The Beast of Gévaudan | Terror in the French Countryside | European History | Extra History

[@extrahistory]

Happy Halloween from all of us at Extra Credits! A costume guide for our team at 9:45 ; left to right, top to bottom Luke - A Bill from School House Rock Mac - Robert Muldoon from Jurassic Park Dan - Elder Thing from HP Lovecraft Nick - Necronomicon from HP Lovecraft Patrick - Cthulhu from HP Lovecraft Joe - Geno from Super Mario RPG Nick D - Johnny from Cobra Kai Scott D - The Goon from The Goon Zoey - Nott from Critical Role Matt - Caleb from Critical Role Erin - Captain Janeway from Star Trek: Voyager Geoff - Malcolm Reynolds from Firefly Will - Zagreus from Hades Jordan - Earl Sinclair from Dinosaurs Ali - Pteradon from history Arthur - Hordak from She-Ra Jac - The Hunter from Bloodborne Rob - Trazyn the Infinite from WH40k David - The Goblin King Jareth from Labyrinth SVP - Blacula from Blacula Tiffany - Chell from Portal PHEW.

[@James-en1ob]

Happy Halloween 🎃🎃🎃

[@thylaggyone4513]

Oh cool schoolhouse rock

[@weirdostick8023]

Happy Halloween

[@danielduvernay3207]

My families from France and I’m very glad to see a video about these stories. If you look into it there are many more awesome stories like these from countries around the world.

[@bskorupk]

Happy Halloween! Time for a Story that 'Fits Neatly Into the Historical Record' :)

[@keysersoze146]

It killed without warning. It could not be caught. It was magic. It was bullet proof. It was Walpole.

[@jamesg9840]

I bet if Bismark were there he would have had a plan.

[@Religion0]

Brilliant!

[@borkbork3804]

Bismarck A L W A Y S has a plan

[@hlonimojapelo2936]

Maybe they were just buying time until Bismarck was available.

[@DANTEEEEEEEEHHHH]

I swear to god theres allways a walpole refference

[@dionadair8195]

You forgot to mention that the Marquis de Lafayette (yeah, THAT one) actually tried to kill the beast as a child, since he was a liege lord of the area, but since he was about ten at the time he got dragged back to the mansion.

[@mohamedrateb9662]

THE Marquis de Lafayette? The American Revolution Lafayette?

[@dionadair8195]

@@mohamedrateb9662 That's the one. The Lancelot of the Revolutionary set.

[@feifei01]

@@dionadair8195 he came from afar just to say bonsoir

[@dionadair8195]

@@feifei01 Tell the king casse-toi Who's the best? C'est moi

[@plasticbag4102]

Yeah but that’s extremely unimportant in the story it’s a fun fact sure but he didn’t do anything

[@MyOwnNameWasTaken]

“The wolves did the killing, but we made the monsters.” I like that line.

[@filipeamaral216]

@kinsmarts Yeah, that quote was so pretentious I almost threw up. Extra Credits make some cool animations, but God they are a bunch of snowflakes...

[@G1rlyP4ws]

@Filipe Amaral Lolwut? Chill, man.

[@katytui3746]

"He shoulders his musket" "aims" "the beast notices the movement and---" And then an add plays.

[@tobybartels8426]

Suspense!

[@abcdef27669]

(TO BE CONTINUED)

[@gyanchor2495]

Browser on desktop and 4 different adblockers (this is overkill) solves that problem. Which is not always possible sadly...

[@hereticpariah6_66]

Same. Evil Geniuses.

[@jordinagel1184]

@@abcdef27669 *cue the start of Roundabout*

[@mitchellneu]

To the Father and the Son Came the Beast of Gévaudan Terminator, a traitor, half wolf and half machine To the prior and the nun Came the Beast of Gévaudan A redeemer, believer, all fatal, mad, and mean Beast of Gévaudan

[@VergilTheMenace]

POWERWOLF!

[@daedalus5253]

@@VergilTheMenace My favorite part is the pronunciation of „Gévaudan“

[@amandeepgill5206]

Beast of Gévaudan, Christ the force is on the run Meant to feast on the treason of liars Beast of Gévaudan, bring up Nemesis undone Send the mass of profane to hellfire Hunted by hundreds, all tempted to be fought Ascent like thunder to tear down the enemies of God

[@JustA-RandomName]

🎸

[@Grandbee7182]

I don’t even listen to power wolf and I know about this song

[@psilocybin7693]

When faced with a similar problem, hire a witcher.

