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==Biography==
==Biography==
In 1598, children began to disappear from the French town of Chalons-en-Champagne. There were several reports of a "feral animal" roaming the area, leading to rumours of a werewolf. Some people claimed that they had seen the children's corpses being eaten by a wolf, further fuelling speculation, Parties of men began going out into the night to hunt the wolf.
In 1598, children began to disappear from the French town of Chalons-en-Champagne. There were several reports of a "feral animal" roaming the area, leading to rumours of a werewolf. Some people claimed that they had seen the children's corpses being eaten by a wolf, further fuelling speculation. Parties of men began going out into the night to hunt the wolf.


This changed when somebody reported they had heard screams coming from the local tailor's shop, and that the tailor had run into the woods during the night, presumably to kill children. A posse searched his shop and found an array of barrels, which when opened were found to contain the skeletons of children. Another room contained cuts of human flesh, some of which were half-eaten. Blood and gore was found all over the shop, and the graves of children were dug up in his yard. When confronted with the evidence, the tailor denied he had done anything wrong.  
This changed when somebody reported they had heard screams coming from the local tailor's shop, and that the tailor had run into the woods during the night, presumably to kill children. A posse searched his shop and found an array of barrels, which when opened were found to contain the skeletons of children. Another room contained cuts of human flesh, some of which were half-eaten. Blood and gore was found all over the shop, and the graves of children were dug up in his yard. When confronted with the evidence, the tailor denied he had done anything wrong.