Report from George Markie

Big Cat on Prowl Again

By Ralph Barnett in the Sunday Post 22 nd September 2002

The elusive, but increasingly bold, big cat of Angus put in another appearance yesterday when it was spotted by an off-duty police officer on the outskirts of Carnoustie (writes Ralph Barnett)

The animal, described as "jet black, bigger than a fox and unmistakably feline", was watched for over 20 minutes as it prowled along the edge of a newly harvested cereal field near the main East Coast rail line.

Although wishing to remain anonymous - the official police line being that whatever is being sighted they are definitely not big cats - the Tayside officer said, "I reckon I have seen just about every wild and domesticated animal there should be in Scotland. This, however, was something I have never seen before.

"From being a sceptic, I'm now wholly convinced there are animals living around us that are not part of the natural fauna.

"I was about 150 yards from the cat and watched it for a good while through binoculars and, although it was jet black, the only animal I would liken it to in size and build is a lynx.

"I would estimate it to have stood a good two feet at the shoulder and to have been four feet in length.

"This was certainly not a domestic cat or anything else that could conceivably have been wandering about in a field in Angus in broad daylight

Sunday Post, 22 nd September 2002

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