Beast of Dean

The Beast of Dean is the name of an animal from English folklore that is said to live, or to have once lived, in the Forest of Dean: a large, "ancient woodland" bounded by the rivers Severn and Wye in Gloucestershire, England. Despite several attempts to encounter, capture, or kill the beast in the early 19th century, no scientific evidence has been found to support the existence of the Beast of Dean or any similar creature in the Forest of Dean. The Beast is also occasionally mentioned literature related to cryptozoology.