Case file · Witch trials
Jean Grenier, the werewolf boy of the Landes
In 1603, 14-year-old Jean Grenier claimed to have killed children as a wolf in the Landes; the Parlement of Bordeaux judged him mentally deficient and confined him to a monastery.
1603 CE · 44.84, -0.58 · status: official
The account
Pierre de Lancre visited him there and wrote that he moved on all fours and had a wolfish look. He died around 1610.