Report from Reuel Chisholm
Black Beast On The Prowl Startles Insch Golf Course Worker
From the Press and Journal 31 st July 2003
The second big cat sighting in Aberdeenshire in recent days was reported yesterday, after a large black beast was seen prowling near a golf course.
Insch course worker Dave Wilson, 57, said he saw a puma-like animal as he was tending to the green. He described it has having as being jet black, with a cat-like face and a long curling tail.
"I had just completed the raking of the 9th green," he said. "There's a small field between the Kennethmont road and the railway, and I saw a huge beast walking along quite casually.
"It was in the open for about a minute, then it disappeared. It appeared again on the railway line sniffing around a pole. It didn't walk like a dog."
Mr Wilson signalled to nearby golfers, who managed to catch little more than a glimpse of the animal's head.
On Saturday, Belhelvie woman Kathleen Smith was startled when a similar animal raced out in front of her car and into woods near Dyce.
Press and Journal, 31 st July 2003
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