WHAT Lurks Deep in this Mountain Cave? UK 🇬🇧 Nomads investigate

[@stevenpoels4639]

Its a fox hole ,but i am just guessing ,cool vid folks... Living in my tent in belgium Greeting ☁️🌙☁️🦉

[@loghoppers]

@stevenpoels4639 Definitely not a fox hole. We've been at this for donkeys years and I've never seen a fox crap that big. This is something I've never seen, and don't just go off the thumbnail. Also dog will react completely different if it was a fox, deer, boar, sheep, goats, he's seen it all and never acted like he did today. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@fleotusbing]

Good stuff! I checked out a few of your videos and subbed-up enthusiastically. Onward and upward! 👍

[@loghoppers]

@fleotusbing Nice one cheers, thank you very much. Please do enjoy and be glad to have you on board. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@ClaraTaylor-te7mj]

Great video guys, if you have a trail camera be a fantastic place to set one up 👍

[@loghoppers]

@ClaraTaylor-te7mj definitely going to do that, as mentioned in the vid. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@NorthWestLloydy]

Great listening from your pup! Poop is rather intriguing too, we live in a weird & wonderful world. Stay safe

[@loghoppers]

@@NorthWestLloydy yeah definitely. And thanks Cully, thank you for your continued support and comments. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@IvanDP1967]

Great video guys You really got me intrigued now. Hope the trail cam will shed some light on things.

[@loghoppers]

Definitely, us too. Hope we can get the bladdy thing to work lol... but if not, we'll set up the action cam with a 4day battery pack attached. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@Dean_Shellys_Wildcamping]

Can't wait for the trail cam footage 😁 really want to know what it is. we are loving all your videos 😊

[@loghoppers]

@Dean_Shellys_Wildcamping cheers Cully, we're stumped too lol. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@percyob1]

ooooh, I love a mystery! 🤨☺😊😉🙃

[@loghoppers]

@percyob1 Hiya Cully, sorry we didn't upload 24hrs before for you, but will definitely endeavour to do so next time. But we're putting a little funny out take later to make up for it.. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@shamboursie]

Hey cully....I thought you got to the "bottom" of it. LOL. Definitely an interesting find, hopefully you'll find out who/what it is. Love your videos and it's nice to see more people subscribing.

[@loghoppers]

@@shamboursieLol. thank you very much. And cheers for the continued support and comments. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@stephengarrett8076]

Is it a giant shih tzu 😆 great vid 👍looking forward to finding out what it is 👍stay safe stay warm 👍👍👍👍

[@loghoppers]

@stephengarrett8076 thank you muchly. Glad you enjoyed Cully. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@Lonewolf__666]

You two are great 😊

[@loghoppers]

@@Lonewolf__666 Cheers Cully, so are you for your continued support and comments. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@WildWoodlandsSW]

Very intrigueing,look forward to you finding out more. Cheers.

[@loghoppers]

@@WildWoodlandsSW and thank you too. We're excited over what it could be and really need to get this cam up there to get an identification. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@kevinatherton9418]

I really enjoyed this video guys, I spend most of my time in the forest, looking for animal trails and explore with my dog bow, we live on the road in a half done converted car lol, do odd jobs here and there, looking where to make a winter camp. Good luck with your channel, keep the videos coming and look forward to the next videos, god bless guys 👍❤

[@loghoppers]

@kevinatherton9418 Thank you, that's awesome. And hope you enjoy many more years of us, until grey n old lol 😆 😜 HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@ClaraTaylor-te7mj]

It's a long shot but as there are no prints could it be an Eagle roosting above, the oil could suggest fish

[@loghoppers]

@ClaraTaylor-te7mj perhaps, but the scat is also inside the cave??? But at that sort of height for a poop to land... would end up looking very very messy and not in one piece. You're not the first to think it could be avian. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@jag4762]

Really really looking forward to that upcoming trail cam footage. I’m guessing it’s badgers.🤞

[@loghoppers]

@jag4762 nooooo, it's really not badgers... we've see enough sets and stayed near quite a few over the years and this isn't anything like we've seen before. The scat is different to any UK species we know of. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@jag4762]

@ Thanks for the reply. I’m not an expert and you both have far more outside experience than me. I really hope your trail cam shows something. Maybe you should start a sweepstake lol. Good luck and keep safe. 😀

[@loghoppers]

@@jag4762 cheers and thanks. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@thevikingcraftsman]

Nice one guys👍

[@loghoppers]

@@thevikingcraftsman Cheers Cully. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@richardbrice6535]

​@loghoppers Was the tinned fish oil or brine? If it was oil, that could explain the oilily texture. Test more than one scat. Others may not be oilily.

