The Beast of Gévaudan (Cryptid) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

France, 1764. A terrifying and unknown beast roams the countryside killing more than 100 men, women, and children, and injuring 200 more. A royal reward is even issued for its capture or death. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask what made the beast so ferocious, why it attacked so many people, and what kind of beast it actually was.

https://mysterious.fm/297

Further Resources:
• Romero and Schwalb’s book Beast: Werewolves, Serial Killers, and Man-Eaters: The Mystery of the Monsters of Gevaudan: https://amzn.to/3UzF2Lh
• Karl-Hans Taake’s book The Gevaudan Tragedy: The Disastrous Campaign of a Deported “Beast”: https://amzn.to/3OwCSbm
• Linnell et al.’s paper The Fear of Wolves: A Review of Wolf Attacks on Humans: https://web.archive.org/web/20081209090711/http://www.nina.no/archive/nina/PppBasePdf/oppdragsmelding/2002/731.pdf
• Tsavo Man-Eaters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsavo_Man-Eaters
• Man-Eater of Mfuwe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mfuwe_man-eating_lion