Is it too crazy to believe that Bigfoot might be sitting next to you in the shuttle bus to work each Monday morning ?  Or maybe he is your odd-looking pizza delivery man ? And what about that strange long-haired, bearded man who owns the tiny second-hand store in your neighborhood, the one where no one ever goes to ? Could he know something that we don't?

We'll be right back.