

Treetops was exposed as a fraud when MACUSA raided his home and found him putting Engorgement Charms on Kneazles. In 1832, wizard Abel Treetops of Cincinnati claimed to have patented a method of taming Wampus Cats for use as guards over wizarding houses. Isolt Sayre and James Steward also used the hair for some of their wands. This name of the house was decided by Webster Boot. One of the four houses of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, founded in the 17th century, was named after the Wampus cat. Isolt and the Pukwudgie William took trips to observe these creatures and watched newborn Wampus kittens playing. The tears of Wampus cats had strong degenerative properties, and drinking these tears could cause its drinker to rapidly lose their memory. The Cherokee had most extensively studied the Wampus cat, with whom they shared their native region, and only they had ever succeeded in procuring Wampus cat hair for use as a wand core. The Wampus cat was fast, strong, and almost impossible to kill.

It could walk on its hind legs, outrun arrows, and its yellow eyes were reputed to have the power of both hypnosis and Legilimency.

Somewhat resembling the mundane mountain lion or cougar in size and appearance, the Wampus cat was native to the Appalachian Mountains.
