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Official reports, hearing transcripts, case files and releases: the paper behind the cases. 2,872 documents, 2,610 mirrored with their text, 53,529 pages indexed, so a search reads inside them and lands on the page.
New in the library The PURSUE files The Department of War's UAP release, mirrored in full: the videos, recordings and images, each beside its case file.Document scans in the stories6,607 scans · page 8
Magné de Marolles collection: Figure de la bête farouche ScanFIGURE DE LA BÊTE FAROUCHE ET EXTRAORDINAIRE , QUI DÉVORE LES FILLES Dans la Province de Gévaudan , & qui s'échappe avec tant de vitesse , qu'en très-peu de tems on la voit à deux ou trois lieues de distance , & qu'on ne peut l'attraper ni la tuer.…
Danish print of the Beast as a hyena Scan
Hyena print, 1765: the Beast as a hyena, as sent to the Court Scan
Representation of the Beast at Marvejols Scan
Illustration by Gustave Janet for Élie Berthet's novel, 1858 Scan
Attack print, about 1764 Scan
Illustration from the almanac Le Messager boiteux, 1765 Scan
Magné de Marolles collection: the ferocious beast that caused such cruel ravages Scan
Turgot map, 1739, showing the Hôtel de La Rochefoucauld, where the remains of Chastel's animal were probably buried Scan
A woman and the Beast, unnamed French periodical, 1764 to 1767 Scan
Illustration from the English magazine Universal Museum, 1765 Scan
Magné de Marolles vignette: a beheaded woman Scan
1910 cover of Élie Berthet's La Bête du Gévaudan Scan
François Antoine and Rinchard bring down the Beast Scan
Print of the Beast, 1764 Scan
Ténazeyre forest and the Sogne d'Auvers, where Jean Chastel shot the animal Scan
Modern representation of the Beast Scan
Man with a sword beside the dead Beast, about 1765 Scan
Magné de Marolles vignette: two dragoons chasing the Beast, sabres in hand Scan
Portrait of the Marquis d'Apcher, who organised the June 1767 hunt Scan
Jeanne Jouve defending her children, a later illustration dated 1839 to 1840 Scan
Portrait of the minister Comte de Saint-Florentin, 1769 Scan
Print from an unnamed French periodical, 1764 to 1767 Scan
Print engraved by M. Ray showing a reptile-like lion Scan
Statue of the Beast at Saugues Scan
Auvers, Haute-Loire, 2007 Scan
Modern drawing of the animal based on the descriptions of the inhabitants Scan
German print, September 1764: attack scenes Scan
Magné de Marolles collection: portrait of the hyena Scan
Marin report, 20 June 1767, page 3 Scan
Magné de Marolles collection: the Beast attacking a woman Scan
Marie-Jeanne Vallet fighting the Beast, 11 August 1765 Scan
Bertall, Histoire véridique du canard, 19th-century satire Scan
Modern representation of the Beast Scan
German print with a French and German reward announcement Scan
Statue of the Beast at Saugues Scan
Magné de Marolles collection: this ferocious beast that caused so many ravages Scan
Magné de Marolles collection: furious beast supposed to be a hyena Scan
Jeannot Grandes Dents and the Beast, illustration for Élie Berthet's novel Scan
Site of the attack on Marie-Jeanne Vallet at Paulhac, 11 August 1765 Scan
MANDEMENT DE MONSEIGNEUR L'EVÈQUE DE MENDE, POUR ORDONNER DES PRIERES PUBLIQUES; à l'occasion de l'Animal antropophage qui défie le Gevaudan. AMENDE; Chez la VEUVE DE FRANÇOIS BERGERON, Imprimeur du Roi, de Monfeigneur l'Evêque, du College . & de la Ville. M. D C C. L I V,…
Court judgment of 17 October 1778 at Mende with a physical description of Marie-Jeanne Vallet Scan
Modern sculptures of the Beast Scan
Title page of an 1809 melodrama about the Beast ScanLA BETE DU GÉVAUDAN, MELODRAME ENTROIS ACTES, EN PROSE, ET A GRAND SPECTACLE; Par M. POMPIGNY, Auteur d'Hortense de Vauciuse, d'Adrienne de Courtenai, etc. Musique de MM. QUAISAIN et D***, Ballet de M, MILLOT. Représenté pour la première fois, à Paris, sur le Théâtre de l'Ambigu Comique, le 25 Juill…
Print of the Beast, 1764 Scan
Marin report, 20 June 1767, page 2 Scan