Werewolf. France

The most terrible creature ever to appear in Europe. The history of the gevaudan — the first and only of its kind documented evidence of the existence, if not a werewolf, it is extremely similar to his creation. 1 June 1764, the beast attacked for the first time.

Shepherdess was saved by the bulls, putting the horns and not letting a huge wersalka to the frightened prey. That was just the beginning. Zavodinsky werewolf began attacking people throughout the County. Animals, moreover, were ignored. The RAID had to arrange the Royal forces. Louis XV personally commanded the famous hunter D Andevalo, to find and destroy a dangerous animal. The case was finally handled.

The Beast of gevaudan was a predator like a wolf, but the size of a horse. Very broad chest, elongated snout and pointed ears. The description of a perfect werewolf!

Appearance and behavior

The Beast of gevaudan was described by witnesses as a predator like a wolf, but the size of a horse, with a very wide chest, a long, flexible tail with a tassel on the end like a lion, elongated snout, like the Greyhound, with small pointed ears and large, protruding fangs from the mouth. The coat of the Beast was, according to most witnesses, yellowish-red, but along the spine on the back he had a strange strip of dark wool. Sometimes it was about the large dark spots on back and sides. It should be noted that this description almost fits the description of hyenas, except for the size.

The tactics of the Beast was unusual for a predator: he first shot into the head, tearing the face, and not tried, like usual predators, to cut the throat or limbs. He usually knocked the victim to the ground swift shot, but later he mastered that tactic — approaching in a horizontal position, up in front of the victim on its hind legs and attacked with its front paws. His victims he often left headless. If the Beast was forced to flee, he went easy smooth run.

The beast is clearly the preferred prey of people to livestock — in those cases, when the victim was near a herd of cows, goats or sheep, the animal attacked it on the shepherd, not paying attention to the animals. The usual victims of the beast were women or children who worked alone, or even two, and not with weapons. Men usually worked in the field several people and is able to fend off the predator with scythes and pitchforks, victims are almost not become.

The number of attacks has forced many people to think that they are not dealing with the beast alone, but with the whole pack. Some witnesses noted that the companion Animal had a similar animal — adult or young. In some sources it is possible to meet a mention of the fact that next to the Beast once or twice seen a man that has led some to suggest that Animal trained to attack people a villain — although the latter belongs to the region associated with the Beast of myths.

The beast has never been caught in traps and traps ignored poisoned bait in abundance scattered in the woods, and for three years successfully evaded him organize raids. The predator was remarkable for wolf intelligence, communicated a message in the superstitious peasants the belief that they are dealing with a werewolf. As was shown in the episode with the nearly successful attempt to shoot the beast in October of 1764, he had a high survivability that only confirmed superstition in the version of the werewolf. In 1767 the wolf-eater was killed with a silver bullet.

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