The commonly believed theory is that it was either Chastel or one of his sons and one or more attack dogs. I checked the book I first encountered the story in and it says Antoine Chastel was kidnapped by/became a pirate and brought hyenas back from Africa, giving this as one possible explanation for the attacks. I don't know how accurate that is.
(Or it was werewolves. I would love it if references to this cropped up more often in werewolf fiction.)
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Date: 2015-07-31 08:42 pm (UTC)The commonly believed theory is that it was either Chastel or one of his sons and one or more attack dogs. I checked the book I first encountered the story in and it says Antoine Chastel was kidnapped by/became a pirate and brought hyenas back from Africa, giving this as one possible explanation for the attacks. I don't know how accurate that is.
(Or it was werewolves. I would love it if references to this cropped up more often in werewolf fiction.)