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Wales Online
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Neil Shaw

Beast of Bont 'alive and well' as farmer spots 'bloody big cat'

A mythical big cat known as 'The Beast of Bont' is alive and stalking the hills of Wales - feeding off sheep, locals claim. Farmers in Wales say numerous flocks are being regularly killed by ''a bloody big' feline - and have even called in the police.

Rumours of a large feline lurking in the Ceredigion area emerged as far back as the 1970s when a series of flocks were found eaten. There have been numerous cases since including the killing of 12 sheep in 1981 in the village of 'Bont' - giving the beast its name - and the slaughter of 20 in 2012.

One local farmer Suzanne Kay says she spotted the mystery beast near her home in Penuwch - which she says may have been a puma or another big cat. Suzanne said: “I was washing up and looking out of my kitchen window, and I thought to myself, ‘that’s a bloody big cat’,

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