Cornwall - Mysteries

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.

The Owlman of Mawnan: Cornwall’s Winged Figure Over the Church Tower

November 8, 2026November 8, 2026 by Tommy Hayes

St Mawnan and St Stephen's Church in Mawnan, Cornwall, with its stone tower and churchyard, above whose tower the Owlman was reported in 1976

About 4 min readIn April 1976, two young sisters on holiday in Cornwall said they saw a large winged figure hovering over a church tower. No photograph was ever taken, and almost every account came through one man — a stage magician with a book on how to hoax monster sightings.