Report from Chris Smith
Black Panther Shot at Alves
From the Aberdeen Press & Journal 16th March, 1995
An unnamed turkey farmer in Alves, Moray, claims to have shot a 'black panther' which raided his bird pens in February.
In March Banffshire's Deputy Lord Lieutenant, Dr. David Clarke, photographed huge 'cat-like' paw prints in a bunker at Banff's Duff House Royal golf course. He said: "The prints really were unusually large - about 5.5-6 inches across - and definitely feline. It looked as if the beast leapt into a bunker after a roe deer."
Dr. Clarke, a former medical lecturer at Aberdeen University, is a firm believer in mystery cats, having seen one in late July 1994 on the Huntly - Kildrummy road. "A large black cat with a long curved tail leapt out of a pine wood and ran along a dyke for 60 yards before disappearing back into the trees."
© Aberdeen Press and Journal, 16th March, 1995
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