In the British county of Devonshire, pictures of an unknown beast were taken
In the British county of Devonshire, the legend has lived for centuries about a certain outlandish monster with burning eyes and a blood-chilling howl living on the "Dog's Top" on the Dartmoor plateau. It seems that it was he who managed to shoot on camera just a few meters from the schoolchildren's picnic.
According to the description of eyewitnesses, the body of the beast is covered with thick hair, it has large round eyes and powerful front paws that could easily tear a person apart. Some skeptics argue that this is just a wild dog (or even a cat), while others are inclined to think that it is a wolverine or a bear. Whoever it was, the Dartmoor monster completely deprived local farmers of sleep, fearing an attack on livestock.
Falconer Martin Wheatley, who photographed the beast, says: “He was walking along a path 200 yards (about 180 meters) from me. It was black and gray and resembled a miniature pony in size. He has broad shoulders, a thick tail with a wide end, and small, round ears. At first, his movements resembled a cat, but later it seemed to me that he was more like a bear. On the opposite side of the Summit there was a noisy group of schoolchildren, but he completely ignored them."
Mark Fraser, founder of Britain's Big Cats National Research Program, comments: “He looks like a wolverine or a bear in some pictures, and like a big wild dog in others. This is a very strange animal."
But Wheatley is convinced that this is not a dog.
“I've worked with dogs all my life, it's definitely not a wild dog,” he says. - I saw a black cat in these places 10 years ago, the size of a coli, but this creature is not a cat, it is much larger. You will be surprised by the number of people who have seen big black cats and bears like bears here in recent years.
According to local folklore, "Dogs from Hell" live in the vicinity of Dartmoor. It was this belief that once inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to write his famous Dog of the Baskervilles. In particular, the author was inspired by the legend of a certain hunter from Buckfastley (Devonshire) named Richard Kebell, who allegedly sold his soul to the devil. He died on July 5, 1677, and on the day of his funeral, a black dog with glowing red eyes rushed around the neighborhood, spewing fire from its mouth and howling over the grave. According to legend, even after that date, demonic dogs periodically appear in the vicinity of Dartmoor, and just on the eve of or after the anniversary of Kebell's death, they walk around the grave, hoping to get the promised soul of the hunter.
But for those who have already played their imaginations, scientists have a reasonable explanation for what they saw. The Dartmoor monster is most likely nothing more than a large, furry wild boar, of which Devonshire is full.
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