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President of Argentina Adopts Boy to Stop Him from Turning Into a Werewolf

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29-12-2014 | 10:31

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President of Argentina Adopts Boy to Stop Him from Turning Into a Werewolf

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According to The Independent, Argentina's President Christina Fernández de Kirchner adopted a boy, Yair Tawil, as her godson so that he would not turn into a werewolf.

According to Argentinian folklore, the seventh son born to a family turns into the feared "el lobison". The werewolf-like creature shows its true nature on the first Friday after the boy's 13th birthday, the legend says, turning the boy into a demon at midnight during every full moon, destined to hunt and kill before returning to human form.

Because some people actually believed this hundreds of years ago, they started killing babies. So, to stop that from happening, presidents started adopting the seventh born boys of families.

The ritual was later extended to include girls, too. Now, seventh born children not only get the country's president as their new godparent, they also get a gold medal and a scholarship.

According to The Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Tawil is also the first Jewish boy to participate in the adoption tradition.

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