Between June 1764 and June 1767, a consierable number of horrific murders,mostly woman and children, took place in a district of Lozere in south-eastern France, called Gevaudan.On those few occasions when the assassin was spied. it proved to be a huge wolf-like beast, which dispatched its victims by savagely tearing out theire troats before devouring their bodies or simply ripping them apart......



Here is some links about the beast.....


The Beast Of Gevaudan 1
The Beast Of Gevaudan 2
The Beast Of Gevaudan 3

Pls free to reply...... opinion about this Beast Of The Gevaudan

Was this what the movie "The Brotherhood of the Wolf" was based on? Sounds very similar.

That's right Pale Horse.

I would rather say this beast is an undiscovered species,maybe the last of its kind to have ever survived from the older days,late dino-age?But what intrigues me most is that it's capable of withstanding gunshots.It gets up almost as instant as it gets shot.But although they've confirmed after killing its mate (the believed female one) that it's the last one of thier kind,since there was a male and female before this,could there be a bunch of surviving youngs still out there somewhere at that time?


P.S.: If it was some unknown creature,I'd say it has some similarities to the hyena.It usually attacks the weaker ones (e.g. ladies,children) and will feel intimidated if being attacked,just not as super-coward as the actual hyena.

I think that what this was was a striped hyena, that had escaped from the king's menagerie or something of that nature.

I remember watching a program on this subject a few years ago now and I seem to recall that the program makers came to the conclusion that the beast was a Baboon that had escaped from the kings private zoo. I'v read the links and this was one of their theories.
If your in England on ITV in the next few weeks there is a series starting on Fri 10th Oct called Incredible Stories, I think they will be covering Werewolves and this story. I'v tried to find some info on the program but not had much luck. I know they're definetly covering Vampires.

i always found this whole story fascinating... The Brotherhood of the Wolf really is a clever take on the incident...

a few months back ansemheart had posted an article on the Beast of Gevaudan

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I read somewhere that it may have been a creature from Africa that was wiped out by hunters, resembling something of a cross between a loin and a hyena...not too sure about that one, since I've never heard of any similar creature elsewhere...

Hyena seems logical though...it's often been said to have been 'dog like' but with feline movements and features...which would be a good description of a hyana, which are more closely related to cats than dogs...

As for the shrugging off bullets...sheer adrenaline probably...male animals (including humans) usually feel little pain when they're in an aggressive of competative situation. If the beast was shot by the typically low powered rifles of the time, it's quite possible it wouldn't have felt the wound for hours, and simply retreated off somewhere and eventually managed to recover.

out of wack theory coming up here.... maybe it was actually a larger wolf species that wandered in from russia.....i know nothing(about wolves) and i probably just made a fool of myself....but ill put what i know about other mamallian carnivores, that normally they eat the brains first and then the guts , so strange that it would leave the heads....and even stranger that it would suck the blood....very few animals do that.....and i wish the links would tell if it attacked from behind(jumping on their backs and ripping out throat from behind by tearing with top jaw) or pounced from in front.... some animals will not attack at all unless they can do it from the back....knowing these things may seem pointless but by arranging behavior we may be able to form a better theory

An animal about 2 ft. long ... sucks blood, leaves very litle left of a person, can shrug off bullets!!! Dang! Maybe this is where werewolf legends started from. It most likely was not the first or only one of it's kind. Yeah for lack of a better explaination I'll say it's what became known as werewolves.

I believe this could be a case of a Werewolf.Walkedon two hind legs you say eh?ever seen Dog Soldiers anyone,they are scary werewolves.

Are there any more recent sightings? Ones that can at least be halfway verified?

No recent sigthings have occured, crosswarrior. One explanation is that Jean Chastel was an insane murderer, who shot a wolf so he would get away with the murders. The people let their imagination runaway with them and claimed it was an unusual beast when it was marched though the towns.

hey, ask naveed. i know nothing about prehistoric mammals, but he might.

