For years, I've always just assumed the sound effect for the lycanthropy was just ugly (the harsh, brief buzz followed by the sound of running feet... err, paws).

But it just crossed my mind that maybe that's now how it's supposed to be. Does anyone know if the lycanthropy buzz-sound is different, perhaps with different hardware? Is it a defect in the sound file that was never fixed? Or if it's supposed to be like that, why?