Howl: a real life gathering or meeting of Weres/Therians, usually to go camping. The term was originally used on Alt.horror.werewolves. The first "Howl", the 1994 Harvest Howl, was organized by Smash Greywolf in Ohio, USA.
To learn more and read about other notable Howls that followed, see references.
References
http://therian.wikia.com/wiki/Howl
Smash GreyWolf, Turning Back Time...,November 10 2008. (archived page) https://web.archive.org/web/20090309071049/http://www.lycanthrope.com:80/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53:firsthowl&catid=1:latest-news
O. Scribner, "Otherkin lexicon: A multi-lingual dictionary of jargon used in the communities of otherkin, therianthropes, and other similar peoples, v. 0.1 Abridged," last modified Sept. 8, 2012. http://frameacloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Scribner_Lexicon_0-1.pdf
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