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Serack:
--- Quote from: Bastian on May 28, 2011, 09:40:41 PM ---That site has an extremely poor rating (Trustworthiness, Privacy, and Vendor Relieability-wise) according to users of WOT and is listed on anti-spam company joewein.de's spam blacklist. Click on it at your own risk.
Edit: Someone should probably inform Tsunami that they might want to move their timeline to a different site.
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Thanks Bastian, I was reluctant to enable scripts for the site, but was hoping it was a good link...
Praeceps:
--- Quote from: Bastian on May 27, 2011, 05:02:58 PM ---
--- Quote from: Fool Moon pg63 ---The last major loup-garou rampage happened around Gevaudan, France, back in the sixteenth century.
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I just found something interesting. If I was to guess I would say that this is referring to the below event, just with the wrong century.
--- Quote from: http://www.patriciabriggs.com/books/silver/silverbullets.shtml ---The first generally-recognized silver bullet story comes from France. In the 1760's in the town of Gevaudan, a series of animal attacks left at least sixty people dead. Some estimates put the death toll over 100, but circumstances attending many of the deaths are ambiguous. There were numerous eye-witness reports of a large, highly aggressive animal who carried out these attacks, often seeking out human prey in preference to cattle or even sheep nearby. The creature became known as the "Beast of Gevuadan".
The deaths were real, and well documented, but the creature responsible remains an enigma. Superstition and folk stories have become so thoroughly entwined that it is difficult to say what kind of beast it was, or even what it may have looked like. The local peasants were convinced that it was a werewolf (a loup-garou). Several people claimed to have shot or stabbed the monster, but without effect. In one account, two hunters shot it with rifles from close range, soring multiple hits. The beast limped away, apparently hurt, only to reappear and kill a few days later.
Professional hunters and trappers were dispatched with instructions to kill the beast. None were able to slay it, though several were apparently attacked and killed. Whole villages were abandoned when the beast was sighted nearby. Eventually, large groups of hunters and trackers, dogs and warriors were sent to search for the beast. Finally, one such group of men was attacked. Jean Chastel, a member of the group, had loaded a pistol with a silver bullet, with which he shot and killed the monster.
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LogicMouseLives:
--- Quote from: Bastian on May 30, 2011, 11:18:07 PM ---
I just found something interesting. If I was to guess I would say that this is referring to the below event, just with the wrong century.
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There's a cool French pseudo-documentary about the Beast of Gevaudan; Brotherhood of the Wolf. I saw it on TV a few years ago. The Wikipedia article about it also indicates 1700's rather than 1600's.
LML
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--- Quote from: LogicMouseLives on June 01, 2011, 01:49:21 AM ---There's a cool French pseudo-documentary about the Beast of Gevaudan; Brotherhood of the Wolf. I saw it on TV a few years ago. The Wikipedia article about it also indicates 1700's rather than 1600's.
LML
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The sixteenth century is the 1500s so the date is even further off, if it is intended to reference that event.
LogicMouseLives:
--- Quote from: Bastian on June 01, 2011, 12:09:25 PM ---The sixteenth century is the 1500s so the date is even further off, if it is intended to reference that event.
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Yep, you're right. I was only looking at your earlier comment, rather than the previous one which actually said "sixteenth century" so I mis-remembered. Thanks.
LML
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