Dartmoor Beast Identified As New Species Of European Giant Hyrax?

[Enmos]

Doesn't make them carnivorous though. No evidence of them eating the kills..

There isn't even any evidence that it's Hyraxes that are doing it!

 

[Grim_Reaper]

Number 2 looks like a wolf with Mange but that is just me.

 

[Enmos]

Number 2 looks like a wolf with Mange but that is just me.

Dude, just flush it! We don't wanna know what it looks like!

 

[common_sense_seeker]

There isn't even any evidence that it's Hyraxes that are doing it!

Whatever is doing it doesn't appear to be carnivorous - FACT.

 

[Enmos]

Whatever is doing it doesn't appear to be carnivorous - FACT.

What is that 'fact' based on?
Not that it has much relevance..

 

[Captain Kremmen]

Louisiana? I thought this was about the DARTMOOR 'beast'?

CSS did say it had a large territory.

 

[common_sense_seeker]

CSS did say it had a large territory.

You've heard of jaguars in South America, right? and you've heard of leopards in Africa, right? Are these two creatures not very much the same??

 

[Captain Kremmen]

Well, they's both Puggy Cats I spose.

 

[common_sense_seeker]

The theme continues in another thread here Is The Werewolf/Hyrax Hypothesis Credible?. There's also a book on the subject Hunting the American Werewolf: Beast Men in Wisconsin and Beyond By Linda S. Godfrey

 

[common_sense_seeker]

The theme continues..

Why so many rodents? (see post#126)

 

[MacGyver1968]

Why so many rodents? (see post#126)

You have to be a member to view images. Why do you keep linking that thread on another forum?

 

[common_sense_seeker]

You have to be a member to view images. Why do you keep linking that thread on another forum?

It was from an article in the latest New Scientist Accidental origins: Where species come from 10 March 2010 by Bob Holmes

 

[common_sense_seeker]

New PHOTO of Giant Hyrax! Photograph Of Dartmoor Beast

I have recieved an email from Duncan Rogers who kindly enclosed a photograph he took at 9.30pm on Saturday the 14th of June 2008. He walked up to Longaford Tor (OS grid reference SX 61558 77946) and took a photograph of what he presumed was the sun setting on Dartmoor. However, when he got home and downloaded the picture he noticed that not only had he captured the sunset but also what appeared to be a puma on the nearby southern outcrop of the tor. As can be seen below, at first the mystery figure is not obvious but the more the picture is enlarged the more the puma-like figure becomes clear, so my thanks to Duncan for allowing me to put the 'Beast of Longaford' on this page.

Check this out Baboon vs Hyrax

 

[Enmos]

New PHOTO of Giant Hyrax! Photograph Of Dartmoor Beast

That's a Lynx (or some similar big cat, but most likely a Lynx). Are you blind?

 

[common_sense_seeker]

That's a Lynx (or some similar big cat). Are you blind?

Pumas could exist the same local as herbivorous hyrax. It would be a symbiotic relationship for both to remain undetected and shrouded in mystery.

 

[Enmos]

pumas could exist the same local as herbivorous hyrax. It would be a symbiotic relationship for both to remain undetected and shrouded in mystery.

It's a Lynx or a Puma (good call )

 

[Enmos]

Here two pictures of a Puma to compare with your 'Hyrax':

 

[common_sense_seeker]

Why has the face in the photo pointed then? Also pumas don't squat on their hind legs and sit upright in a sentry position like a meercat! The ears are small and rounded whilst the puma's are pointed!! Are you blind!

 

[Enmos]

Why has the face in the photo pointed then?

It is not pointed. It looks exactly like the Puma faces in the pictures I provided!

Also pumas don't squat on their hind legs and sit upright in a sentry position like a meercat!

So? It isn't doing that in the picture! It's sneaking up to something.

The ears are small and rounded whilst the puma's are pointed!!

Oh really? They look pretty much exactly the same as the ears on this Puma.
Puma ears are NOT pointy.

Are you blind!

No. You are. Or else you are either trolling or utterly stupid.

 

[common_sense_seeker]

It's sitting on it's haunches and has a pointy face with a small black nose!