East Proctor

East Proctor is a small hamlet ten miles to the west of Hay Bluff called Crickadarn in Northern England. It is the site of a small churchyard that lies adjacent to a pub known as The Slaughtered Lamb. In 1981, two American travelers, David Kessler and Jack Goodman journeyed to East Proctor as one leg of a three month tour of Europe. They hitched a ride with a sheep herder who dropped them off in the middle of a narrow, country road on the moors.

David and Jack continued walking through the village until nightfall. When it became too cold to continue on, they stopped at The Slaughtered Lamb for a brief respite. The patrons there were very cold towards them and warned them about staying clear of the moors. David and Jack failed to heed their advice though and became lost. They heard the sounds of a growling animal hunting them and tried to run back towards the road. David stumbled and fell, but when Jack tried to help him up, a werewolf sprang from the fog and attacked them. He killed Jack within seconds and wounded David. The villagers from the pub came upon the scene just in time and were able to kill the werewolf before it could finish David off. Unfortunately, David was now infected with the curse of the werewolf himself.

Three weeks later, David's physician at St. Martin's Hospital, Doctor J.S. Hirsch, came to The Slaughtered Lamb on a personal inquiry. He asked the locals pointed questions about the night of the attack, but they refused to yield any information. One of the bar patrons attempted to speak with Hirsch privately to tell him about the werewolf, but a friend of his interrupted the conversation before the man could say any more. Kirsch left the establishment convinced that the entire village was suffering from a mass neurosis.

Points of Interest

 * The Slaughtered Lamb

Films that take place in

 * An American Werewolf in London

Characters from

 * Various unnamed villagers