Bodmin Moor beast in Daily Mail - are they getting warmer?

Right, the Daily Mail ran a spread yesterday with photos from a wildlife camera that supposedly captured something large moving through Bodmin at night. The images are genuinely unclear (as usual with these things) but the Mail is hinting it could be connected to the "Beast of Bodmin" sightings from the '80s and '90s.

I'm not saying it's evidence of a big cat or anything cryptid-related, but it's interesting that mainstream papers are covering this without immediately dismissing it as madness. Even if the photos show nothing unusual, the fact that they're running stories like this suggests there's actual public interest in Bodmin.

Has anyone been up to the moor recently? Any fresh sightings or evidence? The Mail usually has journos sniffing around Bodmin every few years but nothing ever comes of it.

Those Mail photos look like a deer or sheep to me tbh. The resolution is terrible and the angle makes anything look menacing in the dark. They use these stories for clicks because "Nothing Found on Moor" doesn't shift papers.

I've hiked Bodmin loads and never seen anything unusual. Although the locals at the pub in Altarnun definitely have stories. One bloke reckoned he saw claw marks on livestock back in '98 but wouldn't provide details when pressed.

The Cornish like their folklore though. Doesn't mean there's nothing to it but healthy scepticism is warranted.

Bodmin Beast reports spiked in the late 80s after a Guardian article about a leopard escaping from a collection in Devon. Most cryptozoologists think that explained the sightings but the legend's more marketable than "probably just a big escaped cat."

The Mail owning this story is actually bad for the phenomenon. They'll sensationalise it then when nothing emerges they'll run think-pieces about gullible paranormal believers. Wish sites like this didn't get noticed by mainstream press.