Gilles Garnier (?-January 18, 1573) was a French hermit convicted of being a werewolf. Alternately known as "The Hermit of St. Bonnot" and "The Werewolf of Dole". Gilles Garnier was a reclusive hermit living outside the town of Dolein the Franche-Comté Province in France. He had recently been married and moved his new wife out to his isolated home. Being unaccustomed to feeding more than just himself he found it difficult to provide for his wife causing discontent between them. During this period several children went missing or were found dead and the authorities of the Franche-Comté province issued an edict encouraging and allowing the people to apprehend and kill the werewolf responsible. One evening a group of workers traveling from a neighboring town came upon what they thought in the