Big cat fears sparked as graveyard of mutilated sheep found in UK field

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: Harlem Karma, 18, recovered 10 dormant sheep successful a tract adjacent Kendall, successful Cumbria, with conscionable bones near and helium believes that it was a "big feline kill"

A graveyard of mutilated sheep has been recovered by a stunned pupil prompting fears a big cat is connected the loose.

Harlem Karma came crossed the 10 carcasses successful a tract with the dormant livestock having been picked cleanable portion helium commented connected the unspeakable smell. The 18-year-old made the grim find connected the onshore successful the outskirts of Kendall successful Cumbria.

And it comes arsenic Harlem - who is funny successful the anticipation of large cats surviving chaotic successful the UK - claims helium has besides seen a leopard-sized carnal successful the aforesaid area, too. The teen present claims the dormant sheep is grounds for the legendary Beast of Cumbria.

"Last year, I saw what I judge to beryllium a black, melanistic leopard. I was connected the autobus astatine the time, arsenic it effortlessly jumped implicit a adust chromatic wall, and continued into a wooded histrion line," helium said.

"Since then, I person collected respective reports from this country of an carnal with the aforesaid statement with sightings dating arsenic acold backmost arsenic 2011. Like galore people, I grew up connected stories from British folklore similar the Loch Ness monster and the Beast of Exmoor.

"So I started doing my ain research. I was informed of the tract successful Kendal and went to look and it was afloat of mutilated sheep. It was similar a graveyard. The sheer fig of dormant sheep was truly weird. The odor of rotting soma was awful. The distress to the muzzles and cervix indicates a large feline kill.

"The sheer vastness of Cumbria and its divers scenery and wildlife increases chances of determination being large cats here. The reports successful Cumbria are ever of a ample achromatic cat. But there's precise small hard grounds erstwhile it comes to large cats successful Cumbria." The Beast of Cumbria fable is based connected decades of sightings of large cats crossed the region including achromatic panthers, leopards, lynxes and caracals.

Harlem, of Lancaster, besides told NeedToKnow: "I'm aiming to get immoderate coagulated grounds of these mysterious creatures without revealing their locations specifically. I'm besides hoping to diagnostic a fewer interviewees successful the movie excessively to assistance fortify the believability of the phenomena present successful Cumbria."