In 1764, in the rugged highlands of south-central France, something began hunting people. It wasn't a wolf, and it wasn't a myth. It was a massive, ruddy-furred predator with a taste for human prey and a terrifying intelligence that allowed it to evade the King's greatest hunters for years.

Tonight, we’re going deep into the forest of Gévaudan. We explore the grisly timeline of over 100 victims, the failed royal hunts that embarrassed King Louis XV, and the dark local legend of Jean Chastel—the man who supposedly ended the nightmare with a silver bullet.

Was it a prehistoric survivor, an escaped exotic animal, or something bred and trained by a human monster? Lock your doors and dim the lights. We’re hunting the Beast.

What do you do when a .357 Magnum doesn't even make a predator flinch?

In our first "Case File" solo deep-dive, we head to the Uinta Basin in 1994. The Sherman family thought they had found their dream ranch, but a chance encounter with a massive, "friendly" wolf quickly turned into a nightmare that defied the laws of physics.

In this episode:

• The 1994 encounter that put Skinwalker Ranch on the map.
• Why high-powered rifle rounds failed to stop a predator at point-blank range.
• The Navajo lore of the Yee Naaldlooshii and the rules of the Skinwalker.

I'm flying solo today to bring you the facts of this case before my co-host returns next week to help me try to make sense of the impossible.

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The embers are glowing, the woods are quiet, and the shadows are getting just a little bit longer. It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time to lean in close for another haunting installment of Stories by the Campfire.

In tonight's upload, we move beyond the flickering light and into the unknown. Whether it’s an urban legend that hits too close to home or a listener-submitted encounter that defies explanation, we’ve got the perfect blend of chill and thrill to get you through the mid-week slump.