Report from Brenda Butt via Chris Smith

Biege-coloured Cheetah-sized cat seen

Big Cat remains elusive but fan speaks out

Extract from the Northern Scot, 26 th January 2001

The Kingston big cat does exist... but it remains elusive, reclusive, and no threat to humans or livestock, a resident has claimed.

A number of people have seen these beautiful animals, but we kept quiet because we did not want to be alarmist. However, I do not think that they are dangerous: there was someone in Banffshire who had contact with one and the cat just walked off.'

One person who was frightened by a sighting, however, is another Garmouth resident, Mrs Tanya Gilbert.

'It was eight years ago, I remember the exact date because it was my birthday, June 25, and it was 6 am. It was crossing the road just coming into Garmouth and I slowed down to look at it and it turned and looked back at me.

'It was beige in colour and about the size of a cheetah, but the head wasn't small like a cheetah's. I got a really good look at it - I'd thought at first it was a dog but then realised it was a big cat.'

'It really frightened me the way it looked at me.'

Northern Scot January 26 th 2001

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