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Half a century ago, Belgian Zoologist Bernard Heuvelmans first codified cryptozoology in his book On the Track of Unknown Animals.

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Saturday, March 03, 2012

BIG CAT NEWS: Near accident in the Midlands, Scottish prints and more

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 cat on the prowl in Corpach?

Lochaber News

"I suppose a big dog could have been responsible but they look more like a very big cat's prints to me. "I found the prints just below my living room window, directly beneath a bird feeder. "The front two impressions were more deeply embedded in the ...




Unfortunately there are no close up pictures of the prints, so we can't really comment. Next up is a link to a story about Derbyshire 'panthers'. For various reasons not unconnected to Ronan's book about the Holy Grail, I am up aan ungodly hour, and the link is currently not working. I will leave it in just in case they repair it on the morrow.

Readers recall cat encounters

Derbyshire Times
THEY may still be considered as nothing more than a myth by many - but according to some Derbyshire Times readers, big cat sightings are a common occurrence in our county. In response to an article published last month on Derbyshire big cats, ...

And finally from the UK today, a story about a near RTA involving a 'panther' in the West Midlands...

Coventry panther close to being killed on Ryton road

Coventry Telegraph
A woman has told the Telegraph how a motorist had to swerve to avoid the big cat in Oxford Road, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, late at night. She said a large black creature came from a dense group of trees in the middle of a roundabout by the former site of the ...

OK, this column is about British mystery cats, but it is goodto note that CFZ Press author Scott Marlowe is currently hunting a mystery cat in Florida.


The Search For The Mystery Carrabelle Cat

WJHG-TVPanama City- A team of popular cryptozoologists are searching the Florida panhandle this weekend for a mystery cat. After several sightings in Carrabelle, city commissioners invited the team to search for the cat. The team, comprised of Scott Marlowe, ...

And finally, back in the UK, it may not be a mystery cat, but it is a disturbing story about a spate of cat deaths in Cheshire...

Mystery cat deaths
From This Is Cheshire

By MATTHEW HOBBS
PET owners in Orford are devastated after four cats on one street died in less than a week.

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