One of the
most famous incidents of Lycanthropy happened during 1604. A 13-yr old boy under the name of Jean Grenier
who lives at Landes located at the southern portion of France was accused of
being a werewolf. He claimed that it was
the mysterious man who gave her the skin of the wolf that granted her the
ability to transform into a werewolf.
The story
began when two girls approached an odd looking boy with a red hair. The boy looked emaciated; with fierce eyes
and visible protruding canine teeth. He
exhibits an eye larger than the norms and his fingernails are sharp; his name
is Jean Grenier, the son of the priest. He approached the two girls and asked who
between them is prettier since he planned to marry that girl. Grenier claimed that his weird appearance is due
to the wolf skin given by a man named, Pierre Labourant. He added:
“I have killed dogs and drunk their blood; but little girlstaste better, their flesh is tender and sweet, their bloodrich and warm. I have eaten many a maiden, as I havebeen on my raids together with my nine companions. Iam a werewolf! Ah, ha! If the sun were to set I wouldsoon fall on one of you and make a meal of you!”
Grenier had
a close ties with a girl named Marguerite Poirier. She’s 13 years of age and Grenier usually confessed
to her about his crimes and bizarre habit.
She asserted that Grenier told her about killing dogs and girls and that
Grenier preferred the meat of the girls over the dogs. She also told the authority about the
incident that Grenier threw the remains of the girl to the other wolf and a girl
that he bit to death and ate every single pieces of her except the shoulders
and arms.
On a
separate incident, Poirier was looking after her sheep when a beast suddenly
attacked her and tore her dress. She hit
it with the staff that she used for tending the sheep. Fortunately, she was
able to escape. She recalled that the
beast resembles the appearance of a wolf but not entirely like it.
The news
quickly spread all over the town. Due to
the details of the story presented by Poirier, Grenier was arrested and
investigated. The investigation
revealed that he is not the son of a priest, furthermore he already left the
home and accepted some jobs like tending sheep but he was reprimanded for
neglecting his duties,
He admitted
to the crimes that he committed and said that his power of lycanthropy was
given to him by Monsieur de la Forest.
An ointment and a wolf skin enable him to take the form of the
animal. He confessed about trying to
kill Poirier and also other crimes that involved murdering children. He said that his urge to hunt and kill
children is commanded by the Lord of the Forest. He also divulged that his father is also a
wolfman. Surprisingly, the details of
his confession matched the accounts of attacks and killings. His father was also arrested but released
afterwards due to lack of evidence.
The court
judge also sentenced Grenier with life imprisonment inside the monastery. After seven years of detention, Grenier was
visited by a known demonologist named Pierre Delancre. Eversince then, his health slowly
deteriorated, and he died at the age of 20.
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