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Bodmin beast

Added Mon, 02/11/2020
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The "Bodmin beast" is a creature from English folklore. This is a large cat-like animal that has been seen more than 60 times in the Bodmin moor area (Cornwall, England) since 1983. In some versions of the story, he is referred to as "the Ghostly wildcat of Bodmin moor" or even "The monster of Bodmin moor".

It is believed that the beast from Bodmin may be a large cat (Panther or Cougar) that escaped from a zoo or private collection. An investigation conducted by the government in 1995 did not reveal any evidence of the presence of such animals, but meetings with the animal continued, there are even videos. In addition, several cases of slaughter of livestock by some animal were recorded.

In 1995, the skull of a large cat was found in Bodmin moor. Staff at the natural history Museum, who examined the skull, determined that it really belonged to a young male leopard, but it was determined that the animal was not killed in England, and that most likely the skull came to the country along with a carpet of leopard skin.

Scientists point out that usually reports of the discovery of such animals are unreliable, because to maintain their numbers, it is necessary to have an improbably large number of individuals in the population, in addition, the survival of escaped animals makes it unlikely that the unsuitable climate and difficulties with food production.

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