[@kaikalter]

Like they did in beauclair

[@andrewvarney5687]

Don't forget to toss a coin.

[@SergioKoolhaas]

And poor him some ale!

[@zagan31a]

@@andrewvarney5687 Netflix series sucked. Ruined the books

[@piglin469]

get anne the windego killer c

[@aslandus]

To be honest, I was kind of expecting the monster to turn out to be a serial killer instead of an animal...

[@cometmoon4485]

All the French villagers have the beast tied up in a comedic amount of cartoony thick rope. "Now let's find out who this monster really is!"

[@odeseus5875]

Its a early age furry

[@katsa5]

I’m a fan of that theory.

[@tobybartels8426]

@@cometmoon4485 : The monster turns out to be human in disguise, while one of the people who catch the monster is a talking dog. That's irony for you!

[@Butonz1]

There's actually a theory that says Chastel, the man who shot the beast and ended the killings, was one of the worlds earliest recorded serial killers. The theory goes that the beast was some kind of hybrid animal trained by Chastel and his son to target people. Rogue animals, animals that decide humans are a good consistent source of food, are actually quite rare. Which is why the idea that the beast was trained to attack and kill humans holds some weight, and why the idea put forward here that dozens of wolves suddenly started killing and decapitating peasants isn't a very convincing one.

[@Butonz1]

Regardless of some of it's dubious and more sensational aspects I like the theory that Chastel was actually one of the world's earliest recorded serial killers, using a trained animal to carry out his murders. The fact that the killings stopped while he was imprisoned for refusing to take part in the hunt for the beast, and resumed once he was released, is somewhat chilling if true. There are also accounts of the beasts killing that describe the beast simply walking up to stand before Chastel without any show of aggression when he shot it, as though it knew him... Though we all know what an eye witness account is worth in court. Still, one of my favorite theories for one of my favorite historical cryptids.

[@elbentos7803]

And quite swampy as well...

[@michaelterrell5061]

No way. It’s chilling but god no.

[@MW_Asura]

Lame. Not everything has to have an underlying conspiracy plot behind it

[@Tamlinearthly]

Calling this a "theory" is the acme of generosity.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

2:28 Of course you included Gaston, would've been a missed opportunity NOT to include him. No one's necc's as incredibly thicc as Gaston's

[@lopiditty]

Nooooo onee is as thicc as Gaston...

[@donaldolivier6786]

Why are you everywhere

[@DragoSonicMile]

No one spreads so many STDs like Gaston.

[@Darasilverdragon]

He's especially good at expectorating-

[@mrgopnik5964]

No matter where I go, you are somehow always there

[@nangkhrawborsuting2788]

Came here from Powerwolf's new song. Not disappointed at all.

[@ev1lcupcak3]

I am not the only one

[@trenchrat5359]

Kinda disappointed that the wolf wasn't actually half wolf and half machine

[@asopbob6064]

Me too

[@lucanisro]

Yep same here

[@CatZfish666]

Same lol

[@fakjbf3129]

I thought this was an Extra Mythology episode at first

[@bobkrachit7774]

Thanks, your comment made me realize it’s an extra history episode.

[@idkanymore12]

@@bobkrachit7774 same here

[@safe-keeper1042]

Me too, I was like, didn't we just have one?

[@malarie-susangold9259]

Same

[@Carewolf]

Well, despite what they say "Mythology are not stories that are untrue".... They _only_ ever bring stories that are they now are untrue in Extra Mythology, strories that might be true are covered in Extra History.

[@AndyG94]

I like the theory I heard in 'Leyendas Legendarias' , that it was an escaped lion from one of the trade routes between France and Africa 🌍

[@nutriapeluda]

Yay a fellow macabroso !

[@logangrosserode9041]

it was actually found out that due to descriptions, it WAS a lion. It had paws like a cats, unlike a wolf, a thick hide around the neck, a main, and had a long tail, not like a wolf's. Most of the common folk though, had never seen a lion, so they thought it was a big wolf.

[@donaldolivier6786]

How did you upload 19 hours ago?

