Yet another report of a large cat in the area has been reported, this time near Louden Golf Club.
Darvel Butcher Ian McCaw called to tell us that he saw a large brownish cat near the club one morning last winter.
"It was heavily built, like a Doberman, but I could see it had pointed ear's like a cat and a face like a cat."
"There was some snow on the ground, but I didn't go looking for any prints."
Mr. McCaw says that he took some ribbing from the other members of the club after he told them what he saw.
"But the club Steward didn't laugh at me. He said that he had seen large cat-like prints in the snow."
"I dont know what it was that I saw, but it was just like the animal that other people have been reporting," he told the Standard.
Reports of big cats, along with any reports of strange events or experiences are being collected by Kilmarnock man, Mark Fraser. He produces a magazine, Haunted Scotland, which includes reports of all manner of unusual events.
25 th October 1996