Report from George Markie
Lioness and two cubs spotted
From the Fortean Times No 25 Spring 1978
Original source Daily Telegraph, 29 th September and 1 st October 1977
On 27 th of September a 'lioness and two cubs' were seen in a field at Crask near Farr, not 10 miles from Inverness, about 5:30pm.
John Jenkins of Inverness, his son and nephew, all got within 20 ft of this 'lioness' and her cubs, and saw them clearly.
Sometime in the next two days the animals were seen again - by a boy at Culduthel, near Inverness.
The police hunted on the 30th Sept - no luck.
Daily Telegraph, 29 th September and 1 st October 1977
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