He was adopted as a godson under a law passed in the 1920s. The law was passed in order to counteract a legend that led to the death of Argentine boys. According to the legend, the seventh son, born after six boys without any girls in-between, becomes a werewolf whose bite can turn others into a werewolf. The belief in the legend was so widespread that families were abandoning, giving up for adoption and even killing their own sons.
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 03:50:26 +0000