Werewolves: Tales of Lycanthropes(From
The Archives)
Gilles Garnier
Gilles Garnier
In the
sixteenth century town of Dole, a proclamation was publicly read in the town
square. Its contents gave permission for the people to track down and kill a
werewolf that had been terrorizing the village.
While walking
through the forest, a group of peasants heard the screams of a small child
accompanied by the howling of a wolf. When they arrived they saw a wounded
child fighting off a monstrous creature whom they later identified as Gilles
Garnier. When a ten year-old boy disappeared in the vicinity of Garnier’s home,
he was arrested and confessed to being a werewolf. He was then burned at the
stake.