I agree the beast was some branch on the Hyena family... the black strip down it's back, colour and body shape. I read several accounts of its appearance, saying it was brown, a pale chest, back legs were shorter than the front and it was the size of a cow. Without these facts being taken into account the beast is easily dismissed as a wolf... However wolves are not brown... Another account claims it decapitated a young girl whilst nearby villagers attacked it with pitchforks. A sighting made by a river says the beast rose to its hind legs to cross the water. possibly a Dog, Primate, bear or feline... there are of course possible crossovers which manage to defy biology.
Several accounts denote the beast to be remarkably intelligent. It attacks mainly women and children, leading us to beleive it fears males (possible scent?). There's a possiblity the beast was infact trained and owned... but an animal of such size and violent nature. would no doubt challenge it's owner.
Lastly... i do very much question the integrity of this source but prior to the Beast's appearance a nobleman from a nearby province dissapeared (never found) after apparently going mad and demanding undercooked meat. A friend of this Lord Vergo claims to have encountered the beast which came close without attacking him... He shot it before it fled. Obviously suggestive of Werewolf-like story here.

The beast was finally killed however it's debatable who killed it. The body was stuffed and placed in the museum of French natural history... The body went missing during the revolution i believe... A similar creature (a mate?) once again surfaced but killed with ease and burnt right away. The idea of the beast is plausable if you think about ideas of naturally selective Breeding.

http://www.occultopedia.com/g/gevaudan.htm
just saw this on the web site i just found thought you guys might enjoy it

thanks, i have been searching franticly.

ooooooo dog soldiers, i liked that movie espically when.. well i'll say no more.

http://cryptozoo.monstrous.com/beast_of_gevaudan.htm
a link on the beast. right now the article in the link is being rewritten( because of a flood of new evidence!!! ), but come back in a week or so and it will be back!!!!

I read somewhere that due to its teeth, the Beast was ID as a wolf after its death.

Just a question, I think it looks like a huge wild boar or razorback?

Pigs can digest more or less any organic matter including BONE!
and some wild boars can have huge heads be really tough and have stripes down thier back?

Occasionally you can get some Boars/ razorbacks that grow a lot larger then usual.

The sharp tusk sprouting from its face would have made the people think daemon.
Also wild pigs...etc can run quiet fast!. They also have thick skin and bone around the neck and head.. so maybe a bullet from back then only skim it.

i agree with all of that, except for the thick skin thing. the painless shots could be explained my way. animals often dont feel a small injury because of advance adrenalyn glands humans dont have.

the soldiers in that picture look entirly too calm.

That 'flood' of new evidence no doubt includes the infomation on the discovery of the beast's corpse (buried shortly after its display). It was a Hyena. Most of the descriptions from the time do fit, also explaining it's extensive agression. To be honest the whole idea of it being unharmed by weapon fire makes sense. From a certain distance the weapons of the time couldn't even pierce human skin. The Hyena was probably brought back from Africa and escaped from the king's Beastery. Which might explain the King's "it's dead... honest" approach to people being killed.

Wweres exist!

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And Hyena's are sooo not cat like. They lumber when they run becaus thier hind legs are that much more shorter...

i was thinking about that myself. it snot cat like, but is strange for a dogfamily member, so people automatically come up with that as a possibility.

http://www.subversiveelement.com/Gevaudan_Beast.html

It was a lion in a suit of armour

lion? its a wolf in a bikers outfit.

The possibility of it being a lion is pretty low. The victims were mauled, not devoured, livestock were widely ignored. As i'm aware a lion is a very strategic and intelligent killer. If it was going to kill it would be for food. As many have said the beast was not a wolf: wrong colour and behavior for starters. the fact that the body was dug up and registered as a member of the Hyena family makes it rather clear what it infact was.

The remains of the Beast of Gevaudan have been recovered?
When was this?

You can't actually say for certain it was actually discovered for one part many animals would have escaped from private zoos or travelling circus things, In England there was a report something like 100 odd years ago of a clergyman seeing a dog like animal that could open its mouth to something like 90+ degrees, and many will now a dog like animal that can do this is/was the thylacine. It was confirmed later someone had lost one, it was reclaimed and all where happy. But if you think about it Hyena's are pack hunters and easily scared, they have a coward/ cautious approach to everything even regular prey, It knows strength in numbers, but just look at the documentaries Hyena's are always poor off, they have to compete wth other large hunters such a Lions...etc and because of this they mostly scavange food. They will only attack if desperate but if attacked they will run.

And whats not to say someone looking after the Hyena didn't accidentally kill it or it died of old age and instead of fearing the anger of its owner they burried it and said it escaped.

Take into account that France is not a Hyena's natural surroundings and has been brought to France with the purpose to fight other animals for its owner's pleasure. The creature's natural instints cannot be relied upon. Also if the creature was trained and brought in by humans it would have no fear of them. Apart from maybe its masters... whom of which are most likely male... This would explain its favouring the women and children.

uh, yeah, thats what i said.