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Beast of Bodmin Moor

The Beast of Bodmin Moor: Britain’s Phantom Big Cat

November 9, 2026November 9, 2026 by Tommy Hayes
Open moorland on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall: grass, gorse bushes in yellow flower and a granite boulder — the landscape where the Beast is reported, not the creature itself

About 4 min readFor more than forty years, farmers and walkers on Bodmin Moor have reported a large black cat, four to six feet long, killing livestock and vanishing into the heather. The government investigated — and could neither prove it nor rule it out.

Categories Cryptids & Creatures Tags Beast of Bodmin Moor, Big cats, Cornwall, cryptid, Operation Beastie, Unsolved Leave a comment

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