Big Cat Sightings in Scotland in 1995

Sightings without an associated report come from the annual report compiled by Paul Sievking in the Fortean Times number 88

Other Alien Big Cat surveys: FT52:26, 53:8, 54:30, 55:44, 59:18, 63:20, 64:44, 73:42-44, 80:37-43, 83:44-47, 88:28-31, 101:23-26.

Big Cat Sightings in 1995
Date	Location	Description	Activity	Report
Dates unknown	West of Glenfinnan, Lochaber, Highland	Big black cat, labrador sized	Several sightings by same witness
Date unknown	By Loch Ness, Highland	Huge black cat-like creature	Witness sitting in undergrowth heard rustling and felt breath of cat. Seen a foot away.
Date unknown	By Loch Ordie, Atholl, Perthshire and Kinross	Large animal heard making sound like big cat	Seen by two adults and three children. Cast and photos taken of 4.5 inch prints
Date unknown	Between Loch Rannoch and Glenshee, Perthshire and Kinross	Several reports of a large black cat	Seen in the hills
Early January?	Barmuckity, nr Elgin, Moray.	Big black cat	Paw prints found several weeks later at nearby Coxton
January	Downie Dean, Tannadice near Newbigging, Angus	Very large cat-like animal	Earlier sighting in November 1994
2 nd January	Near Dufftown, Moray			Fortean Times
3 rd January	north of Monifeith, Angus	Second Jacob sheep killed	Several big cat sightings in 1994
4 th January	Bennachie, Grampian	Yellowish, looked like a small lioness	Seen in moonlight near Scare Wood	Fortean Times
6 th January	Colliston, near Arbroath		Ex-Grampian policeman Ian Thomsan started investigation into livestock killings and ABC sightings and was rapidly deluged with reports	Fortean Times
6 th January	Tillyfourie, Grampian	Large yellow cat		Fortean Times
11 th January	Alford, Grampian		Skinned sheep found with back legs ripped off	Fortean Times
16 th January	Buckie, near Fochabers, Moray		Seen by Howard Samuel of Drybridge, who heard of several other sightings from his neighbours	Fortean Times
19 th January	Laggan, Grampian (There are two Laggans but in Highland)	Large black cat seen by press photographer Steve Bain. Paw prints found.	Jumped into bushes in field
31 st January	3 miles north of Fort Augustus, Highlands	Large cat-like animal	Jumped into the path of Colin McKay's lorry on the A82 Inverness to Fort William Road and bounded into the forest
4 th February	Mulben, near Keith, Moray			Fortean Times
7 th February	Forres, Moray, grounds of Knockomie Hotel	Puma-like cat, buff coloured, definitely not black. Feline, long sloping tail, muscular shoulders. As big as Alsation<./TD>	Watched by group of fashion photographers, who didn't have their cameras with them.
10 th February	Elgin, Moray.	Large paw prints in snow.Sighting at nearby Barmuckity a few weeks earlier.	Sighting of spanial-sized cat by same witness some time later.
12 th February	Blantyre, South Lanarkshire	Puma? Sandy coloured, with a very long tail	Seen from a car. Cleared 15-20 ft wide road in two bounds. Sighting two days later at nearby Hamilton
14 th February	Hamilton, South Lanarkshire	Large black cat	Sighting two days previously at Blantyre
22 nd February	Alves, Moray	7 ft long black cat	Shot in the shoulder by a turkey farmer, but it escaped
1 st March	Pitcaple, Aberdeenshire		Sheep kill	Mick Orsi
3 rd March	Broughty Ferry, suburb of Dundee, Tayside	Black animal, both taller at the shoulder and longer in the body than seven-year-old border collie, slim and with a smallish, rounded head and long tail	Seen at 25 yards at the esplanade, some distance from any open country
7 th March (or 2 nd August?)	Inverness	Six foot long beast	Seen by two witnesses running along the road to Culloden
Early March	Banff, Aberdeenshire	Large paw prints, 6 inches across, in Duff House Royal golf course bunker	Identified in June as a large dog
14 th March	Woods near Pitcaple, Garioch area		Half eaten remains of adult male deer	Fortean Times
15 th March	Ben Venue, near Aberfoyle, Stirlingshire	Either a black panther or puma. 5 foot long with a tail to match. No possibility that it was a stray black retriever	Seen at 70 yards just above the tree line
last week of March	Forfar to Montrose road, Tayside	Large black cat	Seen by motorist
30 th March	Dundee, Tayside	Big black cat, the size of a labrador	Seen at 15 feet for 40 secs by dog walker
1 st April	Pitcaple, Aberdeenshire		Dismembered sheep	Fortean Times
17 th April	Falls of Foyers, South side of Loch Ness	Black cat, larger than an Alsation dog	Seen at 30 yards
30 th April	Gotterstone suburb of Dundee, Tayside	Large black animal, too long to be a dog or a cat	Spotted by walker, moved at incredible speed
2 nd May	Alford, Aberdeenshire		Seen on Suie Hill in bright sunshine	Mick Orsi
5 th May	Auchterhouse-Tealing road, north of Dundee	Brown-rust colour, face like a Doberman's with small, pointy ears, but it had a slim, cat- like body	Seen by two witnesses from car in a field at 100 metres
