THE MAN-EATER OF GEVAUDAN,(48),LOZERE,REGION OF OCCITANIE,FRANCE
MAS DE LA VESSIERE, SAINT ALBAN SUR LIMAGNOLE (48), LOZERE, OCCITANIE REGION, FRANCE, JEANNE JOUVE, MOTHER OF 6 CHILDREN WAS COMING BACK FROM THE GARDEN WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE MONSTER ATTACKED HER 9-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. COURAGEOUSLY, JEANNE THREW HERSELF AT THE MONSTER TO MAKE IT LET GO BUT THE MONSTER SEIZED HER SECOND CHILD OF 6 YEARS. JEANNE AGAIN THREW HERSELF AT THE MONSTER WHO CLAWED HER ENTIRE BODY. THE MONSTER AGAIN SEIZED THE YOUNG JEAN-PIERRE AND CARRIED HIM OFF. THE CRIES FROM THE FIGHT ALERTED HER 13-YEAR-OLD SON WHO RAN AFTER THE BEAST WITH A PICKAXE AND A DOG. THE DOG WAS BADLY HURT BUT THE MONSTER WAS ALSO INJURED AND RAN AWAY. THE CHILD DIED ON MARCH 19 OF THE SAME YEAR AS A RESULT OF HIS WOUND. THE KING HEARD OF JEANNE JOUVE'S HEROISM AND, MUCH MOVED, REWARDED HER WITH 300 POUNDS.
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Location: FRANCE
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