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March 12, 2022 70 mins
A vicious creature with a taste for human flesh roamed the countryside of France for three years, between 1764 and 1767. Known as the Beast of Gévaudan, or La Bête du Gévaudan, this animal was described as appearing to be like everything from a wolf or dog to a hyena or lion. What began as attacks on chattel herders in a quiet corner of the nation quickly became a national sensation. Supposedly, the beast was possessed of supernatural powers and could decapitate its victims, then drink their blood. Hundreds of documented attacks occurred during this period, and neither soldiers nor the best hunters in the land could stop them. Theories abound of what or who could have been the culprit. Was it a werewolf? A serial killer? An exotic animal? Or something more familiar? We can only speculate, as its identity was never confirmed. Find Reddit on Wiki on your favorite social media or streaming platform at https://www.redditonwiki.com/ To stay on top of all the latest from Pineapple Pizza Podcast, be sure to check out our website at www.pineapplepizzapodcast.com where you will find links to merch, Patreon, and a variety of ways to support the show, as well as detailed episode descriptions and regional specials.  Help our show grow by leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts at  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pineapple-pizza-podcast/id1543640038 Or on Podchaser at https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/pineapple-pizza-podcast-1568165 You can also send mail to:  Pineapple Pizza Podcast PO Box 341 Wyoming, MN 55092 Remember, no matter how you slice it, you’re awesome and we love you. Ingredients sourced from: Episode 47 La Bête du Gévaudan from the podcast The French Chronicles https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-worldhistory/chapter/france-under-louis-xv/#:~:text=The%20birth%20of%20a%20long,Paris%2C%20which%20ended%20the%20regency. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-ushistory/chapter/the-seven-years-war-1754-1763/ https://www.britannica.com/event/Seven-Years-War https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01011915/document#:~:text=Until%20the%20nineteenth%20century%2C%20France,the%20highest%20rural%20population%20densities. https://www.scribd.com/book/486519954/The-Man-Eater-of-Gevaudan https://endeavors.unc.edu/the_making_of_a_beast https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/beast-gevaudan-terrorized-france-countryside-180963820/ https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2021/10/did-a-werewolf-really-terrorise-france-in-the-1700s https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2017/06/28/terror-and-geology-the-beast-of-gevaudan/?sh=5d25351e22c4 https://americanwolves.com/blogs/wolf-stories/the-beast-of-gevaudan https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-beast-of-gevaudan-1764-1767 http://margeride-gevaudan.fr/lhistoire-en-margeride/la-bete-du-gevaudan/le-combat-de-jeanne-jouve/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/marie-jeanne-valet-vs-the-beast-of-gevaudan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Antoine https://www.mende-coeur-lozere.fr/decouvrir-lessentiel/du-temps-du-gevaudan/bete-du-gevaudan/ https://www.history.com/news/beast-gevaudan-france-theories#:~:text=King%20Louis%20XV%20Dispatches%20Hunters&text=Even%20children%20were%20celebrated%20for,from%20ages%20eight%20to%2012 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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