‘Big cat’ is noticed prowling close to properties within the Scottish Highlands
A pensioner has claimed she noticed a thriller massive cat prowling round her residence within the Scottish Highlands.
Annie Mitchell, 71, stated she regarded out of her window on Monday when she noticed the massive black cat which was ‘larger than a Labrador’ roaming on previous tennis courts outdoors her residence in Kirriemuir, Angus.
It is Britain’s newest ‘massive cat’ sighting after Paul Macdonald, head of the Scottish Big Cat Research Team, revealed greater than 1,300 have been reported in Scotland final 12 months.
A shocked Ms Mitchell stated: ‘My first thought was “look at the size of that cat – what a long tail” and the way massive it was. I felt it was larger than any cat I’ve seen.
‘I went outdoors to get nearer look and was solely a automotive size away. It regarded massive… larger than my Jack Russell canine. I assumed it was longer then a Labrador canine however not as excessive.
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Annie Mitchell, 71, stated she regarded out of her window on Monday and noticed the ‘massive cat’
The pensioner claimed the animal, which was roaming round outdoors her residence in Kirriemuir, Angus, was ‘larger than a Labrador’
‘I’ve not seen a cat that massive earlier than. It definitely was not a canine. It’s motion was low and prowling. It was on the lookout for mice possibly within the subject.’
In November final 12 months, outstanding footage emerged which seems to indicate a ‘hybrid panther’ in a subject only some miles from Aberdeen.
Images shot by Gordon Welsh close to the village of Blackdog apparently seize a big feline creature he describes as the dimensions of a greyhound or larger.
The 50-year-old, from Aberdeen, stated: ‘I used to be simply strolling on the time and noticed it limping – that is what caught my eye. I used to be like “the hell is that?” however then I used to be like “it’s nae a cat, it’s too big”.’
The footage, shared on a devoted Facebook group for Scottish massive cat sightings, sparked diverse reactions. Some viewers confidently recognized the creature as a black panther, emphasising its dimension, whereas others prompt it was a home cat, albeit a big one.
In July, two locals additionally claimed to see what they thought was a giant cat close to the village of Brydekirk in Scotland.
Without photographic or DNA proof nevertheless, it stays one of many hundreds of unsubstantiated studies which have plagued the Scottish countryside for many years, and fuelled the everlasting query: are massive cats dwelling wild in Scotland?
Footage, shot by Gordon Welsh, seems to indicate a big feline which he has described as the dimensions of a greyhound
Two folks noticed a really massive black cat, the dimensions of a labrador, near the village of Brydekirk, close to Annan, in July final 12 months
Local resident Andy McLachlan, 54, of Kirtomy with the stays of savaged sheep Swordly, close to Bettyhill, in north Sutherland in 2012
Among different ‘massive cat’ sightings, a person from Misterton in North Nottinghamshire described seeing two ‘massive, cat-like animals’ standing over his chickens in his backyard in 2022.
The 12 months prior, a girl recorded footage of the infamous ‘black panther of Rutland’ lurking in a farmland close to her residence in August 2021.
Mum-of-three Michelle Lee, 36, recorded the footage on her cellphone of a five-foot-long creature prowling round a bush in a farmers subject.
The cell hairdresser stated she had been on the lookout for bats together with her son Bobby, 12, when she seen the creature skulking within the undergrowth outdoors her window. She rapidly picked up her cellphone to movie it.
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) recorded an outline of a giant cat ‘the dimensions of a Labrador’ which killed 36 sheep between August 2015 and January 2016, described as ‘black or black/brown relying on the sunshine’ and ‘panther/melanistic leopard’.
And way back to 2006 a footprint, believed to belong to a giant cat, was found by police and animal welfare consultants in woods close to Balbirnie Park golf course in Fife.
The print was verified by consultants who stated it ‘positively belonged to a giant cat, ‘most definitely to be a leopard’.
Danny Bamping, from The British Big Cats Society, has even estimated that there are between 50 and 100 unique cats throughout the UK, with most of them more likely to be black leopards.
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