[@loghoppers]

@richardbrice6535 that's what we thought... maybe someone knows about it and maybe throwing in tins of fish... but it may be that they are throwing it from the top? We've yet to go and find a safe way up or around.... think we might try that out tomorrow. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@NWIE76]

Maybe Starmer passed thru there with all his "BOOTY" recently?!? Anythings possible in our brave new screwed up world 😂👍🇮🇪

[@loghoppers]

Most definitely lmao, maybe it is the other part of him incarnate lol. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@Dr-Sy]

I Did say, There is some weird stuff going on up, ive seen police coming down from up there who were along Nato rescue not so long back and when i asked them what was going on, they replied "they were doing an exercise" As for the poop, Wasn't me Thanks for the explore not s much the poop tho lol blessings 🙏🌼

[@loghoppers]

@Dr-Sy 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 you absolutely 'crack' us up lol, sorry for the poop. Fun fact, I've eaten dinner and still not washed me hands 🤮🤣 To understand the beast, one must absorb the beast 🤮🤣😂 Glad you enjoyed. HAPPY HOPPING Cully 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@soldier-Dave]

Badger scat! They sometimes dig a hole and dump in it!

[@loghoppers]

@soldier-Dave no tracks, no digs. We've lived with badger many a time and we're not convinced. But who know, vid coming coming soon hopefully all will be answered. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@alantaggart51]

Great vid tks luv yous

[@zedjay81]

I can see why you told me to eat my tea first now 😂 thankfully scat isn't off putting. Interested to find out what's made the massive poops.

[@john-slack]

Looks like badger scat probably a clan that’s why there’s a lot of it. Trial cam set up would be good.

[@loghoppers]

@john-slack we've lived outside for 10yrs + 24/7 every single day. That's one hell of a huge badger, we've stayed at setts, we know their behaviour, scat, noises etc... we are 99.99% it's not badger. Cheers for commenting tho, HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼👍🏼

[@loghoppers]

@john-slack camera going up today or tomorrow, so stay tuned and let's see if we can put minds at rest. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@markcairns9574]

I had an encounter with something last year. I wasn't anywhere near but after that i'd be incredibly careful poking about in caves in the middle of nowhere. After some research the closest i could come up with was something called the 'Cheshire Troll'. Debbie of BBR investigates did a pod cast on my experience a short while ago.

[@loghoppers]

@markcairns9574 always careful. Cheers, HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@waylingtons]

A Cheshire troll? I’m sorry what? 😂

[@markcairns9574]

@waylingtons yep.... It described what I'd seen, with a couple of other witnesses, perfectly. Admittedly I was still half mile away or so, the finer details I didn't see. But yep, cheshire troll. Lololol

[@Gazr965]

2 08 Does my head in when I find discarded litter in the countryside especially plastic bottles, I mean if they took em there full, they will be much lighter to take back with them. True outdoors people and wild campers leave no trace. Worse thing was someone thought disposable barbeque meant you could bury it under the sand on a beach, a little girl found it with her bare feet on the first day of a holiday and spent a day in hospital !, the mesh cut her foot open and burnt the sole as the charcoal was still red hot, what morons we have these days. Gaz UK

[@loghoppers]

@@Gazr965 Indeed. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@SovereignSpirit369]

Have you guys seen anything unusual? I have heard stories of people finding Goblins

[@loghoppers]

@SovereignSpirit369 Goblins????? Nah, just trolls and unicorns lmao. But cam should be up today, and we hopefully get some closure. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@talesfromthepubshed]

Where is this ? I see this type of scat on Dartmoor, Possible Big Cat? The Rangers on Dartmoor see them a lot. I’ve never seen on yet, It could explain why you dog was on edge 🙂

[@loghoppers]

@talesfromthepubshed on the side of a mountain with about 78⁰ elevation. But we'll put the trail cam up when it's working and see what we can find. What is it on Dartmoor... a confirmed big cat, or something entirely different? Someone suggested that this might be a bird because of the lack of prints around the cave and soft poop but again, no feathers or calcium residue etc. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼👍🏼

[@talesfromthepubshed]

