As the old Milli Vanilli song goes, blame it on the rain. As part of my recent trip to Louisiana in search of the Rougarou, I intended to visit the one place I would for sure be able to see one. No, not the haunted Manchac Swamp. I did visit there, and there have been reports of people encountering the Rougarou there, or Rougarous, plural. (Would the plural form of Rougarou be “Rougarous” with an S on the end, or just Rougarou, like the way “deer” or “fish” can be singular or plural?) Unfortunately there were no Rougarous out and about during the time of my visit. Granted I did visit during the day, and not under the glow of a full moon. That might have had something to do with it.
No, the one place in the State of Louisiana I knew for sure I would see a Rougarou was at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans. They have one on display. But it would not stop raining the entire week I was in Louisiana, and going to the zoo during a downpour was not really an appealing prospect. I didn’t want to fork out the entire price of admission just to rush to the swamp exhibit, see the Rougarou, and then leave, so alas, I did not get to see the Rougarou in person. I’ll have to save that for the next visit.
