"THE BEAST OF GEVAUDAN" Saint-James Way - Camino de Santiago - Saint-Jacques de Compostelle Via Podiensis & Camino Francés Day 4 - Saugues to Le Sauvage (19.5km) The Beast of Gevaudan is the man-eating gray wolf, dog or wolfdog that terrorized the former province of Gévaudan (modern-day département of Lozère and part of Haute-Loire), in the Margeride Mountains which I am crossing on this photo, between 1764 and 1767. The attacks, which covered an area stretching 90 by 80 kilometres (56 by 50 mi), were said to have been committed by a beast or beasts that had formidable teeth and immense tails according to contemporary eyewitnesses. Victims were often killed by having their throats torn out. The Kingdom of France used a considerable amount of manpower and money to hunt the animals, including the resources of several nobles, soldiers, civilians, and a number of royal huntsmen. The killing of the creature that eventually marked the end of the attacks is credited to a local hunter named Jean Chastel, who shot it during a hunt organised by a local nobleman, the Marquis d'Argent, on June 19, 1767. Writers later introduced the idea that Chastel shot the creature with a bullet self made with silver and upon being opened, the animal's stomach was shown to contain human remains (source Wikipedia). _____________________ #beastofgevaudan #saugues#saintjamesway#caminodesantiagodecompostela#cheminsdecompostelle#chemindecompostelle#saintjamesway2016#stjamesway#wayofstjames#theway#camino#everydaycamino#caminodesantiago#caminodesantiago2016#pilgrimage#pilgrimage2016 #camino2016 #ultreia#buencamino #chemins_de_compostelle#caminodesantiagopage #viapodiensis #gevaudantourisme _____________________ @everydaycamino @_caminosantiago _____________________ #france #france🇫🇷 #visitfrance#travelinfrance _____________________ #iphonography © April 22, 2016 William Lesourd ___THANKS FOR ACCOMPANYING ME ON THE CAMINO___ (à Circuit le Plateau de la Margeride)