That’s some bird Pooh 😅, There have been confirmed sightings of big cats by reputable people, Mostly Rangers and Farmers, A Prison officer who I know & trust well said she saw a very large wolf like dog run across the road last year on the way back to Dartmoor Prison, Circuses used to let loose there wild animals on the Moors a few years ago. A lot of strange stuff does happen up there, I’m doing my own KZbin video about it soon, All based on fact so like you guys no click bait stuff. It starts & ends in a pub shed 🤫

[@robertjsmith]

It could be Lord Lucan,he shat on his own doorstep

[@loghoppers]

@@robertjsmith lol. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@townstunsltd6727]

Quote: "...some big cats use *latrines!"* (big litter trays --ye, seriously!) Ref: Urban Edge Wildlife. So you might of hit a complication that is seldom talked about in the UK, which is: Big Cat Britain! And due to several personal experiences and observations, I done a deep dive into Big Cat Britain! And the main points I'd like to share with you guys are: a) As Big Cats eat a lot of bones, their scat can look fossilised /white from bones particles. b) *they typically leave people alone as they see "us" a annoying and potentially dangerous!* c) they are "patient" and *very sharp thinking* not like a bigger version of a domestic cat! d) if you ever feel a *DEEP DEEP primal fear* at your core, a big cat is probably watching you. f) they're ambush predators and prefer Edge Habitat terrains between woodlands and fields. e) (when a big cat is nearby, one little tweety bird might express an intense warning song!) kzbin.info/www/bejne/on2xaoF_q5mAiNE www.youtube.com/@Lunathepantera .

[@dreamchaser9569]

100% there are big cats in the uk

[@loghoppers]

@townstunsltd6727 who know, but we stay safe and we can handle ourselves very well. But yeah, very interesting indeed and can't wait to find out what's in there or atleast taking a dump there lol. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@townstunsltd6727]

@@loghoppers ye cool man, here's hoping that it's just a person who's regularly using that spot! But I am intrigued! And sorry for mild dramatics; there's little other way to speak of UK big cats... Be well guys!

[@loghoppers]

@@townstunsltd6727 cheers and will do. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@harashigomari1690]

Ask a Canadian - Steve Wallis the renowned bear skat expert may know. Notice the Step2

[@loghoppers]

@harashigomari1690 lol. Worth a shout. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@Jonebee7771]

Big cat litter tray?

[@loghoppers]

@Jonebee7771 that's one hell of a big cat lol. Have checked into mountain lion scat (not uk 🇬🇧 native) but just to be on the safe or inquisitive side. Really stumped. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@liamb6310]

So there pulling themselves over the logs and not leaving much tracks. Scats 30-100mm = mammal, Bluey/ purple = berry eater, No longer bluey = no more berrie , oily = high intake of fish.....Its most likely an otter and the other end of that cave is near water. Also otters will attack dogs

[@loghoppers]

@liamb6310 Our only issue with this is... we're on a mountain, and no fish nearby, not even in the river at the bottom of the mountain. It's very compelling, but how else would they be dieting without the berries, eg, winter? I'm going to have a read up as it's not really one we've had a lot of experience with. Thank you for your intriguing comment. it certainly does make sense in some aspects. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@keithtomey5046]

Badgers do that - we've seen it a lot. (Dot)

[@loghoppers]

@keithtomey5046 black oily crap bigger than a human head? And not to mention... no tracks. We've been living this way 10yrs plus.. and we are proficient trackers or all uk wildlife species. But this has got us stumped... we've lived along side badger with huge setts and watched them play as the sun went down too. We've never seen anything like it. We've done a reverse image and got Google, AI and such, along with books for ref, images and so on... it's saying bear poop at the moment, no sign of any other scat in the area apart from one smaller turd on the huge bigger than head size pat. Bare in mind... it's a 78⁰ slope in a natural forest area on the top of a mountain side. We've resided in the area for quite some months on and off and have not heard, nor seen any other animals apart from rabbit, fox, Jay's, buzzards, the odd kite, ravens, crows Robins and such. But badgers or signs of any other animal... are scarce to say the least. Cheers for commenting... any other ideas? HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@mallyredfearn6834]

I think the only logical answer is a big cat. They are here! I've seen a very large one. Another thought though, could it not be a large bird, more than one even. Would explain the lack of tracks. 😊

[@loghoppers]

@mallyredfearn6834 hmmm, good thinking. The turds are huge tho and don't really resemble any typical bird crap. But would explain the lack of tracks. However, that John West can of fish wasn't the only fish can we found...? It's a little strange. One of the cans didn't even have the ring pulled, was just bent open. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@davidcoomber4050]

Bats

[@mrhyper.9546]

It would appear to be a 'big cat'. They will poo on their doorstep to let other animals to stay out. Hope this helps.

