For three years in the mid-1760s, inhabitants of Gévaudan in Southern France were terrorized by a mysterious beast. The creature preyed mostly on women and defenseless children as they wandered through the countryside or tended cattle in the surrounding forests. Victims were found with their throats ripped and their bodies lacerated. Judging from the ferocity of the attacks, the killer was thought to be a huge animal. Those who survived also described the beast to be as large as a donkey with long gaping jaw, pointy upright ears and supple furry tail. Some thought it was a wolf or a hyena. Others believed it was something more sinister and supernatural.
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The Beast of Gévaudan. Image: Gallica Digital Library/Wikimedia
Source: amusingplanet.com