When a 14 year old boy found a big cat skull in a river in Bodmin Moor, it seemed certain to be proof the "Beast" was real.

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The case of the Monmouthshire boy attacked by a big cat as he played near his home is the latest in a long line of wild feline sightings in Wales.

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Even then, to his credit, Ang Lee is never tempted to domesticate this cat, except briefly, when both boy and beast are starving and at death's door.

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Inside the cover was a picture of a boy, thin and upright, thrusting a stick of flame into the face of an enormous square-headed cat.

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