And Here We Have Bog

"This week listen to the ladies discuss the most lethal creature to stalk the countryside of France, called the Beast of Gévaudan. This wolf like Cryptid slaughtered simple peasants for years and still to this day it is a mystery what the creature was."

Presented by: Cristina
Category: Cryptid

The Beast of Gévaudan is a French cryptid that was responsible for a series of attacks between 1764 and 1767. The first attack was on a woman herding cattle, who drove the creature off twice, saving her. Not long after, a young girl was killed. Reports and attacks soon gripped the area, with the final tally being over 600 according to one estimate, nearly all of them involving fatalities.

Early attempts to kill or capture the beast were failures. Local men disguised themselves as women, who had bore the brunt of the attacks, not aware that the size was likely the variable there and not the dress. Those that did encounter it were disturbed by it's ability to take bullets without dying. King Louis XV hired two professional hunters who spent months hunting wolves they believe to be responsible. They were replaced when they failed to stop the attacks. A wolf was killed soon after, but the attacks continued.

The attacks finally when a local hunter successfully shot it. It's body was taken to king, but was badly decomposed upon arrival and the smell led the king to have it buried before it could be identified.

Many theories abound from werewolf to hyena, but Cristina believes it to have been a lion.

Takeaway: Leave animals alone.

Trivia

 * Patreon skit: Cristina and Mal preform surgery.