Forest of Dean areas but the focus has been to capitalise on the scenery and to create jobs from tourist attractions and the leisure sector. Significant numbers of residents work outside the area, commuting to Gloucester, Cheltenham, Bristol, Newport and Cardiff. For hundreds of years, mining in the Forest of Dean Coalfield has been regulated through a system of freemining. This, and other forms of self-governance, coupled with the Forest's geographic isolation between the rivers Severn and Wye, has given rise to a strong sense of cultural identity in those from the area, who are collectively known as 'Foresters'. The ancient rights were
Beast of Dean Phantom cats were sighted in the Forest of Dean. The identity of these "Black Panthers" was thrown into further confusion in 2002 when a large Wild Boar with black fur was killed in a collision along the A40 near the town of Over. In the science-fiction television series "Primeval", the Beast of Dean turns out to be a gorgonopsid that arrived in the present day through a wormhole leading to the Permian period. Beast of Dean The Beast of Dean is an animal said to live, or to have once lived, in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. It was