Report from Leo Martin
Extract from Still On The Trail Of Killers
By Callum McLeod in the Inverness Courier, 1 st December 1995
Retired Highland detective John Cathcart tells Callum McLeod of his evidence that Alien Big Cats are alive and well and roaming in woods near you.
A former detective turned freelance precognition agent, collecting statements for trials ranging from murder down to, John knows a lot about gathering evidence, and one of the items he has in his collection is a plaster cast of a paw mark measuring a mighty 12.5 cm by 10.cm. The cast was taken in October 1983 after a deer stalker spotted a large animal on the banks of Loch Mullerdoch in Ross-shire. Experts have told John that the footprints belong to a large dog, but John is convinced that the prints are feline.
"I've been told the prints belong to a dog because you can see the claw marks, but there are no dogs in the middle of a deer forest," John insists. "If they're were they would be known about. Cats walk with their claws retracted, but my argument is that it was on soft peaty ground by the side of a loch, it would extend its claws to get a purchase."
1 st December 1995
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