Are the Phantom Big Cat's of Britain Real?
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Is there any truth in these phantom sightings of big cats in the UK? There’s been so many reports it’s hard to believe there isn’t some truth in the matter. Only a small percentage are ever reported to the government so the true figure for sightings is difficult to know.
There’s no conclusive evidence to suggest that any of the large black cats, which feature in the majority of phantom cat sightings, have ever roamed wild in the UK since the last of Britain's native leopards died out around 24,000 years ago.
The sightings in the UK date back to at least 1825. William Cobbett, a famous farmer and journalist, saw a large grey cat, in the grounds of an abbey in southern England. Then the mid-20th Century a woman walking her dog in rural Surrey reported seeing a "puma-like" creature.
Recent scientific studies are also adding weight to the argument that the phantom cat does indeed exist. In 2007 Ros Coard, a researcher at the University of Wales Lampeter, published a study that large cats could be hunting sheep in Wales.
There have been a spate of big cat sightings in Cornwall recently, a lynx has allegedly being photographed in a field in Coombe near St Austell. Big cat tracker Rhoda Watkins with over 20 years experience tracking big cats, has investigated the possible sightings and found partial tracks, part of a dead bird and scats.
The phantom cat is easily dismissed by people as misidentifications of dogs or larger domestic cats, or photoshopped images. What do you think? Is the phantom big cat of Britain a myth? Or do you think like Rhoda there’s enough evidence to suggest Britain is home to a booming breeding population?!
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Description
English: British Wildlife Centre Wildlife
Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/2487452...
Author Airwolfhound
Scottish WildcatBritish Wildlife Centre
By ( National Portrait Gallery UK) Painted circa 1831 By artist George Cooke (1781-1834) - https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/se..., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Author Wikipologus
Description
English: A mystery felid. Some say it is the Bodmin moor beast
Date 6 September 2002
Source Own work
Author Y-Rex
http://scotcats.online.fr/abc/realcat...
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
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Deutsch: Fliegen besiedeln den Kadaver eines Schafes
English: Flies settle on a sheep carrion
Date 21 April 2017, 12:52:08
Source Own work
Author Olga Ernst
By Jongleur100 - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By Midnightblueowl at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
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