Hold a Legend in Your Hands

Step into one of the earliest werewolf tales ever recorded. The Beast of Gévaudan terrorized a French province in the mid‑1700s, leaving behind a legacy of fear, folklore, and a curious tradition known as Gévaudan’s Gift — a single silver shot bestowed for luck and protection.

With The B.O.G., you bring that legend to life through a powerful, easy‑to‑perform storytelling piece that feels like it belongs in a museum.

Why You’ll Love This Piece

• A fully self‑contained routine built around authentic historical lore
• No difficult handling — simple, direct, and deeply engaging
• Five musket balls: four aged originals, one gleaming silver
• Performer always knows who holds the blessed shot
• Perfect for intimate storytelling, bizarre magic, or atmospheric theater
• Includes a bilingual museum card, manual, and all required props

A Curated Artifact from a Darker Time

Your included museum card reads:

Expedition Item # E1095-022
Item: Silver shot
Item location: Former providence of Gévaudan.
Item dated: 1831-1833

Short description:
A tradition known as Gévaudans Gift started around 1770 after the providence of Gévaudan, France suffered a multitude of wolf attacks that starting in 1764 and continued until the summer of 1767. Before the killing stopped the creature known as The Beast of Gévaudan, killed between 60-100 men, women and children. The killings finally ended when a local hunter, Jean Chastel believing the creature a werewolf, killed the beast with a single blessed silver shot.

The tradition of Gévaudans Gift faded through the early 1800s. The gifts are usually presented in a plain wooden box, but more elaborate hand carved sets are known to exist. The gift of a single silver shot was thought to bring luck and good fortune to the receiver.It recounts the chilling history: from the wolf‑like creature that claimed dozens of lives between 1764 and 1767, to Jean Chastel’s legendary silver shot that ended the terror. The tradition of gifting a single silver musket ball — a token of fortune and protection — faded in the early 1800s, but you present one such relic today.

Inside the hand‑crafted leather‑hinged box are five musket balls:
four darkened with age, one bright with promise. All are dropped into a small bag and mixed. One by one, spectators reach in and take a single shot, holding it tightly without looking.

And yet… you know exactly who holds the silver.

What’s Included

• Hand‑crafted leather hinged Tim Wisseman box
• One silver musket ball
• Four authentic 1700s musket balls
• BOG‑stamped drawstring bag
• Bilingual French/English museum card
• Printed Manual with multiple methods and presentations

Tell the Tale. Bestow the Gift.

Simple to perform yet rich with atmosphere, The B.O.G. transforms a centuries‑old legend into a moment of mystery your spectators will never forget.

Claim your piece of werewolf lore — and let the blessing find its mark.