The Beast of Bodmin - still sightings in 2024?

I know the Beast of Bodmin Moor has been going on since the 1970s, and most people think it's bollocks, but I'm curious if anyone's had recent sightings or knows someone who has? I was down in Cornwall last month visiting mates and they mentioned a walker found massive paw prints and what looked like sheep remains near Dozmary Pool just before Christmas.

Obviously could be a large dog or fox, but the prints were supposedly much bigger than a domestic dog. The walker apparently took photos on their mobile but hasn't released them publicly. I'm wondering if there's any coordination happening with locals or wildlife groups tracking this stuff properly?

What's the current consensus - is this still an active cryptid situation or has it been thoroughly debunked?

The Beast is real, mate. I've spent three seasons up there with thermal imaging equipment and I've captured something. Not conclusive enough to publish, but the behaviours don't match known Cornish predators. Escaped big cat from a private collection is my theory - probably a puma or leopard from the 1960s breeding programme that went wrong.

Obviously could be a large dog or fox

Yeah, that's exactly what it is. The Beast of Bodmin has been studied to death and every single 'sighting' has been explained as misidentification, hoaxes, or natural predation. The paw print story's been doing the rounds for years with no actual evidence ever emerging.

I grew up in Bodmin and my dad used to work as a ranger. He reckoned the whole thing was massively blown out of proportion in the 80s press, but there is something odd about the livestock deaths patterns. More organised than typical fox kills. Whether it's a cryptid or an undocumented animal population, I couldn't say.

If you can get contact details for that walker, I'd be very interested in seeing those photos. I run a cryptid documentation site and we're constantly looking for contemporary evidence from Bodmin. The 2024 reports are actually the most compelling in years.

Post-Christmas sighting timing is suspicious though - more people around, more chance of sightings. Or more chance of hoaxes. You'd need to establish if there's a genuine spike in reports during peak tourism or if it's consistent year-round.