Big Cat sighting in UK .. or is it a black labrador?
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_we...
Is it me or does it cock it's leg near to the start ?
Considering the sound track it might be a black pant her.
Regards
Andy
It's definitely a big cat - look at its gait, its tail and its general body shape. If you think that's a dog, then it's time to pop down to Specsavers.
Besides, why are people so skeptical about big cats? The UK is a fantastic habitat for them to live in. We have hundreds of rabbits, foxes, and deer and Mr. Panther would have no known predators. There must be absolutely hundreds of big cats out there that have escaped/been released and then bred.
Besides, why are people so skeptical about big cats? The UK is a fantastic habitat for them to live in. We have hundreds of rabbits, foxes, and deer and Mr. Panther would have no known predators. There must be absolutely hundreds of big cats out there that have escaped/been released and then bred.
Yeah but where are they all escaping from ? Surely somebody would notice. This is not like parakeets around Surrey, these guys will have to use the train to find another cat to mate with, perhaps that where the tracks lead to, Bodmin Moor? 
By now someone would have confirmed, like UFO's there is too many people with good video camera's.
This is definitely a dog.
Regards
Andy
By now someone would have confirmed, like UFO's there is too many people with good video camera's.
This is definitely a dog.
Regards
Andy
wiffmaster said:
It's definitely a big cat - look at its gait, its tail and its general body shape. If you think that's a dog, then it's time to pop down to Specsavers.
Besides, why are people so skeptical about big cats? The UK is a fantastic habitat for them to live in. We have hundreds of rabbits, foxes, and deer and Mr. Panther would have no known predators. There must be absolutely hundreds of big cats out there that have escaped/been released and then bred.
It's a dog, if you think it's a big Cat it's time to pop down to the local Psychiatric Ward.Besides, why are people so skeptical about big cats? The UK is a fantastic habitat for them to live in. We have hundreds of rabbits, foxes, and deer and Mr. Panther would have no known predators. There must be absolutely hundreds of big cats out there that have escaped/been released and then bred.
I was watching the news on mute and I instantly thought to myself... "how has that dog managed to get onto the railway?"
I'm sure there are wild big cats in this country, for example there are thousands of big cats like Panthers, Jaguars and Leopards in the wilds of Africa and South America yet they are bloody hard to spot and find. So a handful in the UK will be virtually invisible unless you're very, very lucky. Or very, very unlucky.
Not sure if this one is or isn't, the way it holds it's tail is cat like but there's not enough movement in it, it looks too stiff. It also walks too quickly for a big cat, it uses small steps like a dog. It could easily be a dog, perhaps not a Labrador or black Retriever but something different. There are many breeds of dog that are not common that could look the part at a distance.
Not sure if this one is or isn't, the way it holds it's tail is cat like but there's not enough movement in it, it looks too stiff. It also walks too quickly for a big cat, it uses small steps like a dog. It could easily be a dog, perhaps not a Labrador or black Retriever but something different. There are many breeds of dog that are not common that could look the part at a distance.
I've got two big dogs - that is not a dog. The bit about 14 second into the clip lcinches it for me, the movement is too feline and graceful to be any sort of mutt.
I live on Cannock Chase and there have been numerous similar sightings of "big, balck cats" and, whilse a good few of them are from utter crackpots - spotting dogs or deer from their cars and 'thinking' they saw something else - there are a few very convincing face to face accounts that I'm convinced. That and the horrendously maulled deer carcases wedeged-up in trees.
I live on Cannock Chase and there have been numerous similar sightings of "big, balck cats" and, whilse a good few of them are from utter crackpots - spotting dogs or deer from their cars and 'thinking' they saw something else - there are a few very convincing face to face accounts that I'm convinced. That and the horrendously maulled deer carcases wedeged-up in trees.
Edited by Digga on Tuesday 28th July 14:00
100% cat.
The movement is nothing like that of a dogs, but is 100% that of a cats.
Not a doubt in my mind, and that was after the first 20 secs.
ETA if you think that's a dog you need your f
king eyes and head looking at. Go and look at the way a cat moves through grass, and then look at the way a sgo does. Blindly obvious that isn't a dog.
The movement is nothing like that of a dogs, but is 100% that of a cats.
Not a doubt in my mind, and that was after the first 20 secs.
ETA if you think that's a dog you need your f
king eyes and head looking at. Go and look at the way a cat moves through grass, and then look at the way a sgo does. Blindly obvious that isn't a dog.Edited by okgo on Tuesday 28th July 14:04
Marf said:
Given the guy who spotted it is a police dog handler, I think(hope) he'd be able to spot the difference between a labrador and a labrador sized cat.
Difficult for him tell as he seemed to be filming it during a lovely ham shandy and clearly had difficulty holding the camera steady.It may not be a black panther, but the tails length and thickness would sugest that this is bigger than a large normal cat.
Besides, I have never ever seen a domestic cat that has been THAT much larger than a normal one. Some of the Siamese ones are big, but they are never black..
And also if you look at the gaps with the slats on the railway which are a standard distance apart which I guess are about 18 inches something like that, this would span a lot of them..
Besides, I have never ever seen a domestic cat that has been THAT much larger than a normal one. Some of the Siamese ones are big, but they are never black..
And also if you look at the gaps with the slats on the railway which are a standard distance apart which I guess are about 18 inches something like that, this would span a lot of them..
Edited by okgo on Tuesday 28th July 14:16
SkinnyBoy said:
looks like a large black domestic cat. Judging by the way it hops onto the rail and its gait. Also its not that big judging by the rail gauge. Our old moggy was a big cat, she was never confused when sighted with the Beast of Bodmin mind you.
I agree. My mum has a big fat black cat that's probably bigger (fatter) that that one! Typical media scare story.Cheers,
Madman of the People
MadmanO/T People said:
SkinnyBoy said:
looks like a large black domestic cat. Judging by the way it hops onto the rail and its gait. Also its not that big judging by the rail gauge. Our old moggy was a big cat, she was never confused when sighted with the Beast of Bodmin mind you.
I agree. My mum has a big fat black cat that's probably bigger (fatter) that that one! Typical media scare story.Cheers,
Madman of the People
2. No domestic cat has a tail that long
3. A dog handler, who is used to the size of animals at distance, is not going to get something like a small domestic cat confused with something the size of a German Shepherd.
The flippancy of some of the comments is astounding. Its very clear this video, others have not been but this one is on your face evidence of larger than normal cats existing in the UK.
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