[@Tina-Brune]

@@donaldolivier6786 patreon preview I guess

[@Snp2024]

Or wolf dog hybrid

[@Triskaan]

From France, feels good to see Extra Credits tackle one of our longest standing legends. :)

[@rashkavar]

Something for Lies, if you do one on this: Dragoons are mounted infantry, so in the artistic portrayal they should be mounted as they march into Gévaudan. They're actually a really good choice for this kind of patrol - they're capable riders wearing little to no armour (there is still armoured cavalry, but they're a very niche role by this point) and are trained as infantry rather than cavalry - ie: not thinking of their horse as a critical part of their soldiering capability, and not too high and mighty to get off a horse that's too scared to move on because it smells a wolf and advance on foot. If you're trying to secure a relatively large area with relatively few soldiers, having them on horseback extends their effective response speed significantly, allowing you to achieve similar levels of coverage with fewer troops, while not bringing in the inherent issue of cavalry, who tend to think of themselves as too good to walk around on patrols and the like. Depending on how diversified firearms are at this point (my knowledge in the area is more Napoleonic than Seven Years War era), the Dragoons might also be working with carbines rather than full length rifles/muskets - these are shorter barrelled versions of these longer guns (often having equivalent models where barrel length is the only difference) that trade a bit of accuracy for a lot of manoeuvrability, which could be useful in the event a wolf attacked and bayonets were needed - it's a shorter reach to mount the bayonet in the first place, and the resulting spear is shorter and easier to handle. It might also offer some reload time advantages for muzzle loaders, though that's purely conjecture on my part. (Also, I will note, that hunter in the story who quadruple loaded his gun with powder...gods that takes guts. I get that he's thinking it will add more penetrative power to his shot (which might have some merit, though I suspect something durable enough to withstand regular gunfire at the time would be likely to just have the bullet/ball splash into just that much thinner of a pancake), but I'd have huge concerns about the gun exploding with that much of a hot load. As it is, I wonder if him doing that is what enabled the wolf to survive that first shot - I do know that modern military grade ammo - the stuff designed to penetrate body armour - is actually more survivable for an unarmoured target than hunting grade ammo, as the faster projectile doesn't deform as much as it travels through the body. You get a cleaner hole with less damage - that's the trade off you have to make if you want to penetrate body armour. I wonder if that extra powerful shot to the eye did something similar with the wolf.) All that said, the better option would be to round up the best scouts from several different individual units. Regular soldiers are not really trained in stealth, especially not in those days - marching or riding in formation kicks up enough racket that it's *very* rare for a troop on the march to see much wildlife at all, particularly not large mammals. Scouts are trained to work alone or in small groups, moving stealthily so as to avoid detection by enemy sentries. They're the closest thing an army has to a hunter (and indeed, would often have been hunters before joining the army). That would probably have avoided the issue where one of Duhamel's men scared off the wolf as he was lining up a shot.

[@dutch6857]

Thinking something similar. They need to move fast, but trying to fight from on top of a wolf-spooked horse seems a poor choice. Answer: Dragoons!

[@Seriouspugfellow]

What about the lance mounted division, pretty useful they might be

[@Thoralmir]

Fun fact: In the 2009 remake of The Wolfman, there is a deleted scene where the protagonist, Lawrence Talbot, meets a man on a train who gives him a walking cane topped with a silver wolf's head that he claims he got in Gévaudan.

[@rollothewalker5535]

Lovely bit of trivia there

[@Fox531CD]

Ah, the Beast of Gevudan. I remember a documentary the History Channel did called "The Real Wolfman" about this. They argued that the animal was a hyena. In fact, they argued the theory you mentioned: A rare (now extinct) breed of hyena escaped from a menagerie. There's good reason to suppose so, actually. I know you said it might have been a pack of wolves, but here's the thing: many of those victims were dismembered and decapitated, and wolves *literally* can't do that. Their jaws aren't strong enough. Hyenas, on the other hand? Pfft, they can break *elephant and giraffe bones* into powder, give them a challenge. Plus, they're extremely aggressive. They also proposed the theory that it might have been trained to kill people (since animals generally avoid people, and yet this one was killing people over livestock, which is *very* odd). That's the other scary thing about hyenas: They're very trainable, despite their high aggression. They even proposed the idea that Jean Chastel, the guy that shot it, might have been the one to train it, since he got so close to it, and that whole story about the silver bullet is garbage.

