Are There Wildcats on Britain’s Moors?

Rural legend or reality?

Image by Elinor Puttick on Pixabay

Dartmoor’s greatest legendary beast is still the Hound of the Baskervilles, closely followed by the rather less romantic Hairy Hand, which drives unsuspecting drivers off the road. But there is a third legend about creatures on the vast tract of wilderness, and this one could be rooted in reality — a hidden population of ‘big cats’.