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Accounts of big cats, black panthers, and other feline monsters are seemingly reported more frequently in the United Kingdom than anywhere else on Earth. This fact seems all the more ironic since there have been no large cats in Ireland, Britain, Scotland, and Wales for over 10,000 years.

In the March 28, 2008 issue of the Whitby Gazette, Dave Holland and Liz Robb told the staff of the newspaper that they had watched the mysterious Beast of the Bay for 30 minutes while they were on holiday in the Whitby area. It was while they were walking to Danby Castle Farm when they saw the black beast about 200 meters away.

Holland said that he looked at the creature through his binoculars and determined that the animal was neither a large dog nor a black sheep. He described the beast as “black, with yellow eyes” and said that it walked with the gait of a panther. It appeared to have something in its mouth and seemed intent on settling down and enjoying its lunch. Holland and Robb got as close as they dared and watched the thing until it seemed annoyed by their surveillance and got up and walked off.

The staff of the newspaper stated that there had been numerous reports of the beast in recent weeks and that one man had even claimed to have seen the black panther walking with a young cub.