{"id":2136,"date":"2026-10-26T07:06:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T07:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/?p=2136"},"modified":"2026-10-26T07:06:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T07:06:20","slug":"purr-anormal-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/?p=2136","title":{"rendered":"Purr-anormal Activity\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As spooky season approaches, I often find myself thinking about all the ways that cats have been associated with the supernatural in society. One of the ongoing mysteries in that vein is \u201cthe Beast of Bodmin Moor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s been renewed interest in the lore of the Beast, after sightings in February of this year that match the description.  You can read about it here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cornwalllive.com\/news\/uk-world-news\/amazing-video-shows-black-panther-10833360.amp\">https:\/\/www.cornwalllive.com\/news\/uk-world-news\/amazing-video-shows-black-panther-10833360.amphttps:\/\/www.cornwalllive.com\/news\/uk-world-news\/amazing-video-shows-black-panther-10833360.amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the sighting isn\u2019t in Bodmin, but in the surrounding area of Dartmouth, theoretically that wouldn\u2019t specifically mean the sightings aren\u2019t linked. I have my own theories on the Beast\u2026what\u2019re yours? <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/EECCA1E9-4419-476C-9136-D3E8A06F33C6.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/EECCA1E9-4419-476C-9136-D3E8A06F33C6.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/EECCA1E9-4419-476C-9136-D3E8A06F33C6.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/EECCA1E9-4419-476C-9136-D3E8A06F33C6-300x180.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Beast? I have my doubts\u2026<\/em><br>(Photo Source: Cornwall Guide.)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As spooky season approaches, I often find myself thinking about all the ways that cats have been associated with the supernatural in society. One of the ongoing mysteries in that vein is \u201cthe Beast of Bodmin Moor.\u201d There\u2019s been renewed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2136"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2157,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136\/revisions\/2157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}