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Thursday, 26th November 2009

Big cats

Caught on film … the beast of Helensburgh THE mysterious big cats of legend are on the prowl once more.

Analysis: Big cat tales aplenty, but prowling pumas unlikely IS IT possible for a "big cat" to survive in Scotland's climate? Yes. But I'm sceptical that any are. Let me explain.

Policeman stunned by 'big cat' sighting in Scottish countryside A MILITARY policeman today spoke of his shock after capturing dramatic footage of a big cat prowling close to a naval base.

On the prowl for no ordinary moggy EVERY winter, Robert Stewart hears the same apocryphal story. Sufficiently rich in detail, yet vague enough to withstand any rigorous scrutiny, it is germinated by the idle gossip and banter of village life, before falling dormant for another year.

Was it The Beast of Duffus?

Police logs reveal tiger escape chaos

Becht polishes off £22m pay deal

Reed to seek £1m severance payout from Standard Life

Big cat panic as police reveal 185 sightings

Panic-stricken villagers batter two leopards to death

Close encounter with big cat

Private lives of UK's big cats

The Beast of Buchan

Hunting big cats to be outlawed

Police on trail of 'puma' cat

Leopard spotted at British Embassy

It's a jungle out there as exotic beast sightings in UK soar

UK big cat sightings take a leap

Sightings of big cats rise amid signs of breeding

Pair left terrified by encounter with 'panther'

Black leopard pawprint clue to the 'beast of Balbirnie'

Police hunt mystery big cat spotted in Lothian town

Expert steps up Beast of Roslin hunt

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