The Gévaudan Tragedy: The Disastrous Campaign of a Deported

The Gévaudan Tragedy: The Disastrous Campaign of a Deported ‘Beast’

In the 1760s, in the former County of GÃ©vaudan, located in southern France, and in adjacent areas, about one hundred children, youths, and women were killed by an alien â€œbeastâ€; numerous other humans survived the attacks, many of them seriously injured. The series of attacks is confirmed by a great variety of historical documents and is not called into question by scientists. The â€œbeastâ€ showed an unusual behaviour, extremely threatening for the rural communities of GÃ©vaudan: it ambushed humans not only on pastures and in fields, but even entered villages to prey on inhabitants in front of their houses. The appearance of the â€œbeastâ€ also had economically dramatic consequences for the already impoverished region: trade nearly came to a standstill, fields were no longer tilled. Historians dealing with the events conclude that wolves or a hybrid of a domestic dog and a wolf caused the attacks. But this view is not consistent with reports of the attacked persons and of those who rushed to help them or pursued the â€œbeastâ€. Furthermore, the wolf hypothesis is not compatible with zoological facts. This book traces the story of the â€œbeastâ€ and its victims; it deals extensively with the identity of the â€œbeastâ€, and proves that in GÃ©vaudan a manmade catastrophe occurred.
Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-12-15
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-12-15
Format	Kindle eBook

The Gévaudan Tragedy: The Disastrous Campaign of a Deported ‘Beast’

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