Big Cats on Dartmoor - Dartmoor Letterboxing Archive

The Ghost Returns

2007-07-31 20:31:16

Lots of coverage on the radio today of a sighting of a big cat like animal on the moor.

Has any one in the group ever seen anything like this or experienced any odd happenings up on the moor.

Nik - KOTM

2007-08-01 06:15:16

These are only stories to encourage tourism, anyone can take a photo of a black cat slightly out of focus and with the right background the animal will look bigger - a lot bigger - than it really is!

James&Jenny

2007-08-01 12:21:46

There were 2 photos in the Daily Mail on Monday.

Here is the link:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=471673&in_page_id=1770

It looks like a young werewolf to me, although the fact that it is sunny day is a good argument that it's not! :lol:

All the best

James&Jenny

NUMBER 70

2007-08-01 17:02:27

The first time I saw the photo it looked like a St Bernard.

are there any black sheep on the moor?

Dizzy

2007-08-01 22:07:33

Errm, I doubt very much it's 'The Beast of Dartmoor'. I've been walking the moors for over 12 years and have never come across anything sinister apart from a half eaten sheep once, bit wierd that one!

I think as the news says, it could be a wild boar.

Dizzy

cranmere

2007-08-02 12:01:42

I think it's a wild boar. There have been a number of them let loose on the Moor and I don't see any reason why they shouldn't live there successfully.

Fulchet

2007-08-02 21:02:03

I agree, it looks more like a wild boar (or with really blurry vision, an elephant ... lol)

exeter bog hoppers

2007-08-06 09:29:51

i.ve been walking on dartmoor for about 10 years now and a member of dartmoor rescue for 5 years and we have seen a few wild boar on Dartmoor mainley at night when out on a search

cranmere

2007-08-08 12:10:20

I saw somewhere that someone claimed it was their Newfoundland dog. I can well believe that, I used to have an enormous black Briard and she could well have looked like the animal in the photo.

The Ghost Returns

2007-08-20 21:59:36

I wonder if they do roam the moors. Several years ago I came across a fresh carcase of a fully grown sheep which had been deboweled. No mess left around the carcase and only one entry point into the chest/stomach cavity. I have never seen anything like it before.

Visit www.bigcatmonitors.co.uk/

Then go onto the moor when the mist is down if you dare.

Nik - KOTM

2007-08-21 06:46:10

peculiar - the number of people who have voted saying that there are big cats on the moor - withonly one post supporting the vote...