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MSP calls for official big cat investigation
From the Press & Journal, 23 rd February 2002
A Scottish politician is calling for a government investigation into big cats after the latest sighting.
Motorist Steven Clark claims he saw the Beast of Bennachie while driving through Aberdeenshire in the snow.
North-East Scotland MSP Richard Lochhead wants the Government to gather information on the panther-like creature.
Mr Clark, of Kemnay, says he didn't believe in big cats until he saw the Alsatian-sized sleek, black, green-eyed animal.
He told the Press and Journal he stopped his car after spotting the creature and followed its 8 cm paw prints.
He took a tape measure with him and says there was a one-metre distance between the front and rear paws.
Mr Clark, 37, said: "It was about the size of an Alsatian, but shorter and sleek with a lovely shiny coat and a small head. It had a very long tail, about 3ft long and it only turned up at the end. My first thought was that it was a panther."
Mark Fraser from the Scottish Big Cats monitoring group says there's been a number of sightings of a big cat, dubbed the Beast of Bennachie.
Mr Lochhead said: "The Government seems wholly disinterested in an issue that has been going on for years, and which we are no closer to knowing the truth about."
23 rd February 2002
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