Dartmoor

[starsorwater]

Have heard a very odd tale from a friend who thinks no one would believe him and is rather stressed. Something he saw.

[hefzi]

Arsenic clearly you've seen the Beast of Bodmin!

But as for Dartmoor, well there are more things in Heaven and earth etc- I think it must have been the Wisht Hounds OP 's friend saw...

[trufflehunterthebadger]

Oh how i love dartmoor :)

[Tanith]

I remember someone once telling me about her very territorial Alsatian bounding after a black cat in the garden, only to return shaking with terror when he realised the black cat was bigger than him
Every dog's nightmare!

"I'm looking out of my bedroom window over Dartmoor"

[AlmaMartyr]

There are rumours of big cats on Dartmoor. Plenty of locals have seen them.

[PaulAnkaTheDog]

So... A dog with an amputated leg?

[Arsenicinthesugarbowl]

I saw a large black cat on Bodmin moor about 15 years ago. It was as big as a dog and went quite casually across the moor behind the house I was staying at. There were 3 of us who saw it!!' There's definitely something out there

[starsorwater]

Thanks for link Tanith!

Maybe there are feral lurchers out there then.

He said not cat like and he doesn't believe in witches/hairy hands/hobbits/

[Sleeperandthespindle]

I'm looking out of my bedroom window over Dartmoor. There's a spaniel by my feet. He's got hairy paws.

[QuestionableMouse]

Any chance of the full story, OP?

[MostlyHet]

Well, based on Sherlock Holmes I can say with absolute confidence that there are sucking bogs on Grimpen Mire which can drag a pony to its watery grave in a matter of minutes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle says so, so it must be true.

[Tanith]

Hairy Hands Legend on Wikipaedia

[Gabilan]

Phone the zoo, tell them their wolves are out. It'll be fun.

Unless he saw the ghostly Wisht Hounds.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if there were wild packs of something up there. Then again, I also wouldn't be surprised if your eyesight starts playing tricks on the moor and a few loose lurchers started to look like wolves.

[Tanith]

There are a few "hound" legends, including the Wisht Hounds that are reputed to hunt evil-doers to their deaths. The Hound that inspired The Hound of the Baskervilles is another.

You might find this site useful, Op. It has a lot of information about various sightings.

Though I particularly like this cautionary tale

[StepAwayFromTheEcclesCakes]

oooh please tell me, whats the hairy hands story?

[starsorwater]

No, I think the lynx was recaught by then. He was wild camping in a little bivvy tent sure he heard something and then saw at least 3 big skinny long legged dogs? Def not foxes. What other animals are talked about there?

[MrsBernardBlack]

I know a farmer up by Hexworthy who saw something with hairy paws, about 10 years ago though. People also talk about some very heavy witchcraft that goes on.

Always been a bit disappointed at total lack of hairy hands vibe .

[Pettywoman]

Big black cat thing?

[Gabilan]

Well they recaptured the lynx but really, anything could be up there. It's a big place and there are plenty of hiding places for predators and prey alike. Not heard anything specific but I'm not that close to it.

[starsorwater]

Not hairy hands, hairy paws. (Never heard of hairy hands!)

[hooveringhamabeads]

We did a ouija board at the hairy hands place as teenagers #hardcore

[Ineedmorelemonpledge]

Oooh! Is it the Hairy Hands?

I love the hairy hands. I remember watching the sky the whole time on a Sunday school trip one year....

[Fourormore]

Ooh I've driven through the hairy hands bit. Was terrified!

[EsmesBees]

Ha! RawPrawn I remember reading about the hairy hands whilst on holiday in Dartmoor when I was about 11. I was terrified every time we drove anywhere.

[hownottofuckup]

Ooh is it something to do with strange whistling?

[helpimitchy]

Occult activity?