Kat's Folklore Gallery, The Beast of Gévaudan (1764–1767).
Welcome to this weeks gallery all themed on the werewolf of Gévaudan. Please note images below do depicts attacks by werewolf like creatures. They are all real historical illustrations. For a great place to do research please visit https://pdimagearchive.org/ Information and Images sourced from Public Domain. In the 1760s, nearly three hundred people were killed in a remote region of south-central France, called the Gévaudan. The killer was thought to be a huge animal, also known as the beast. But what was this beast, a large bear, a wolf or a real werewolf? Illustrators had a field day representing the Beast, whose appearance was reported to be so monstrous it beggared belief. One poster, printed in 1764, described it as follows: Reddish brown with dark ridged stripe down the back. Resembles wolf/hyena but big as a donkey. Long gaping jaw, six claws, pointy upright ears and supple furry tail.m Mobile like a cat’s and can knock you over. Cry: more like hors...
