Beast of Exmoor reports in the 2010s

Record summary

The Beast of Exmoor is a British big-cat tradition involving reports of black, large, or unusually shaped cats and livestock injuries. Sightings continued to be reported in the 2010s, alongside trail-camera images and renewed debate over whether released exotic cats could persist in the countryside. This lead supports comparison between cryptid narratives, animal-attack attribution, rural memory, and wildlife monitoring. Conventional candidates include feral domestic cats, melanistic leopards or other escaped species, dogs, and misidentified deer. No accepted breeding population has been demonstrated.