Sinding has no qualms admitting that he is, in fact, werewolf. He had heard that the Ring of Hircine would allow him to look human even when transformed, and so tracked it down and stole it from the shrine of his Daedric Prince. Hircine was most displeased, so he cursed the ring such that Sinding can’t control his transformation at all once he wore it. Sinding would transform randomly into his werewolf form, and ring itself seemed stuck on his finger. The girl was to have witness his transformation.
He now asks me to help him appease Hircine so that the curse in the ring can be lifted and the ring returned. Sinding discovered that a white stag roaming the forests of Falkreath must be hunted down so that the curse may be broken - this sounds believable enough: Hircine is the prince of the hunt, and hunting a great prize had often featured in his quests. Hircine is also one of the more scrupulous Daedric Princes... gaining his favour might not be a bad idea, so I agreed to help.
I took over the ring and its curse - though thankfully the random transformation had not effected me before I found the stag and hunted it easily enough. Hircine’s projection appeared telling me that Sinding had escaped prison while I was out hunting, and that the fugitive had displeased his prince again by making himself a hunted prey. The Daedric Prince then ordered that I must end Sinding’s life to free myself of the ring’s curse and earn his favor...
The treacherous Sinding was holed up in Bloated Man’s Grotto. The entrance to this valley is only accessible via a hidden pass on the mountain range that splits the land between Whiterun and Falkreath. My revenge was swift and skinned Sinding's werewolf corpse as instructed. Hircine then removed the ring and its curse, and gifted me leather armor... I can't help but think that it was made from Sinding's skin, but thought better than to ask.
I also found Runil's journal in the grotto, which I returned to the elf priest of Arkay on my return to Falkreath.
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