My Nan was a Werewolf

My (surrogate) grandad's nickname was 'Aalen Drach' which translated to english means 'Old Dragon' - but this was meant in a kind and positive way- He was a good family friend who was like my grandpa- I miss him a lot. His biological family sadly was rather cruel and mean (They even stole the little money he had when he was in hospital, claiming they needed that to pay for his funeral should he die and when he did die a few weeks later in hospital, he was cremated and they didn't even pay 50 euros to have a ceremony- it was so sad, no goodbye, no funeral, no plaque with his name, nothing). We were his family- He used to say 'you've got your family but you can choose your friends'. I liked him a lot- he was so easy to please, somewhat mischievous and a great granddad. My mum was the one who was there for him when he was in hospital. 

My (surrogate) grandad's nickname was 'Aalen Drach' which translated to english means 'Old Dragon' - but this was meant in a kind and positive way- He was a good family friend who was like my grandpa- I miss him a lot. His biological family sadly was rather cruel and mean (They even stole the little money he had when he was in hospital, claiming they needed that to pay for his funeral should he die and when he did die a few weeks later in hospital, he was cremated and they didn't even pay 50 euros to have a ceremony- it was so sad, no goodbye, no funeral, no plaque with his name, nothing). We were his family- He used to say 'you've got your family but you can choose your friends'. I liked him a lot- he was so easy to please, somewhat mischievous and a great granddad. My mum was the one who was there for him when he was in hospital. 

He lived in South America for 24 years when he was younger- he used to tell the most adventurous stories (probably with some embellishment)- he used to show me this scar and claim a snake had bitten him there- I believed him at the time but I'm not so sure now :)