BIG CAT NEWS: Gloucestershire, Leighton Buzzard.......Australia, and Oklahoma

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

Big Cats in Gloucestershire do exist says expert Frank
This is Gloucestershire
I WANT to respond to letters published in The Citizen about Big Cats and whether or not they exist. The public need to be made aware of the situation, as with over 2000 reports and sightings of British Big Cats throughout the UK every year, ...

Once again th first stories come from Gloucestershire, where Frank Tunbridge is being kept exceedingly busy. I have never met him, and have no axe to grind one way or the other, but he certainly seems to know what he is talking about. The second of these newspaper stories actually has a new sighting; one that Frank says sounds very much like a puma. It is hard not to agree with him.

Gloucestershire big cat is back - howling and with green eyes
This is Gloucestershire
Big cat tracker Frank Tunbridge believes the noise it made was that of a puma calling for its mate. "It was heard out on the green near our house and others at Christmas," said Mr Powell, 73, who saw the creature's eyes while walking TJ around three ...

Now we go up the wooden hills to Bedfordshire where the recent sightings have prompted an avalanche of reports from the last few months...

Big cat roams countryside
Leighton Buzzard Today
WE'RE being flooded with calls from readers who claim to have seen a big cat on the loose in the Bedfordshire countryside but we're still waiting for photographic evidence! The Sheppard family from Totternhoe are going on a photographic safari in a bid ...



And now a puma caught on a trailcam. Sadly its in Oklahoma, but it is an interesting story:

Is there a lion in your backyard
Sand Springs Leader
SUBMITTED
In this photo submitted by Kyle Ingram of Sand Springs in July 2011 is a picture of a "big cat" taken by Ingram's game camera set up off of State Hwy 97, north of Sand Springs. Posted: Monday, March 5, 2012 9:40 am Updated: 9:44 am...

And finally, lest we forget that this is a global phenomenon, there are currently some exciting big cat reports in Australia:

HAVE YOUR SAY: Big cats 'on prowl' in Warburton
Knox Leader
Picture: LAWRENCE PINDER
THE elusive big cat or puma seen skulking around at dark enjoyed the status of an urban legend - until a few weeks ago. Millgrove resident Kym Burton contacted Leader after seeing a big cat that resembled a panther strutting ...