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The Beast of Gévaudan (French: La Bête du Gévaudan, IPA: [la bɛt dy ʒevodɑ̃]; Occitan: La Bèstia de Gavaudan) is the historic name associated with a man-eating animal or animals that terrorized the former province of Gévaudan (consisting of the modern-day department of Lozère and part of Haute-Loire), in the Margeride Mountains of ...
May 28, 2020 · Learn about the mysterious creature that killed over 100 people in France between 1764 and 1767. Explore the possible explanations, from wolf to hyena, and the cultural impact of the Beast of Gévaudan.
Learn about the legend of the beast of Gévaudan, a mysterious predator that terrorized rural France in the 18th century. Discover how the beast became a national obsession, who tried to hunt it, and what it may have been.
Oct 15, 2021 · The Beast of Gévaudan was a mysterious creature that killed hundreds of people in the French countryside between 1764 and 1767. No one knows what it was, but some suspect it was a giant wolf, a mythical beast, or a product of mass hysteria.
May 15, 2022 · The Beast of Gevaudan: Hunting the Monster of 18th Century France. The Beast of Gevaudan killed and harmed hundreds of people in 18th-century France, terrorizing the whole nation. Read on to discover more about the mysterious beast.
In the mid-1700s, it was a rural, forested region. The people there largely enjoyed a quiet life of farm work. However, the end of Gévaudan’s quiet reputation came in 1764. That year, a series of animal attacks terrorized the population.
Oct 21, 2021 · The savage 'Beast of Gévaudan' rampaged across the French countryside between 1764 and 1767 and killed as many as a hundred people. The true nature of the attacks and the creature itself...
