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Places / France / Museum

Musée Fantastique de la Bête du Gévaudan

Saugues, Haute-Loire, France

In the heart of the country where the Beast killed dozens of people between 1764 and 1767, this museum retells the story in 24 scenes, from the first attacks to the royal hunts.

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Location approximate: the museum is in Saugues town centre.

Map pin is approximate: it marks the nearest town or the general area.

The creature

Beast of Gévaudanaka La Bête du Gévaudan, Beast of GevaudanA man-eating beast that terrorised rural France for three years in the 1760s.

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