A graveyard of mutilated sheep has been found by a stunned student prompting fears a big cat is on the loose.
Harlem Karma came across the ten, smelly carcasses littering a field.
The 18-year-old said some of the dead livestock had been picked clean.
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He said the pong was awful.
Harlem – who is interested in the phenomena of big cats in the wild in the UK – found them on the outskirts of Kendal, Cumbria.
He claims he also saw a leopard-sized creature nearby, too, which sparked his interest.
The teen now claims the dead sheep is evidence for the legendary Beast of Cumbria.
He said: “Last year, I saw what I believe to be a black, melanistic leopard.
“I was on the bus at the time, as it effortlessly jumped over a dry stone wall, and continued into a wooded tree line.
Mutilated sheep found on the outskirts of Kendal, Cumbria. (Jam Press/Harlem Karma)
“Since then, I have collected several reports from this area of an animal with the same description with sightings dating as far back as 2011.
“Like many people, I grew up on stories from British folklore like the Loch Ness monster and the Beast of Exmoor.
“So I started doing my own research.
“I was informed of the field in Kendal and went to look and it was full of mutilated sheep.
Mutilated sheep found on the outskirts of Kendal, Cumbria. (Jam Press/Harlem Karma)
“It was like a graveyard.
“The sheer number of dead sheep was really weird.
“The smell of rotting flesh was awful.
“The distress to the muzzles and neck indicates a big cat kill.
“The sheer vastness of Cumbria and its diverse landscape and wildlife increases chances of there being big cats here.
“The reports in Cumbria are always of a large black cat.
“But there’s very little hard evidence when it comes to big cats in Cumbria.”
The Beast of Cumbria legend is based on decades of sightings of big cats across the county including black panthers, leopards, lynxes and caracals.
Harlem, of Lancaster, Lancashire, also told Need To Know: “I’m aiming to get some solid evidence of these mysterious creatures without revealing their locations specifically.
Mutilated sheep found on the outskirts of Kendal, Cumbria. (Jam Press/Harlem Karma)
Mutilated sheep found on the outskirts of Kendal, Cumbria. (Jam Press/Harlem Karma)
Mutilated sheep found on the outskirts of Kendal, Cumbria. (Jam Press/Harlem Karma)
“I’m also hoping to feature a few interviewees in the film too to help strengthen the believability of the phenomena here in Cumbria.”
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