[@artsman412]

That... actually is an interesting theory. Thanks for sharing. Will have to check out that documentary sometime.

[@matthiasmoser6096]

Ah yeah, that makes was more sense! Thanks for this explanation.

[@hyenaloaf1858]

They argued that it was a striped hyena. Striped hyenas are most definitely not extinct

[@Tamlinearthly]

Occam's Razor suggests that if the decapitations were really impossible then odds are they just didn't really happen. After all, if it was a hyena, what happened it? Where did it go?

[@ГригорийТяпочкин]

​​@@Tamlinearthlythey stuffed it. And then it was traveling the province to show the peasants that the beast is actually dead this time. Then they transported it to Versal but by the time it got there it's condition detiorated so bad they got rid of it.

[@allocater2]

"The beast will be gone by Easter." Beast kills dozens of peasants. "It is what it is."

[@brianwills3871]

Well played

[@nathanielclaw2841]

"Restricting me from passing through the beast's territory for 'safety' is tirany!" *dies* "The beast only targets the king's supporters!"

[@bificommander]

Monsieur Fauci is creating a needless panic, it's just a dog.

[@allocater2]

@@bificommander 3,000 dead from 9/11: OMG 300,000 dead from corona: Eh

[@supremememersnoke7350]

@@allocater2 r/whoosh? I think?

[@nahx6205]

SCP 682 has been successfully contained.

[@Otto_Von_Beansmarck]

the Taresque is a separate mythological beast which is much older but i can see the confusion

[@novaexplorer2397]

Asa Hoffman in the SCP lore, 682 was mistaken for the Tarrasque

[@SataniSactify]

Not me listening to Powerwolf's new single that lead me here

[@mjbull5156]

At least this was a carnivore, not like Australia's military actions against Emus.

[@Snp2024]

10 million Australians died that black day fascist communist democratic Emu Republic was just too powerful.

[@andyjay729]

You haven't heard of the Man-Eating Emu of Menindee (Dromaeus novaehollandiae carnivorius)?

[@riograndedosulball248]

The Chad Ecuadorian victory over the Goat Empire vs the Virgin Australian Emu War

[@KasumiRINA]

Australia tried to reclaim its military glory by airstrikes on camels. Seriously! The military is proud of defeating defenseless camels (which were brought captive anyway) with aircraft bombs. Still haven't lived down losing a war to emus.

[@tobybartels8426]

I went to Google "Australian war on emus", and I only had to type in "Australian war"; Google knew which war I meant.

[@chaos9731]

To the father and the son, came the beast of Gevaudan

[@fleshtearer4399]

Terminator, a traitor, half wolf and half machine

[@WeaponXSigma]

To the prior and the nun, came the beast of Gevaudan

[@fleshtearer4399]

@@WeaponXSigma A redeemer, believer, all fatal, mad and mean!

[@IntrepidIanRinon]

BEAST OF GEVAUAN!

[@turma8eac]

“A government that abandoned them even as more people died” Wish I didn’t know how this felt

[@robbiejohnston9409]

Your gov abandoned you by taking away your rights, not via COVID

[@ibnbattuta7031]

@@robbiejohnston9409 shutup redcap

[@jorenvanderark3567]

@@robbiejohnston9409 Ah and here we have one of Nurgles Plaguebearers... to bad we don't have an imperium of man equivalent to deal with your lot.

[@Viguier89]

I had no idea this story was famous outside France. It's even cooler that's its Extra History who made an episode about it.

[@vladimirblitz2867]

Amazing story, second time watching this, watching again after listening to the Powerwolf Premiere of the song Beast of Gevaudan

[@pyrrhusofepirus8491]

There’s even more about the monster, there’s even a theory that the beast wasn’t actually wild but owned by some person, also the Hyena theory is more plausible to me because Hyenas have far, far stronger jaws and I believe are even known to decapitate.

[@ding1466]

Hyenas are smaller though and like every other animal would have been better off taking the sheep. Probably some tsavo man eater-esque wolf.

