| Fact
or Fiction ?
Take a
look at the facts with Trevor Beer (below), well
known local journalist and expert on the Beast of
Bodmin Moor. Help build the archive of sightings
and unusual happenings in the area...
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 Obviously,
this is a cat.... But
at a reported length of well over three feet and height
to the shoulder of some two feet, not necessarily the
sort of moggy you would want to jump up on your lap!
 For
many years now, local people living on Bodmin Moor
have been reporting sightings of unnaturally large
cats in the area. Scores of animals have
been found either killed or injured on the moor,
with marks which some say could only have
been caused by big cats...
Bones
of big cats have been found in the area - are they
proof that there is a population of Puma-like
cats living on Bodmin Moor, or just spectacular hoaxes?
The above is an extract
from an article about Big Cats in the Westcountry
at :-
http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~bz050/bodminphoto.html
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| For
years reported sightings, mysterious
footprints and slaughtered livestock
across the Westcountry, have fired the
imagination of people worldwide. Exmoor,
Dartmoor and Bodmin have all been credited
with having their own "beast",
but experts agree there is nothing mythical
about these animals.
They are, most likely,
large cats released into the wild
following the introduction of the
Dangerous Wild Animals Act in the
1970s, which imposed new restrictions
on the keeping of exotic pets.
Since then, the cats
have thrived and bred in remote areas
and could now number as many as 20,
according to WMN wildlife expert
Trevor Beer, who has spent many years
studying them.
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