It had been living in the old cathedral for as long as anyone can remember, devouring stragglers and heretics with seemingly no preference. Back in the inquisitional days it was fed thrice a day at least - the congregation feared, despised and worshipped it in equal measure yet all the while they had no idea what it actually was.
Some called it a fallen angel sent to aid God's vengeance upon the sinners that plagued their city, others aid it was a demon bound to the cathedral by the Pope himself as punishment for killing a high ranking member of his inner circle. Most agreed that it was more than happy to eat whoever they left near to it and that's how a lot of their problems were solved.
Still after five hundred or so years most animals would be dead and with the creature being as full of life as it had been when it was first sighted slinking into the hollow wooden bell above the font, only lent itself to the accumulating legends claiming it to be the immortal justice of God himself.
As cameras became commonplace the cathedral became strictly for congregational members, nobody wanted to find out what the creature looked like when exposed to the sudden sharp light of the flash. When the internet began its ascent into a rapid communicative platform, the cathedral closed its doors to the public indefinitely rather than risk global exposure of their little problem-solver.
Word got out somehow and, as with any old building that explicitly forbids entry, somebody found a way inside and began filming their first and final encounter with the creature. Their phone was found in the morning, the rest of them was not and the creature seemed more content than usual.
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