[@toptextbottomtext3062]

@@ding1466 Spotted hyenas weigh up to 90kg and the extinct Cave Hyenas could weigh upwards of 100kg

[@KaiserStormTracking]

@@toptextbottomtext3062 Not much differnce. Modern Hyenas got smaller to get faster to compete with other predators

[@toptextbottomtext3062]

@@KaiserStormTracking Yeah I was just responding to the person who thinks hyenas are too small to attack people

[@adlibconstitution1609]

@@ding1466 Spotted Hyenas can kill a an adult cheetah and will fight leopards. They are bigger than wolves.

[@fandemusique4693]

5:32 you know, it make me wonder what had happens to this guy, because between the money, the fame and the school opportunity got by that event, i kinda want to know if he had success.

[@fandemusique4693]

@The Martial Lord of Loyalty it's harsh.

[@sharilshahed6106]

@@fandemusique4693 Such is life

[@MalenkyMoodge]

This is what I found about Jacques Portefaix, the young boy who fought off the beast of Gévaudan: "The young boy was born on November 8, 1752 in Chanaleilles. On April 16, 1765, he was admitted to the Brothers of the Christian Doctrine or Ignorantin Brothers, of Montpellier. He stayed there until November 1770, when he entered the school of the Royal Artillery Corps. He then became a lieutenant, under the name of Jacques Villaret. He died aged "33 or thereabouts", on August 14, 1785 in Franconville"

[@spetr2060]

To the father and the son ! Came the beast of Gévaudan ! Terminator, a traitor, half wolf and half machine !

[@arthurbailon5851]

A redeemer, believer, all fatal, mad and mean Beast of Gévaudan

[@beetee6986]

Came here from the premier of Beast of Gévaudan by Powerwolf

[@thetexan1011]

Same

[@abbddos]

I wonder if Arthor Conan Doile's "the hound of baskerville" was partially based on this.

[@pokeluigi1000]

No that's based on the beast of dartmoor iirc

[@Cecily_Smith4]

Ooooooo

[@pavarottiaardvark3431]

@@pokeluigi1000 The Beast of Dartmoor originates from the late 20th century

[@ArranVid]

@@pokeluigi1000 Lmao, stop believing everything Arthur says. Arthur Conan Doyle was CLEARLY inspired by the Beast of Gevauden too.

[@generalmissy]

Guess packs of vicious wolves roaming outside of towns in RPGs isn't as crazy as I thought

[@jonnunn4196]

Basically this rough time frame was near the peak of wolf attacks. But there was a wolf attack on a shepherd in Germany only a few months ago. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wolf_attacks

[@yamiyomizuki]

It's still pretty unrealistic. Keep in mind that in the entire history of America the number of people killed by wolves could pretty much be counted on 1 hand.

[@daemosblack]

@@yamiyomizuki America is not Europe - the size of territory for wolves to roam and hunt in North America was vastly larger than in contenental Europe, with far more large wild prey for the wolves to hunt away from livestock. also the sub species of wolves in Europe had spend thousands of years developing along side the growing human settlements.

[@Seth9809]

@@yamiyomizuki There is a reason why many humans are scared of wolves, they used to be a very serious threat.

[@yamiyomizuki]

@@Seth9809 people are afraid of lots of things that aren't a particular threat. The dislike of wolves has more to do with their eating livestock than eating people.

[@eusarmale7100]

Can't wait for seeing views escalading because of Powerwolf...

[@johnnyhellfire6]

I heard about this first from the movie that's based off of this legend, The Brotherhood Of The Wolf. Came out years ago. Very loosely based off the true story. But a great movie, got me interested in this story and glad to see more about this.

[@SaiyanHeretic]

Very trippy movie, a couple solid scares and surprisingly good fights. For anybody that hasn't seen it, you could do a lot worse for a Halloween movie tonight.

[@NL-ws5fv]

I remember that film! One of the first movies that got me interested in learning and practicing French.

[@1marius16]

We all know that this beast was a Powerwolf

[@marcocastelli4205]

TO THE FATHER AND THE SON, CAME THE BEAST OF GEVAUDAN

[@jamesgroccia644]

Terminator, a traitor, half wolf and half machine. To the prior and the nun, came the Beast of Gévaudan!

[@364dragonrider]

Most descriptions I hear make me think of a tiger. Russet colored, very large, claws the size of a man’s head, big head, white belly, stripes, long tail. I think a tiger escaped a nearby noble’s private zoo and went maneater, and the nobleman left it unreported to avoid embarrassment.

