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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/sonnysehra on 2025-11-18 22:38:53+00:00.

Original Title: TIL between 1764 and 1767, a mysterious animal known as the Beast of Gévaudan terrorized a rural region in France. It attacked over 200 people, killed at least 100, and partially ate 98 of them. Theories range from it being a wolf, lion, hyena, a large dog, a werewolf, or an extinct species