[@loghoppers]

@@mrhyper.9546 In the UK 🇬🇧 😎 HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@soldier-Dave]

Badger actually

[@dreamchaser9569]

Big cats are about its been 100% confirmed

[@johnmcgrath7133]

living rural in scotland i have come across scat like what you experience tara was right to be warey its haggis pooh if at home it would have graped her and made her paint bonnie scenes of mountains lochs pine tress in its cave being content it would have you video it then 20 to 50 million subs then you would be able to buy a hilleberg or nortent take her back up with her paints love from hans christian (mac)anderson talker and writer of scat

[@loghoppers]

@johnmcgrath7133 lmao 🤣 Tara doesn't paint lol 😆. But for to be haggis... we'd see prints, spore and obviously sign. Just the poop. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@tourcheverybridge]

Ironically, when I saw that I thought bear, but obviously it cannot be because all the American KZbin videos I’ve seen it in it looks exactly like that but what do I know.

[@loghoppers]

@@tourcheverybridge hmmmmm, well yeah... it's sparked our curiosity. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@Fredgangai]

Lol I've had that before

[@loghoppers]

@@Fredgangai what's that? A curly one? 🤣 HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@Will-kt5jk]

16:35 - you get bears across large parts of mainland Europe, not just in America btw Also, I’m curious why you think it was living in the cave where the latrine was? You said that around the cave, there’s no footprints & scat is the only sign - could it not just be that the cave is a latrine, not where it lives?

[@loghoppers]

Maybe, but theres crap is inside the cave and entrance. And we are very aware that there are the European brown bears and all sorts, we also know black bears, tigers, lions and elephant etc where in transported in tunnels and caves for the circuses, not to mention the illegal breeders and so on. Very aware, very much switched on... I'm just not going to sit here naming all the different countries bears reside in as our viewers are mainly in the UK and USA, based on our youtube analytics etc. So not going to start calling out Germany or Russia as we don't get many viewings from those areas. But yes, still a possibility. Just trying to figure out why it's on the side of a mountain forest on a 78⁰ slope, and why there are not tracks... guessing as another suggested, that the cave has more than one entrance and could be using it as a network. We are confident that the trail cam will put all this to bed, video update coming as soon as we find out. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@Fredgangai]

New species

[@loghoppers]

Perhaps??? Lol. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@jessicapayne8622]

Definitely a werewolf, not a killer rabbit x

[@loghoppers]

Hahaha no, monty is nowhere to be seen lol 😆. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@nnglnd]

Mountain cave , its a troll . Must be because i saw a movie about it once. Troll hunter

[@loghoppers]

@@nnglnd lol 😆 HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@greenjay8096]

Any big cat reports in that area?

[@loghoppers]

@greenjay8096 odd you should say that, someone did mention earlier... but was apparently on another mountain, not near us. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@greenjay8096]

@loghoppers I'll look forward to seeing you take a look inside the cave 😀. Just make sure you have a big pointy stick, and maybe a flame thrower.

[@loghoppers]

@@greenjay8096 🤣😂🤣😂 brilliant. I'd not want to hurt the beast. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@greenjay8096]

@loghoppers yea maybe put a trail cam there. See if you catch anything. Good luck.

[@therespectedlex9794]

​@@loghoppersWhat's the area, roughly speaking?

[@UK-Blue]

Badgers.

[@loghoppers]

@UK-Blue badger must have a huge butt. The scat is the size of my head and others are bigger too. Cam up in next day or 2, hopefully will get some results. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@UK-Blue]

@@loghoppers 👍👍👍

[@Scotlandsdrifter]

Yes first comment hiii guys. lol 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@loghoppers]

You won that round Cully, HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@Scotlandsdrifter]

Only took since I’ve been on KZbin to get a first comment 😂loving the videos I live the same way in Scotland and highlands

[@loghoppers]

@Scotlandsdrifter ohhhh nice. That's awesome... so living (full time?) In a tent like us, travel for work or money... really? Haven't found another like us yet... HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@Scotlandsdrifter]

@ yeah just me and my dog it will be good to meet up for a weekend sometime

[@loghoppers]

@Scotlandsdrifter most definitely. Soooo glad to hear and Please do email us (link in bio) it'll be great to connect on a more personal level. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@waylingtons]

You’re very rarely far from people in the uk.