[@krankarvolund7771]

Or just a bunch of wolves ^^' There's no way one tiger could have killed that many persons....

[@364dragonrider]

@@krankarvolund7771 tigers that go maneater are notable for extremely intense body counts. The champawat tiger, for example, killed over 300 people in just a couple years.

[@krankarvolund7771]

@@364dragonrider Still, wolves are far more likely than tiger ^^

[@364dragonrider]

@The Martial Lord of Loyalty that’s the case for felines in an area with high competition, yes, but rarely for maneaters. The man eaters of Tsavo, for instance, typically ate their kills within earshot of the camps full of people who wanted them dead.

[@es8428]

When i saw the title, my thoughts were like, ”god damn, they were sponsered by the series teen wolf.”

[@rullmourn1142]

pffftttt

[@es8428]

pffftttt

[@isaacthemonke233]

I will always refer to this little part of history as "The French Werewolf Massacre"

[@nebojsag.5871]

4:46 As a Serb, I felt that.

[@jrt7357]

Lmfao, damn that made me chuckle

[@robbiegarber898]

Also, IDK, but several hundred wolves willing and able to attack humans may be slightly more terrifying than two large ones.

[@Tina-Brune]

It's possible the wolves learned to see people as a nice source of food by scavenging battlefields in northern France. So I guess the real monster was the militaristic government all along...

[@jonnunn4196]

Fear has little to do the actual risk - it's instead what aren't you used to that is terrifying. They were used to wolf packs.

[@robbiegarber898]

@@jonnunn4196 Good point - the sudden switch in tactics on the wolves' part probably had a large part to play, as well.

[@krankarvolund7771]

@@Tina-Brune Southern France and Northern France are literally hundreds of kilometers apart, there's no way several pack of wolves would have made that trip ^^'

[@riograndedosulball248]

Maybe the real Beast was the man hunter wolves we made along the way

[@Pikazilla]

3:10 If farmers were starving and being repressed then why not revolt? What time was this again? Late 18th century? Oh okay...

[@Freekymoho]

Why didn't they just eat cake?

[@failuretv814]

It was 1764. The revolution would still take 25 years to come

[@melbanford5460]

You are the Justin Y of Extra credits

[@failuretv814]

@@melbanford5460 who?

[@jackyoh971]

The revolution was more a urban thing...

[@MajraMangetsu]

4:49 So you need to tell me Journalists of the Hexagon simply did not change that much in 300 years ? Concerning....

[@samdumaquis2033]

Spot on

[@NateJensen1991]

Journalists of the what now?

[@MajraMangetsu]

@@NateJensen1991 Some French (Myself included) describe the country like an Hexagon. Because the country look like an Hexagon.

[@Mitaka.Kotsuka]

press never changes, human nature never changes

[@MajraMangetsu]

@Major Gear Peaceful compare to what tho ? Death Penalty ? Because if yes, _Geez_ !!!

[@raf6029]

Anyone came here after watching/listening to Powerwolf's "Beast of Gévaudan"?

[@ronaldpagar6513]

I am

[@nps86]

I remember the Anthony Hopkins Wolfman movie where an old British guy hands Benicio del Toro a cane. He tells him, "I picked it up from a man in Gevaudan lifetimes ago-its heft is too much for me these days." Really wish that movie was better remembered 😕

[@jamesgroccia644]

To the father and the son, came the Beast of Gévaudan. Terminator, a traitor, half wolf and half machine. To the friar and the nun, come the Beast of Gévaudan. A redeemer, believer, all fatal mad and mean, Beast of Gévaudan!

[@philipgood5041]

Why is everyone commenting that, what reference is this?

[@lucasbeck1391]

@@philipgood5041 powerwolf

[@jeremy1860]

Even in relatively modern times, we still get stories like this. Here in the UK for instance, we have the Beast of Bodmin Moor, a supposed big cat that roamed the wilds in Cornwall back during the 1970s. Sightings were numerous, but nothing ever concluded what the creature was, which of course just fuelled the myth about it 🤔

[@Lionstar16]

OMG, loved that you used Disney Beauty and the Beast in your drawings - my favourite Disney film of all time :)

[@mijanhoque1740]

Heard this legend In Teen Wolf. They incorporated the beast into the werewolf lore which was an interesting take on it and visually it looked awesome

[@TheXython]

When an Extra History feels a bit like an Extra Mythology...

