Report from George Markie
Mystery Beast in Fife
29 th January 2002
Last June my parents and I were driving between Windygates and Auchtermuchty and were going down Portersbrae when I saw what I initially thought was a large black lamb amongst some new tree planting.
Slowing down to look, I was thinking that we'd not seen any lambs because of foot-and-mouth and here was a solitary one.
By the time we'd stopped we had a clear side view.
We couldn't believe our eyes. This animal was about the height of our whippet but much heavier - it had a long thick black tail and a slinky feline walk.
It was certainly not a lamb or a dog and definitely not a domestic cat.
We didn't go looking for strange beasts - I didn't know there had been any previous sightings in Fife although my parents did.
We don't have overactive imaginations and we had a very clear view for approximately five minutes before it wandered off.
Unfortunately we didn't have a camera but I don't know if we'd been able to use it as we were so amazed at what we saw!
Jan Mullen
Beth White
27 Bankhead Place
Windygates
Summer 2001
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