Case file · 1980s · Legends & Creatures
The Beast of Bodmin Moor
The Big Cat in Cornwall
A black big cat on the Cornish moors, and a leopard skin rug.
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This 7 min episode was written from the public record. These are the sources behind it.
- BFI Replay (South West Film & Television Archive): The Beast of Bodmin Moor (archive TV footage)
- Dr David Clarke, Sheffield Hallam University: Cat's out of the bag? (on the 1995 MAFF investigation)
- The Conversation: Big cats in Britain: urban myth or scientific fact? (Keele University researcher)
- Wikipedia: Beast of Bodmin Moor (overview)
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