Alien Big Cats ('ABCs')

[Paul_Exeter]

A decent big cat report from Bream on the edge of the Forest of Dean and reported to a local wildlife enthusiast:

"She said: “I watched and it was playing in the grass and pouncing. It must have found a mouse or something to play with.

“It looked at me, and I thought then it was a panther. It has piercing eyes and they were very much a feature of the face.”

A man was near walking his dog along the path. She decided to ask him to have a look at the animal she had seen.

She said: “I spoke to the man and asked him to come and have a look at the animal and to see if it was a big cat or if I was going mad. He was like okay yes let us go have a look.

“When we had then got to the gate, and he swore and then said ‘its a big cat’. Before he was a little dismissive, then we both watched it walk away into another field."

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/local-news/big-cat-huge-swishing-tail-9172106

 

[Druk]

 

[gordonrutter]

What were the results? Sorry, I haven't read this month's edition yet and it might take me a while to get round to it.

I know that humans are notoriously bad at estimating size.

That experiment is not in the article and checking with Charles the results have never been published but basically people are crap at size estimations.

 

[brownmane]

A decent big cat report from Bream on the edge of the Forest of Dean and reported to a local wildlife enthusiast:

"She said: “I watched and it was playing in the grass and pouncing. It must have found a mouse or something to play with.

“It looked at me, and I thought then it was a panther. It has piercing eyes and they were very much a feature of the face.”

A man was near walking his dog along the path. She decided to ask him to have a look at the animal she had seen.

She said: “I spoke to the man and asked him to come and have a look at the animal and to see if it was a big cat or if I was going mad. He was like okay yes let us go have a look.

“When we had then got to the gate, and he swore and then said ‘its a big cat’. Before he was a little dismissive, then we both watched it walk away into another field."

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/local-news/big-cat-huge-swishing-tail-9172106

Agghh. This is so annoying. No picture, she wishes to remain anonymous and doesn't have the other person's name.

 

[brownmane]

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Anyone near to this rescue agency? I would love if one of us could verify it. For some reason, the picture looks odd. It might be the juxtaposition of small food bowls (it is a swan enclosure) with the large cat.

It is also April 1st. A charity fundraising joke?

It would be interesting if they have a follow up story when it is transferred to its new habitat.

 

[Druk]

Anyone near to this rescue agency? I would love if one of us could verify it. For some reason, the picture looks odd. It might be the juxtaposition of small food bowls (it is a swan enclosure) with the large cat.

It is also April 1st. A charity fundraising joke?

It would be interesting if they have a follow up story when it is transferred to its new habitat.

It’s an April fools joke

 

[brownmane]

It’s an April fools joke

I did wonder. I actually googled the sanctuary to see if it exists. It does. The story wasn't updated as far as I could see to say April Fools! So there was an inkling of doubt.

 

[Druk]

I did wonder. I actually googled the sanctuary to see if it exists. It does. The story wasn't updated as far as I could see to say April Fools! So there was an inkling of doubt.

There’s a lot of Brit big cat believers we’re probably high-fiveing each other shouting “We KNEW they existed”

 

[Paul_Exeter]

Agghh. This is so annoying. No picture, she wishes to remain anonymous and doesn't have the other person's name.

True, but it was reported to a named individual:

"Big cat enthusiast and wildlife expert, Frank Tunbridge, 76, from Podsmead said: "I had a call from a lady who was on holiday in The Forest of Dean. She told me how in the summer at around 1.30pm - 2pm, as she was walking along a road adjacent to a church and churchyard."

... and he has a contact address:

https://find-and-update.company-inf...cers/LlbDIY-SyFOY3BcrdQoi5TLlrQ8/appointments

So a bit more credible than an anonymous Reddit post

 

[Eyespy]

I did wonder. I actually googled the sanctuary to see if it exists. It does. The story wasn't updated as far as I could see to say April Fools! So there was an inkling of doubt.

Initially I was really excited, knew it was the ultimate proof, then I looked again and it’s a bit iffy, possibly a stuffed toy.

 

[brownmane]

Initially I was really excited, knew it was the ultimate proof, then I looked again and it’s a bit iffy, possibly a stuffed toy.

The cat looks real to me (the eyes). It might have been photo-shopped.

 

[Stillill]

The cat looks real to me (the eyes). It might have been photo-shopped.

Definitely a real animal photo-shopped. You can see the spots showing through,I doubt you’d get that level of detail on a stuffed toy.

 

[Druk]

If that cat was found as an RTA in the UK every bic cat "expert" in the land would have been discussing it somewhere in the media, the report is a fake

 

[Paul_Exeter]

Blob crosses field and is declared a big cat by expert:

https://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/watch-panther-filmed-crossing-field-in-england/

Also here:

In those paw prints you can see the claws which to the best of my knowledge means it was a dog as big cats don't leave claw imprints