La bête du Gévaudan

Perhaps the most prolific ‘werewolf’ in history is the Beast of Gévaudan that terrorised the south of France for three years in the eighteenth century.

Whether in fact it was a plain wolf, an anomalous wolf or a maniac with a furry outfit continues to be a point of much discussion. Either way, many aspects of the story were well documented by contemporaries, and make interesting reading today.