11 th May	Crombie Park, nr Dundee	Collie-sized black cat-like animal, with a small head and long tail	Earlier sightings, at Tannadice near Newbigging, in November 1994 and again in January
16 th May	Upper Strathdon, Aberdeenshire	Large black cat		Mick Orsi
26 th May	Tealing, near Dundee, Tayside	Large black cat		Mick Orsi
29 th May	Dundee, Tayside	Large beige cat		Mick Orsi
30 th May	Ashludie hospital, Angus	Large black cat		Mick Orsi
8 th June	Strichen, Aberdeenshire		Stripped sheep carcass	Mick Orsi
19 th June	Near Dornoch Bridge, Highlands	Black panther	Seen crossing the main A9 Inverness to Wick road, perhaps chasing roe deer
22 nd June	Craig Dunain, near Inverness, Highlands	Black cat, longer and taller than a Labrador	Seen by three witnesses at 15 ft. Second sighting 3 days later
22 nd June	The Doll, Brora, Highland	The height of a large dog, with a long body and long, curving tail which trailed along the ground. Dark grey-black with a small head, flattened snout and small ears	Seen by a motorist
24 th June	Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire	Large black cat see	Cat print found in the same area	Mick Orsi
25 th June	Craig Dunain, near Inverness, Highlands	Large black cat	Sighting in same area three days before
26 th June	Nr Kellie, Fife	Giant wild cat	A public warning issued by Fife police, advising people not to approach a giant wild cat seen in thick woodlands near Kellie
July	Strathdon, Aberdeenshire	Large black cat, five feet from muzzle to tail, (two feet long), covered in 1.5/2" long fur. Height two foot plus.	Seen by couple and their grandchildren at six metres. Crossed farm track.
3 rd July	A907 between Oakley and Blairhall, Fife	Large black cat		Mick Orsi
4 th July	Waste ground nr Dunfermline, Fife	Large dark cat like animal, about same size as deer hound	Seen five times by same witness, further sighting in March 1997. Video film taken and released in November 1997.
Early July	Buckie, Moray			Fortean Times
10 th July	Gamrie, nr Banff, Aberdeenshire	Three cats. Jet black, larger than an Alsation, with small pointed ears, and a tail thick at the base with a curl at the tip	Three cats feeding on dead sheep. Ran off, but one returned. Shot and wounded by gamekeeper.
18 th July	near Turiff, Aberdeenshire	Large black cat		Mick Orsi
30 th July	A96 at Bin Forest, near Cairnie, Aberdeenshire	Large black cat		Mick Orsi
August	Kintore-Dunecht, Aberdeenshire	Large cat sighted		Mick Orsi
Early August	Near Dundonald Camp, South Ayrshire	Size of a puma, fawny, with a fairly long tail.	Seen by motorist juming hedge
August	A71 near Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire	Large black panther-like animal	Seen by lorry driver. Bounded across road in two leaps.
14 th August	Kintore to Dunecht road, near Leylodge, Strathdon, 40 miles East of Aberdeen	About 6 feet long with a two and a half feet tail	Bounded across the twenty-foot wide road in just 3 steps
15 th August	Woodhill, Angus	Black panther, 6 - 8 feet long including long tail, 3 - 4 feet high	Seen by two pigeon shooters
21 st August	near Brechin, Angus			Fortean Times
20 th September	near Tarland, Aberdeenshire	Large black cat		Mick Orsi
25 th September	Oyne Fork, Aberdeenshire	Large black cat	Fourth sighting by retired Insch farmer Sandy Coutts	Mick Orsi
5 th October	Glen Roy, Lochaber, Highland	Big black cat, labrador sized	Jumped over dyke and bounded into trees. Another sighting at nearby Roy Bridge a few days later
8 th October	near Roy Bridge, 12 miles from Fort William, Highlands.	A cat, 4ft long from nose to tail - with a powerful shiny black frame about the size of a young labrador	Seen by a motorist. Another sighting at nearby Glen Roy a few days earlier
10 th October	Nr Breich on A704 West Calder-Forth road, West Lothian	Giant black cat, 4 ft long, 18 ins in height, having a short snout, small ears and strong musular legs	Spotted by a motorist
3 rd November	Midmar Estate, near Echt, Aberdeenshire	Large paw prints		Fortean Times
November	Cupar to Kilmany Road, Fife.	Four feet long with a similar size tail	Seen by a lorry driver
8 th November	Saline, near Dunfermline, Fife.	Large balck cat	Other sightings in Blairadam Forest "some years ago"	Fortean Times
December	nr Fauldhouse, West Lothian	Large black cat	Several sightings	Other sightings in Blairadam Forest "some years ago"
December	nr Fauldhouse, West Lothian	Black, size of an alsation, very muscular especially at the back end, long bushy tail. Five inch print from toe to heel	Seen by three witnesses. Other recent sightings.
late December	Back road between Muirkirk and Cumnock, East Ayrshire	Large brown cat, size of a Labrador	Filmed on security camera. Video wiped next day.
Winter	Louden Golf Club, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire	Large brownish cat, heavily built, like a Doberman, but with pointed ears and a face like a cat	Club steward had seen large cat-like prints in the snow

---

Return to index	Return to Scottish Big Cats	Return to Sightings by year

---