During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries lots of Argentineans believed that seventh sons were doomed to become werewolves. This belief was so widespread that a substantial number of seventh sons were abandoned by their terrorised parents. Big families were the norm at that time. Therefore, seventh sons were not rare at all. It is difficult to trace the origins of the Argentinean werewolf myths, but since there are no wolves in Argentina, it seems reasonable to conclude that these myths were imported from Europe. The population was terribly afraid of werewolves, which is quite strange given the fact that most of them had never seen a wolf, let alone a werewolf. Perhaps their ignorance about wolves actually increased their fear instead of diminishing it. The thing is that a certain president, whose name I cannot recall, decided to promulgate a law by which all seventh sons received the status of president’s godsons. Being a president’s godson had many advantages. For instance, the president was monetarily responsible for the education of his godson. Moreover, upon coming of age the president’s godson was likely to obtain an important public office. As an immediate consequence of this law, seventh sons were no longer abandoned by their parents. Even though it may sound strange, the law is still in effect right now.