When the Beast arrived in Gévaudan, the region was in the cold clutches of the Little Ice Age. The Seven Year’s War had ended in 1763, leaving France defeated and in economic peril. Gévaudan, a ...

the beast. The historical region of Gévaudan, with its capital in the cathedral city of Mende, can be found on old documents (such as the 19th-century map, above). Named for the Celtic Gabali ...

The beast of Gévaudan terrorized French villagers for three years, killing around 100 and injuring nearly 300. Wikimedia Commons The monster’s first victim was Jeanne Boulet, a 14-year-old girl ...

An unknown beast prefers the taste of human flesh, killing over 100 villagers in the South of France. Tens of thousands of citizens scoured the forests and country side looking for the beast out ...

Deadly wounded, she managed with her last breath to describe the attacker as 'a horrible beast.' Authorities started to note an unsettling pattern. Already September 8, 1762 the young son of the ...

The beast of Gevaudan, locally called La Bete, is referred to by the French as the “greatest enigma of history.” This grizzly horror unfolded at a very volatile period in France’s government. The ...