It had a huge tail and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
A dark mysterious creature ran across a country lane last night, prompting some to question whether the legendary 'Beast of Bodmin' is on the prowl.
Reports of big cats roaming around Cornwall are nothing new, with hundreds of sightings recorded over the years. This latest feral feline was spotted near Fowey.
One woman posted on a Facebook community page yesterday evening saying a large dark animal ran out in front of her. She said: "Driving home tonight and a huge, what I thought was, a black dog ran out in front of my car near the Fowey cross turning. I had to brake hard not to hit it but now thinking it might be a black panther as it had a huge tail and long legs, very muscular." She added: "How I didn’t hit it I’ll never know. Lots of cars in front and behind me so like to know if they saw it too. "It was so quick too."
A local man driving to work saw a large cat and reported it to the police. "I saw one a week ago at the back of Polruan on my way to work very early in the morning."
Another resident in the area said: "My husband saw a very large cat many years ago on the back lanes around Lanlivery." It was a big tan coloured animal. At first he thought it was a big fox, but it was too big, had a long thin tail and it was super quick. It came out of nowhere alongside the car.
"It was dusk so not easy to see clearly but I just felt certain it was a big cat by its shape and the way it moved." Over the years, there have been dozens of sightings of the so-called Beast of Bodmin.
It concluded that it was not possible to prove that big cats were not living wild in the countryside, but experts were confident that even if they are, they pose little threat to livestock.It read: "It was accepted at the start of this investigation that it would never be possible to prove that such an animal, or animals, did not exist, but it was believed that if they did, hard evidence would be forthcoming. People helpfully supplied material for the investigation and reported sightings, suspected livestock kills and injuries.
"No verifiable evidence for the presence of a 'big cat' was found. There were only four suspected livestock kills reported in nearly six months, none of which gave any indication of the involvement of anything other than native animals and dogs. There is no significant threat to livestock from a 'big cat' on Bodmin Moor."
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A dark mysterious creature ran across a country lane last night, prompting some to question whether the legendary 'Beast of Bodmin' is on the prowl.
Reports of big cats roaming around Cornwall are nothing new, with hundreds of sightings recorded over the years. This latest feral feline was spotted near Fowey.
One woman posted on a Facebook community page yesterday evening saying a large dark animal ran out in front of her. She said: "Driving home tonight and a huge, what I thought was, a black dog ran out in front of my car near the Fowey cross turning. I had to brake hard not to hit it but now thinking it might be a black panther as it had a huge tail and long legs, very muscular." She added: "How I didn’t hit it I’ll never know. Lots of cars in front and behind me so like to know if they saw it too. "It was so quick too."
A local man driving to work saw a large cat and reported it to the police. "I saw one a week ago at the back of Polruan on my way to work very early in the morning."
Another resident in the area said: "My husband saw a very large cat many years ago on the back lanes around Lanlivery." It was a big tan coloured animal. At first he thought it was a big fox, but it was too big, had a long thin tail and it was super quick. It came out of nowhere alongside the car.
"It was dusk so not easy to see clearly but I just felt certain it was a big cat by its shape and the way it moved." Over the years, there have been dozens of sightings of the so-called Beast of Bodmin.
It concluded that it was not possible to prove that big cats were not living wild in the countryside, but experts were confident that even if they are, they pose little threat to livestock.It read: "It was accepted at the start of this investigation that it would never be possible to prove that such an animal, or animals, did not exist, but it was believed that if they did, hard evidence would be forthcoming. People helpfully supplied material for the investigation and reported sightings, suspected livestock kills and injuries.
"No verifiable evidence for the presence of a 'big cat' was found. There were only four suspected livestock kills reported in nearly six months, none of which gave any indication of the involvement of anything other than native animals and dogs. There is no significant threat to livestock from a 'big cat' on Bodmin Moor."
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