Big Cat Roundup 16

Reports of sightings received by BCIB over the last week.

We give minimal information here, except when the report is gleaned from the press, in order to protect the privacy of our witnesses -- and the cats. BCIB members can read the full reports of these and many other sightings reported over the years, in the sightings database on the BCIB website.

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England

Cheshire
Tarporley area -- around 4 p.m. on the 18th of December, while travelling by bus, a witness saw a very large black cat on the roof of a house.

Devon
Exeter area -- 1 August evening in 1995, two witnesses were driving near Halden Forest, when a huge black cat bounded across the Road about 100 yards in front of their car, jumped up the bank and disappeared.

Isle of Wight

Blackgang area -- in the autumn of 1993, at midnight one night, two witnesses driving from Blackgang towards Chale caught sight of a large animal disappearing into the hedge. It was much bigger than a fox or cat, black in colour, with a very long curved tail.

Scotland

Renfrewshire
Wemyss -- at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday the ninth of December, a Greenock man and his wife, driving to Largs, saw a big black cat run across the road about 100 yards in front of their car. The cat was jet black, two to 3 feet long, far too big to be a domestic cat.
Read more at Greenock Telegraph

CatStats at a glance
Panther type (black) -- 4