The unusual species captured on a night vision camera has left keepers at the Bristol Zoo Project perplexed. The zoo’s conservation team uncovered the discovery while examining photos taken from camera traps placed in the wolf and bear area.
According to scientists who examined the photos, the monster looks to have four legs and is unlike anything they have ever seen. Over the past few weeks, there had been rumours of something strange hiding among the woods, which made the crew and the local animals take notice.
The conservation team of Bristol Zoological Society uses camera traps to assess and track species of all sizes that live in the 7.5 acres of ancient woods that make up Bear Wood. It has been impossible to identify the enigmatic shape that has been captured on camera multiple times.
The sightings occur shortly before the zoo’s “Howl-oween: Myths and Legends trail” opens, offering guests the chance to see giraffes, lemurs, cheetahs, wolves and wolverines in addition to maybe spotting the fabled animal. In addition, there will be interactive animal artefacts in the Lodge of Legends, myth-busting presentations and the Cauldron of Creation, where guests may design their own fabled creature.
In a statement, Rosie Sims, public engagement manager at Bristol Zoo Project said, “The sighting of this mythical-like creature is a mystery to us here at Bristol Zoo Project and has been a great inspiration for the Halloween trail this year.”
Has Bristol yielded a fabled creature akin to Cornwall’s Beast of Bodmin Moor and Scotland’s Loch Ness monster?
The sighting coincides perfectly with the zoo’s preparations for Halloween. Discover whether hedgehogs were thought to be witches in disguise, or which two creatures were said to have been combined together to make a giraffe on our Howl-oween path. Visitors are in for a surprise.
Additionally, guests get the chance to learn about their animal individuality, play red panda roulette and design their own legendary beast.
The Bristol Zoo Project stated that it is now changing by building a new conservation zoo and that 78% of the creatures it looks after are both endangered and included in specific conservation initiatives. It stated that by 2035, it hopes to increase this to 90% of species.
Additionally, it stated: “The zoo’s current troop of critically endangered western lowland gorillas will soon be housed in a new habitat created from Central African forests. Endangered African grey parrots, critically endangered slender-snouted crocodiles, endangered cherry-crowned mangabeys and several extremely threatened species of West African freshwater fish.
New visitor amenities, adventurous play areas, and a conservation centre for students, veterinarians, and the breeding of endangered animals will also be included. The attraction will stay open while the maintenance is being done.
