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<h2 id="pontrhydfendigaid-in-fiction">Pontrhydfendigaid in fiction</h2> <p>In the novel <a href="/facts/The_Discovery_of_Heaven/QfC0Xp5K">The Discovery of Heaven</a> by Dutch author <a href="/facts/Harry_Mulisch/631fQQqc">Harry Mulisch</a>, the village is the place where the characters Mr and Mrs Spiers spend their holidays. </p> <h2 id="the-beast-of-bont">The Beast of Bont</h2> <p>The Beast of Bont is the name given to a <a href="/facts/Phantom_cat/90dkpW60">big cat said to roam the area</a> centred on Pontrhydfendigaid. (Y Bont is the local abbreviation and <a href="/facts/Colloquial_name/HvEweYjS">colloquial name</a> for Pontrhydfendigaid.) It was blamed for the death of 12 sheep in June 1981. After a number of livestock attacks in the mid-1990s, Ministry of Agriculture veterinarians inspected a sheep carcass "and declared that the killer was a great deal more powerful than a fox or dog".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> The Dyfed-Powys police then searched the area, but failed to find the animal. </p><p>In the spring of 2012, Mark Davey and his partner Annette came across a "sickening" scene: two large groups of slaughtered sheep, about two miles apart, in the hills near Devil's Bridge. In a statement to local newspapers, he reported that "something had quite clearly attacked them because they looked like they had been ripped apart" and that "to kill so many sheep in such a small area it had to be quite a strong animal".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110824225906/http://pontrhydfendigaid.pumlumon.org.uk/">Pontrhydfendigaid Community website</a></li> <li><a href="http://cadw.gov.wales/daysout/strata-florida-abbey/?lang=en">Strata Florida Abbey</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060523101017/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/mid/sites/music/pages/bontmusicsociety.shtml">BBC article about the Celtic Music Society</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=2742250">www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Pontrhydfendigaid and surrounding area</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid/1Njz9TP0">grid reference</a> <a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Pontrhydfendigaid¶ms=52.283713_N_3.863190_W_region:GB_scale:25000">SN730667</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Walesdirectory.co.uk - Pontrhydfendigaid <a href="http://www.walesdirectory.co.uk/Towns/Pontrhydfendigaid.htm" target="_blank">http://www.walesdirectory.co.uk/Towns/Pontrhydfendigaid.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics". <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=W04000406" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=W04000406</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Clwb pêl-droed yn dathlu 60". BBC Cymru Newyddion (in Welsh). 11 June 2007. Retrieved 5 December 2019. <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/welsh/hi/newsid_6740000/newsid_6740600/6740655.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/welsh/hi/newsid_6740000/newsid_6740600/6740655.stm</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Sheldrick, Giles (16 May 2012). "20 Sheep Found Butchered by 'Beast of Bont". The Daily Express. Retrieved 21 February 2013. <a href="http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/320416/20-sheep-found-butchered-by-Beast-of-Bont" target="_blank">http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/320416/20-sheep-found-butchered-by-Beast-of-Bont</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Furness, Hannah (15 May 2012). "'Beast of Bont' Returns as 20 Sheep Found Massacred". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2013. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120517214631/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/9267032/Beast-of-Bont-returns-as-20-sheep-found-massacred.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20120517214631/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/9267032/Beast-of-Bont-returns-as-20-sheep-found-massacred.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Morgan, Sion (11 May 2012). "Video: Is this the clearest evidence yet that a big cat is roaming Welsh hills?". www.walesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2013. <a href="http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/need-to-read/2012/05/11/video-is-this-the-clearest-evidence-yet-that-a-big-cat-is-roaming-welsh-hills-91466-30949549/" target="_blank">http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/need-to-read/2012/05/11/video-is-this-the-clearest-evidence-yet-that-a-big-cat-is-roaming-welsh-hills-91466-30949549/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>