[@trenchrat5359]

Terminator, a Traitor, half Wolf and half Machine

[@glennallen2605]

Hi! 53-y/o guy here. Loved your animation! Last Xmas I read "The Gevaudan Tragedy," by Karl-Hans Taake, who told the story in such a way that The Beast's identity was a lure thru-out his narrative. (Spoiler ahead!) As you said, The Beast attacked adults & kids just feet from their front doors (& in broad daylight!), often removing their heads. Taake plotted the # of attacks (by time of year, age of victim, etc.), & finally divulged that it was likely a young lion, but was ID'd by locals as a wolf. (I forget why this was.) This was b4 folks knew what exotic animals looked like. He deduced this by how it clung to ppl on horseback, how it could leap up, etc., & how it traveled distances to attack (another pack of lions did this in a well-known case). He said The Beast came from an area where carnivals traveled & where accidents often freed such animals, & said The Beast got the press, but there were many other similar attacks b4 The Beast but never got the attn. He expresses sympathy for the animal, saying it was in an alien land & territory, & says it was likely poisoned & died alone in some cave in a remote area (this was explained). Otr sources claim it was buried at Versailles, that it was stuffed but later rotted, was a hyena, etc. Wolves don't possess the jaw strength to bite thru neck bones, which eliminates them. Some kids attacked it & said they couldn't penetrate its tough hide (wolves don't have such a thick hide, the author says). He says that victims' skulls were often "shiny," indicating they'd been licked by sandpaper, typical of a lion's abrasive tongue. FYI, in any event.

[@totalynotcatherine]

"It took a week to find her head." Halloween episode for sure.

[@mattblaq]

Powerwolf makes a song about this, two days latter i see this video, ok then

[@alienworm1999]

10:02 I need to know how much they paid you to say "military grade onion over-encryption technology" with a straight face

[@abasdarhon]

"Military grade onion"?! So THAT'S how tear gas is commercially produced!

[@alisaurus4224]

I learned from the Adam West Batman show that if you feed chickens nothing but onions, their eggs will be tear gas bombs

[@Tortferngatr]

BEAST OF GÉVAUDAN FEARED NO SWORD AND FEARED NO GUN SENT FROM HEAVEN THE SEVENTH OF CREATURES

[@georgetsaousis]

Anyone here after Powerwolf's blaster?

[@himanshukuanr7832]

2:28 Gaston my boy..

[@fandemusique4693]

Ah, i remember this, when i was 11, i had read this story, or at least a version of it in a book, it was weird, the version i had read had use the hyena version. This story is weird.

[@edoardoprevelato6577]

Loved the Gaston cameo

[@Nelfhithion]

Gosh you have no idea how this legend is still strong in this region nowadays. Lot of my family is living around Mende and I think I have found a book about the beast in all the houses that I have visited. Pretty fun to see an external point of view of that myth

[@coreymajtyka460]

Love it, you should do the Maneater of Tsavo next time

[@malcolmcampbell3912]

7:00 in, artist seems to have drawn the musket upside down as we're seeing the thin ramrod with the thicker barrel visible at the end? Just amusing.

[@abbddos]

This reminds me of a folk story in the Middle East about the milk man who was eaten by a Hayena. According to the story, the hayena was tok big, it swallowed the whole poor milk man.

[@advitiyapathak8843]

"The wolves did the killing but we made the monster" Hmm sounds familiar

[@mesektet5776]

♪ It's a beast he's got fangs, razor sharp ones. Massive paws, killer claws for the feast hear him roar, see him foam But we're not coming home 'til he's dead Good and dead Kill the Beast! ♪

[@stevenchoza6391]

Truth can be so much more than fiction, including more terrifying.

[@eckienoxio5602]

Anyone here after powerwolf?

[@magnusogolaplayz4401]

yup

[@adrianbaumann3058]

Yes

[@DeclanTanner05]

Am I the only one who can't hear the term "the Beast" without thinking of Father Ted? "They say it's as big as four cats and has a retractable leg so it can leap up at you better and it lights up at night and it's got four ears, two are for listening and the other two are kind of back up ears and it's claws are as big as cups and for some reason it's got a tremendous fear of stamps. Mrs Doyle was telling me it's got magnets on it's tail, so if you're made of metal, it can attach itself to you and instead of a head, it's got four arses"

[@iapetusmccool]

I don't remember that episode, and I'm trying to think who would say that. It's _probably_ Dougal (he would be stupid enough to actually believe such nonsense), but I can also imagine Ted saying all that too (more in a "huh, have you heard what people are saying?" kind of way).

