Monday, February 13, 2012

BIG CAT NEWS: It's a strange and small world

The hunt for British Big Cats attracts far more newspaper column inches than any other cryptozoological subject.

There are so many of them now that we feel that they should be archived in some way by us, so we should have a go at publishing a regular round-up of the stories as they come in.

It takes a long time to do, and is a fairly tedious task, so I am not promising that they will be done each day, but I will do them as regularly as I can. JD


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Big cat print found in Calderdale?
The mystery of the Calderdale catbeast took a new turn with the discovery of this huge paw print. It is the second time the big cat – thought to be a black panther ...
Read on...


The peculiar thing here is not that I agree with them - I do. It is the fact that they cite me as the person who originally drew their attention to this case in this very column. Truly it is a small world, and getting smaller.

Although this column is fundamentally about the British alien big cat phenomenon, it is interesting to see how the concept has become part of the mass psyche of the English speaking world. Here are two articles from radically different publications which address ABCs, and demonstrate this unarguable point.

Britton hopes to educate about big cats - News and Gossip - Yahoo ...
Ben Britton hopes that Big Cat Week can educate viewers about the majestic animals and their rapidly declining numbers.
au.tv.yahoo.com/.../britton-hopes-to-educate-about-big-cats/

Are Alien Big Cats stalking your players?
So let's turn to the stranger sort of news that we can find in the real world, and look at what cryptozoologists call Alien Big Cats. After all, every GM should know ...
nevermetpress.com/are-alien-big-cats-stalking-your-players

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