Jean was French and lived near the village of S. Antoine de Pizon. (Otten 62). Jean said that a man named Pierre Laborant gave him the power to wear his “wolf skin” (Otten 62). Jean claims that Pierre gave him a “wolf-skin cape” which he puts on him every Monday, Friday and Sunday for an hour and which transforms him into a werewolf (Otten 64). John was once described thus: “The complexion was of a dark olive color; the teeth were strong and white, and the canines protruded from the lower lip when the mouth was closed. The boy's hands were large and powerful, the nails black and sharp like birds' claws. He was poorly dressed and seemed to live in abject poverty” (Otten 63). Indeed, John himself said: “I have killed dogs and drunk their blood but little girls taste better, their flesh is tender and sweet, their blood rich and warm” (Otten