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 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 spotters have their cameras at the ready to prove the critics wrong
This is Gloucestershire
BIG cat spotters are determined to get a clear photograph of the Winchcombe panther-like beast to prove cynics wrong. The black beast has been spotted prowling through fields on the outskirts of Cheltenham. Residents of Mount View Drive believe the...
We start off in Gloucestershire, which continues to be one of the veritable epicentres of British mystery cat reports. There is a picture, which was taken in February, but to be brutally honest, I can't tell what it is. And for some reason I can't embed it without actually stealing it, so you had better go to the link above. It was apparently taken by someone called Coryn Memory. What a brilliant name! It sounds like one of the 1950s pop singers managed by Larry Parnes (Adam Faith, Billy Fury, Marty Wilde etc). The article references Frank Tunbridge who once again talks sense. Good on that bloke.
And now to Scotland for a round up of recent reports:
Police receive 140 big-cat sightings
Scotsman
ALMOST 140 sightings of big cats have been reported to police forces in Scotland over the past five years, the latest figures have revealed. Members of the public have seen large puma-like animals, orange eyes glaring out of bushes, and even farm ...
A neat graphic with a rather worried looking black leopard, and yes, there is also a picture...
Scots police deal with dozens of big cat sightings
Deadline News
SCOTS police have investigated at least 125 big cat sightings in the last five years, new figures have revealed. Though none of the searches produced evidence of the creatures living wild in Scotland, experts call the sightings “intriguing”.
Basically the same story in a different paper. And next is an editorial comment on the same story. The Caledonian press is going to town on this one...
Comment: Survival would be easy, but sightings mean little without hard evidence
Scotsman
By PAUL WESTWOOD
COULD big cats exist in the UK? Yes they could and with relative ease. There is sufficient food and cover to support any big cat, be it a leopard, jaguar or tiger for that matter – although tiger reports are very rare and evidence ...
And another one:
Police Receive 140 Big-Cat Sightings ANIMALBLOG.CO.UK
By adminScotsman:
Almost 140 sightings of big cats have been reported to police forces in Scotland over the past five years, the latest figures have revealed. Members of the public have seen large puma-like animals, orange eyes glaring out of bushes, ...
Oh yes: it's the same story again. But this snippet of editorial is new:
U.K. residents convinced snarling panther exists Doubtful Newsblog
By idoubtit
Well, these stories of big cat sightings are always interesting. They rarely resolve into something that is actually as interesting. I'm not clear that the big and small one were seen at the same time. Could the small one been seen up close and ...
Mr or Ms Doubt-it is right, y'know....
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