How Do I Kill An 'X'? (Part 1)

While my blogs typically deal with pragmatic concerns, I do also intend to have a little fun from time to time. Dealing with Supernature is rather unlikely, it basically fits the definition of impossible, however it is fun to conjecture. Here goes!

You run across a werewolf, vampire, zombie, or whatever. You're going to be pretty safe if you cut off their head and burn everything. However, in hand to hand combat you can't really gather firewood and make a campfire. You need a quick and forceful way to subdue your target.

Werewolves:


A werewolf is basically a wild beast, with the supernatural exception. You need a silver bullet! Well, don't set down your gun loaded with lead bullets - shoot the damn thing! A bullet made of lead (or whatever else you have) is going to do some damage. If shooting a werewolf isn't going to kill it, it will give it pause. A wild beast is going to go for the easy kill, it's not going to enjoy getting shot up. Of course, some myths will say that a werewolf will have some level of cognitive ability in which case it will likely go for the most dangerous target first. If that's the case you're still best off to unload your gun directly into it!

There are several ways to kill a werewolf as myths tell us - silver bullets, decapitation, cut out their hearts, death by werewolf, or kill the werewolf that created it. Finding and killing the werewolf that created the werewolf in front you isn't a solution to your immediate problem - not gonna help you. If you are a werewolf and are trying to kill another - for one thing you shouldn't be reading this blog, but also you're a werewolf - you should be hunting down those tasty humans! Cutting out the heart seems like a pretty safe way, but isn't going to be all that easy. I don't think I want to tangle with the person that can cut out the heart of a werewolf. Cutting off the head is a fairly good idea - but unless you're a trained samurai with a katana it's not easy. Using explosives to blow the thing up effectively should have the same result as cutting off the head. I'd still want to make sure that the head stays separated from the rest of the... stuff. Burn it to be safe. Silver bullets are probably the way to go. The nice thing about silver bullets is that they're bullets and will work on wild, rampaging, ferocious beasts that aren't supernatural.

Verdict: silver bullets.