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Beast of Bodmin Moor

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Painted illustration: large black panther-like cat on a bleak Cornish moor under storm clouds
AI rendition based on witness descriptions, not an actual photo.
Bodmin Moor in a drawing by Thomas Rowlandson, about 1825; the moor where big-cat sightings are reported
Bodmin Moor in a drawing by Thomas Rowlandson, about 1825; the moor where big-cat sightings are reported · Thomas Rowlandson · Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons) · Image source
Brown Willy seen from Rough Tor on Bodmin Moor, where big-cat sightings are reported
Brown Willy seen from Rough Tor on Bodmin Moor, where big-cat sightings are reported · Original uploader was StephenDawson at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons) · Image source · License

A large black cat said to roam Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, England.

Disputed Verdict: No big cat has ever been confirmed on Bodmin Moor.

Region
Europe · UK & Europe · United Kingdom
First reports
Livestock-kill reports in Cornwall

Key sightings

Best evidence

The British government and experts reject a population of big cats in Britain for lack of convincing evidence; the one skull offered as proof came from a rug.

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