I am pretty much as straigth CIS as it gets...
... but after my stint in the german army i - at least for a time - transitioned to something werewolf alike: I didn't shave, did spend crazy amounts of time on the heavy iron and looked something alike hugh jackman going hobo. The "once a month" thing also applied: Got once a month heavily drunk and searched out fights.....
Regarding the werewolf strap i can neither confirm nor deny anything...