Aaron Mahnke

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The vineyards of Saint-Julien had been destroyed, crops pillaged, the harvest ruined, and French winemakers were not happy about it.

But at least they knew who to blame, and so eager for retribution, the winemakers took the Vandals to court.

Now, we have to be clear here.

It wasn't prank-pulling teenagers or even rival farmers who ransacked St.

Julian's vineyards.

In fact, the culprit wasn't even human.

It was a weevil.

Or rather, many weevils.

That's right.

In 1545, French winemakers took a bunch of bugs to court.

The crime?

Chowing down on grapevines.

Granted, the chair of the ecclesiastical court, François Bonnevard, found this just as ridiculous as you probably do today.

He ordered the winemakers to chill out and repent for the sin of blaming an innocent animal for snacking.

But in 1587, the winemakers tried again, and this time they weren't backing down.

For eight wild months, the winemakers and the weevils battled it out in court.

Or rather, the humans battled it out.