Verdun, Michel (d. 1521)
Verdun, Michel (d. 1521)
A self-confessed werewolf, burned at Besançon, France, in 1521 together with his accomplice Pierre Burgot. They had stated that they had stripped naked and anointed themselves with a certain unguent, after which they changed shape and became werewolves, hunting and attacking children and adults. Verdun was discovered after attacking a traveler who wounded him while in animal form. Following the trail of the wounded creature, the traveler discovered Verdun, who had returned to human form, with his wife bathing the wound.
Sources:
Summers, Montague. The Werewolf. London, 1933. Reprint, New York: University Books, 1966.
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