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The Beast of Gévaudan: An Unidentified Predator
In the summer of 1764, a lethal predator began hunting the rural population of the Gévaudan province in south-central France. Over three years, parish registers documented the deaths of 113 victims, primarily women and children. The bodies often displayed severe mutilations, with some reportedly decapitated. The crisis became a sensation that defeated thousands of volunteer hunters and royal soldiers. The terror ended on June 19, 1767, when local hunter Jean Chastel shot a creature on Mount Mouchet.
The French crown had already declared the threat over in 1765, when a royal gun-bearer killed…
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