There's some debate as to what Potocki fashioned his silver bullet from, you know. In some quarters people are convinced that he used the lid of a tea samovar, not a sugarbowl. Speaking as a philistine, I wasn't that taken with ""Saragossa"", and I'm inclined to think that the hidden message Potocki was trying to convey was that he was raving mad. If you shoot yourself because you're convinced you're turning into a werewolf, you're not a happy bunny. Just watch ""Ginger Snaps""."