[@sirenfang1179]

omg you pronounced gévaudan so well at the beginning that i genuinely thought i had clicked on a french video for a hot sec

[@Antman537]

I'd like to petition that this video be re-uploaded; using Powerwolf's new Beast of Gevaudan song as the outro track.

[@ИванАлексеев-в9х]

Who's here after the new Powerwolf's track?

[@Austinawesome56]

ME!!!!

[@thetexan1011]

Yes

[@williamkarbala5718]

Lol nice Beauty and the beast reference at :36

[@safe-keeper1042]

I wish the episode had a note about how wolf attacks on humans are extremely rare (although they will attack and kill dogs). Other than that, great episode: )

[@Empiricist14]

Powerwolf made a song about this ❤

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Oh no, not the baguettes! Protect them at all costs

[@abhiravsharma5974]

all hail supreme leader

[@Snp2024]

Supreme leader protect them

[@kaymuldoon3575]

Oui oui! 🥖🍷 🇫🇷

[@mamtabajpai2025]

Hello nuke man

[@Terranoighte]

😇🙏

[@flappy_meal_3214]

I’m pretty sure they based a movie called “brotherhood of the wolf” of of these events

[@julienleynaud6898]

Yes you're absolutely right. As a french I remember my dad telling me about this story when I was a kid I found it fascinating, he showed me the movies years later.

[@vincentmuyo]

Le pacte des loups, right. I liked that movie.

[@midnighttale3388]

Half wolf and half machine

[@gdhdi5339]

As an Australian, this story makes me feel a lot better about the Emu War.

[@tiggle5485]

Who’s here from the new Powerwolf song

[@lemediamark4254]

Ouh, I'm French and I'm glad that you covered the most famous "werewolf story" of France. Thanks ;)

[@glebshkatyla5884]

Powerwolf?

[@Elnadrius]

Powerwolf!

[@thodemar9051]

Powerwolf watches Extra Credits

[@jeremykershaw]

POWERWOLF!!!!

[@dongsondoantran2233]

Powerwolf wrote a song about this thing a couple weeks ago.

[@morningstarlink]

Power Wolf

[@kawikaahina1759]

And THIS is how you make a Halloween special

[@3k413]

Showed up on the main page after listening to Powerwolf... anyone else?

[@BaronVonMott]

Lots of people here talking about the PowerWolf song, but all I can think about is the SCP tale "The Great Tarasque Hunt"...

[@varckk]

Am I the only one here because of that Powerwolf song?

[@AndrewJohnson-oy8oj]

I had mixed feelings about history in high school, but watch your history videos over and over. Well done.

[@BigBadDragon777]

About time someone talks about The rare Beast of Gevauden. Thank you Extra Credits!!

[@Butter_Warrior99]

Came here to see where curse of Vanitas got it’s inspiration from.

[@kironiz6014]

Well Powerwolf just made a song about this so yeah....thats random I guess

[@trenchrat5359]

Everyone is talking about Powerwolf now

[@Linkaden]

this was recommended after I listened to PowerWolf's new song of the same name.

[@jav9132]

Trey the explainer fans: Hey I’ve seen this before Extra credits: What do you mean you’ve seen it it’s brand new

[@tsunagwyn2328]

Is a barn owl

[@dasky17]

Bedtime Stories fans, too...but I like EC’s version, very well done!

[@Tortferngatr]

Powerwolf fans: *constant and continuous headbanging*

[@RobbertHoek]

Im pretty sure that most of us are here after the recommendation of youtube after watching powerwolf on repeat

[@RaraZeCat]

Hush

[@groberunfug1498]

came from powerwolf \m/

[@Rawkwilder]

the wolf's in the area probably got displaced by the 7 years war and got used to humans and snacking on them.

[@jacksonthomas1851]

Who’s here after listening Powerwolfs new song?

[@mel4gamez]

if you're wondering, the intro song is called "Birth of The People" (Its a game song)