Report from Ralph Barnett
Encounter with "mountain lion" at Kintore
From the Dundee Courier 10 th January 2003
DENISE MacPHIE, of Kintore, Aberdeenshire, believes the recent freezing weather led to her having a terrifying encounter with a six-foot mountain lion in the driveway of her rural home.
Accountant Denise (37) said, 'I was just stunned and couldn't believe my eyes as I saw this huge creature just yards away from me. The only way I could describe it is as a mountain lion.'
She had pulled into her driveway and was about to leave her car when the driveway's anti-burglar lights came on. She stared in amazement as the
mountain lion crossed the driveway and slipped into the night.
'It was four foot long with a two foot tail,'' she said. 'It was only seven yards from the car. I saw it face-on and its fur was a sandy colour.''
A neighbour said several rubbish sacks had been burst open recently and her cat refuses to go outside.
10 th January 2003
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