A Wolf Or Other

Story
The movie begins in a 1900s village, and we're introduced to this timeline's protagonist; a scientist and therapy doctor named Frederick Arnold. Frederick's been doing some research on some strange activity in the woods of his village, which has been reported to him by hunters who have found bizarre things in the forest. We learn that some have found claw marks on trees that no animal can make. They have found remains of deer and rabbits, mangled in ways that can not be done by other animals. They have found fur, but from no animal that's been discovered in the forest. While Frederick is with a patient named Alexander, he is told that he was nearly attacked by wolves. Uncommon to be attacked by wolves in the forest, but it wasn't the season for them to be out and about, so seeing a wolf now is rather out of the ordinary. Alexander explains how they almost had the walk of a human, moving around on two legs. Wherever he seemed to hide, the wolf would find him. Alexander denies the fact that it could be a grey fire wolf, a famous tale of wolves that move like humans and can track prey through heat-censored vision. Frederick finishes writing down the information he has gained in a notebook, and excuses Alexander to back to his family.

Back at his house, we're introduced to some more characters in Frederick's life. There's his his wife Kara that supports his work as a therapist, but is sceptical of the belief of the grey fire wolves, and clarifies that most of the village believes the same thing. There's Frederick and Kara's daughter Margot who, unlike Kara and the rest of the village, has her beliefs of the grey fire wolves. Frederick continues to pack a small bag for a camping trip by himself to search for the grey fire wolves. He states how he's gathered enough information about them to know exactly what to expect from them. A neighbour of Frederick's leans into the open window and insults him as the "mad scientist" and how he won't come back with any trace of the wolf. Frederick's neighbour is Benedict Matthews. The village's biggest fire wolf non-believer.

Just as Frederick readies to leave, he kisses Kara and Margot goodbye before he leaves his house and heads for the forest. Many villagers cheer at his leaving, including Benedict, who yells that the moment he brings back evidence of the wolves, he'll drop dead. Frederick continues to walk into the forest and ventures through the woods. He walks for a while, and the orange eyes of a creature peek out from inside a blackberry bush, indicating Frederick won't be alone this journey. He begins to set up his tent, before he hears some growling coming from further in the forest. Ignoring it, he pulls his bag closer to him. He hears the growl again, this time much louder. Frederick reaches for his bag and pulls out a revolver and tucks it into his belt, before taking one of his tent spikes as another weapon. Frederick ventures through the woods slowly and carefully, looking around for any signs of an animal. The orange eyes watch as he passes the bush and sink back into the bush. Unsuccessful, Frederick goes back to his campsite without finding anything about the growl. When Frederick returns to the campsite, he continues to put up the tent, disappointed with his fail to find anything.

Frederick begins to sleep at night when three men surround the tent he's in. These three men are Benedict, his brother Ellis and his friend Miles. Unbeknown to Frederick inside the tent, the three men decide to toy with him and make animal noises, specifically bear and wolf, while hitting the outside of the tent. The ruckus wakes Frederick and he sits in his tent in fear, as the three men leave, Ellis finishes the job by slashing a whole through the side of his tent with a switchblade. He, Benedict and Miles leave before Frederick can catch them.

After the worrying noises from the previous night, Frederick goes into the woods to find some breakfast, finding a stream of sardines and salmon. When he gets there, he trips on what appears to be an archery bow, and on a nearby tree, he sees two arrows wedged into it. Without hesitation, Frederick takes the bow and arrows and shoots two salmon with one arrow easily, because it was mentioned by Kara in an earlier scene that he was an archery prodigy a few years back. After a well-deserved salmon breakfast, Frederick goes out venturing deeper into the woods than he did the other day. This time, Frederick still arms himself with his revolver tucked into his belt, but this time also carrying a dagger he had packed. On the journey, Frederick discovers large scratch marks on thick-barked trees, as well as uniquely shaped paw prints moulded into the dirt. Investigating it, he realises that they're not recent; they had been done a little while ago. Frederick then comes across a large mountain of boulders and fallen trees, and after finding a small entryway, he crawls inside and finds exactly what he was looking for. Frederick had been researching grey fire wolves for years and had finally found the den. Just as he stands up, tens of wolves jump down from above and surround him. Frederick reaches for his dagger, but drops it and surrenders to the wolves. The wolf who leads the pack named Howler approaches Frederick slowly and embraces him. We're then treated to a series of moments over the next few days of Frederick conducting experiments and gaining friendships and companionship feelings with the wolves. After a while, Frederick packs up his things and waves goodbye to the wolves as he heads back to town with all the evidence he needs to prove the wolves' existence.

Frederick returns to town, being embraced by Kara and Margot and mocked by Benedict, Ellis and Miles, while other villagers are shocked by his arrival. Frederick quickly becomes a small town hero after scientists announce the legitimacy of Frederick's information on the wolves and gets a knighthood from the king. After being rich beyond his wildest dreams, Frederick tries to tie up a few knots, firstly by visiting Benedict. He gladly invites him in, and the two former enemies enjoy a civilised brew together. Frederick chuckles at Benedict's conversation about his jealousy, before he reminds him of the statement he made before he left. While Benedict's back is turned, Frederick draws his revolver, shooting Benedict in the chest, killing him instantly. Frederick states that that was for his non-belief in his research, as well as the little prank he did, as confessed by Ellis. He leaves Benedict's house, unknown to everyone that he just murdered him.

Frederick then goes to his old lab and admires the dusty beakers and test tubes before he turns his attention to the last main character of this timeline, his experiment partner, Edwin Rosen. He confides in Edwin about how much they enjoyed working together searching for the wolves and how amazing it was for them to finally have their shot at fame. Frederick then apologises for not giving Edwin immediate attention and that he'll try whatever he can to get his name into the papers as well. As much as Edwin tells him not to worry, he insists on showing Frederick something he's been working on and gives him a green serum that was made using a selection of magnesium, iron chloride and saliva from the grey fire wolves. He places it down and advises Frederick to only drink it if the money and fame gets to his head or he needs a one way ticket to the wild.

Kills

 * Benedict Matthews - Shot three times in chest by Frederick
 * Frederick Arnold - Drank serum, turned into werewolf (also killed as werewolf but is later told as part of a myth)
 * Lee O'Ramos - Mauled to death by werewolf
 * Addison "Addie" Wagner - Body found eviscerated
 * Jay Baxter - Head impaled with claws, head slammed against glass, thrown through window by werewolf
 * Billie Tang - Slashed across stomach, eviscerated, mauled by werewolf
 * Dominique Brown - Bitten by werewolf, turned into werewolf, shot in head by Honus
 * Hunter Carter - Shot in head by Jackson
 * Honus McCallister - Slashed numerous times with werewolf claws, fell through glass ceiling, ultimately stabbed in stomach with claws by Were-Jackson
 * Jackson Roberts aka Were-Jackson - Shot through chest with silver arrow by Hilary, lit on fire and blown up

Non-Counted Kills

 * Ellis Matthews - Reportedly shot to death by Frederick
 * Miles Walker - Reportedly stabbed to death by Frederick
 * Werewolf Frederick - Shot to death by police officers
 * Edwin Rosen - Died of old age