The Beast of Gévaudan

[My Good Babushka]

The Beast of Gévaudan is the historical name associated with the man-eating wolf, dog or wolf-dog hybrid which terrorised the former province of Gévaudan in south-central France between 1764 and 1767. Victims were often killed by having their throats torn out. The beast was said to look like a wolf but about as big as a calf. It had a large dog-like head with small straight ears, a wide chest, and a large mouth which exposed very large teeth. The beast’s fur was said to be red in colour but its back was streaked with black. Several large wolves were hunted and slayed in the area. The killing of the creature that eventually marked the end of the attacks is credited to a local hunter named Jean Chastel, who shot it during a hunt organized by a local nobleman, the Marquis d’Apcher, on June 19th, 1767. Writers later introduced the idea that Chastel shot the creature with a blessed silver bullet of his own manufacture and upon being opened, the animal’s stomach was shown to contain human remains. In hindsight, attacks were most likely done by packs of wolves and not one supernatural giant wolf.

[Xyzse]

1. They made a movie out of this which is one of my favorite movies.

The Brotherhood of the Wolf.
Le Pacte des Loups
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/brotherhood_of_the_wolf/