Report from Chris Smith
Panthers And Pumas Beware, Humans Are Watching
Extract from Are big cats really wandering loose in the Scottish countryside?
By David Henderson in the Scotland on Sunday, 12 th January 1997
Jim Lowe's story is typical: he was driving home from a fishing trip in June 1994 at Ledcrieff Loch, near Dundee, when he saw a strange creature walking quietly up a field next to the road.
"I stopped the car and watched it for about five minutes until it was within 20 yards of me. It was bigger than a dog, jet black and definitely of the cat family: smallish head, rounded ears, with an up-curved tail about the same length of its body. It was in great shape and looked well-fed. I am convinced it was a panther." Similar sightings have been made elsewhere by bemused motorists.
12 th January 1997
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