[@loghoppers]

@@waylingtons Very true. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@Mark-dj4zr]

Try doing a Google image search.

[@loghoppers]

@Mark-dj4zr guess you didn't make it to the end lol. No worries, hope you enjoyed. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@Mark-dj4zr]

@@loghoppers Yeah i did, i thought you said you was doing Google searches, sorry i didn't hear you say Google image searches.

[@Mark-dj4zr]

@@loghoppers Try Google lens it uses AI.

[@Gang-zy7lq]

Goats poo

[@loghoppers]

@Gang-zy7lq that was our initial thought, but no. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@RICKY420z]

100% badger

[@loghoppers]

Not sure anymore, will put cam up soon, so will find out. In our over 10yrs experience living in the outdoors, staying around sets, watching them play, we don't think it's at all badger.. they're too obvious with tracks, noise etc. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼👍🏼

[@scott3991]

Im no expert in shite, it does look a little like pig shit, maybe a boar or escapee piggy. If you Google" loose pig scat "and go to images(lmao this is a conversation I never imagined having😅) it's the first image for me. Im not a farmer but I remember it from going with my dad in the lorry when I was younger.

[@scott3991]

Looks like it could be pork shoulder for dinner

[@loghoppers]

On a 78⁰ cliff edge slope, and no tracks or noise? We lived with the boar, we've stayed near pigs, we used to take the dog to a local pig farm in the local area we were in, but still not convinced. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@scott3991]

@@loghoppers a pig will get up hills with ease it's going down that's a problem for them. Your dog might be cool round farm pigs but this one will be feral (if it is a pig/boar). I can't see it being a bear it would be in hibernation so there wouldn't be fresh scat. Have a look at pigs footprints on Google images. Tbh I would prefer if it was something exotic like a big cat or sasquatch, can you imagine being the first to get real footage of Bigfoot. That would be one seriously viral video

[@loghoppers]

@scott3991 Yeah, wouldn't it lol. We've lived with boar with dog and we all had an accord lol. But no, definitely not pig imo. Probably a huge ass squirrel or the bunny from monty python lol 😆 HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@scott3991]

Check out sheepsqautch on Dr Lazarus corbeaux could be one of those cryptids😮

[@ianhunkin5384]

Badgers

[@davidhudson7590]

Fallow deer hoof prints they fly up crazy hills dogs can't caves often have badger setts in or around them even into old pit shift tunnels boars tend leave what look like mole hills as forage and grub about trail camera up find out in olden days was vile old gins AKA gin traps like a small man trap fox poop that mate😂 don't play with scat fox poop at entrance sett badgers have latrines away from sett look like grey cow pats

[@loghoppers]

@davidhudson7590 on a 78⁰ incline, in a forest... no cows round here. We've been at this for over 10yrs and have slept around all sorts of uk 🇬🇧 wildlife all over the country. It's nothing We've seen before. We are proficient trackers of wild game and other UK species, this is what's thrown us off completely... it doesn't match and we are in the area 24/7, and no noise or disturbances at our tent which is only 10mins away as the crow flies. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@ianhunkin5384]

Badgers use latrines

[@loghoppers]

@@ianhunkin5384 yep, but living this way for 10yrs+ and staying with badgers and around their setts, we're 99% sure it's not badger. The scat is the size of a human head n bigger. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@Awd.d]

Human boots

[@Fredgangai]

Lol

[@loghoppers]

@@Fredgangai cheers 🍻 lol. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@chrishatton865]

Sasquotch if ya asked me

[@loghoppers]

@@chrishatton865 lol, yeah. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@bartardo1]

Primate poop 😮

[@loghoppers]

@bartardo1 lol, wouldn't have a clue... haven't seen or heard any such noise of escaped apes, lmao 😂 HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@tracy-9-c4y]

Big Cat with diaohrea

[@loghoppers]

@@tracy-9-c4y 😆 🤣

[@soldier-Dave]

Badger actually

[@loghoppers]

@soldier-Dave we'll know soon enough. Cam today/tomorrow. Delayed because of ice and snow, the 78⁰ cliff face is hard enough when dry. But we'll all find out together what it ACTUALLY is lol. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼

[@johndaniel6168]

Badgers

[@loghoppers]

@johndaniel6168 we'll find out soon enough lol. Cam should be going up today/tomorrow and then we wait for ID conformation. HAPPY HOPPING 👌🏼 👍🏼