Even Royal Marine snipers couldn’t hunt down the Beast of Exmoor in the 1980s. But, according to a new documentary, this latest big cat sighting is supported by clear photographic evidence

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The makers of Panthera Britannia Declassified, a new documentary on Amazon Prime, claim to have discovered the clearest ever photograph of a big cat in the British countryside: a panther-like creature lying in the long grass in Smallthorne, Staffordshire. It’s probably the best photo of a British big cat that exists.

According to the documentary-makers who discovered the photo in the files of a zoology organisation, the photo is dated 17 March. But it doesn’t say what year.

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the Amazon documentary also presents DNA evidence proving the presence of at least one wild big cat near a sheep-kill in Gloucestershire in July 2022.

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    5•1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    And giant cats the size of panthers are supposed to be just living in our countryside, are they?

    The makers of Panthera Britannia Declassified, a new documentary on Amazon Prime, claim to have discovered the clearest ever photograph of a big cat in the British countryside: a panther-like creature lying in the long grass in Smallthorne, Staffordshire.

    So, essentially, the animals people are seeing today are the offspring of abandoned pets.

    Well, after the Beast of Exmoor apparently ate 100 of one farmer’s sheep in three months in 1983, the Daily Express offered a financial reward for video footage of the creature, while the government took the unusual step of deploying a team of Royal Marine snipers to hunt it down.

    Well, the Amazon documentary also presents DNA evidence proving the presence of at least one wild big cat near a sheep-kill in Gloucestershire in July 2022.

    Haven’t you been reading all about the UFO whistleblower giving testimony to the US Congress?

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