A MYSTERIOUS beast which has been stalking villagers on the moor made famous by Sherlock Holmes – is actually just a fat cat.

A terrified tourist encountered an unusual looking wild cat - which he believes could be the fabled Beast of Bodmin Moor. The creature is said to be a large 'phantom' cat purported to live in Cornwall ...

There have been plenty more big cat sightings in Britain down the years - some with a hint of fable, and others with a distinct feel of farce. Experts say the 'big cat' spotted in the early 1900s was ...

Is there a big and mysterious beast that is roaming wild around the Moors of the South West? Nothing quite captures the imagination quite like the possibility that there is and there are many people ...

A Westcountry man has captured an unusual looking wild cat with 'bizarre markings' while on holiday in Cornwall. Tom O'Shea filmed the creature walking around a field near St Neot - between Bodmin and ...

The 30-year mystery of the Beast of Bodmin Moor has finally been revealed - and, drumroll please, the bloodthirsty creature is actually just a cat. The 'creature' was thought to be some kind of Big ...

One of Britain's first ever exotic big cats prowled the Devon countryside more than a century ago, museum records have revealed. The 'Canadian lynx', a predator more than twice the size of a domestic ...