‘The Beast of Cumbria’

Tuesday 28th May 2024

’The Beast of Cumbria’: 22 inch ‘big cat‘ found in Dalton in 2008 | The Mail

Kath Hayhurst from Burton-in-Kendal discovered a deceased ‘big cat‘ in Dalton in 2008.
Jonathan Downes
Cryptozoologist, naturalist, musician, singer, composer, poet, novelist and Director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology since 1992. Jon was born in Portsmouth in 1959 and spent his infancy in Nigeria and his childhood in Hong Kong. His wife Corinna died of cancer in 2020, leaving him with two stepdaughters and a six year old granddaughter called Evelyn.