Report from Reuel Chisholm
Note that Mark Fraser from Yorkshire is not a member of the Scottish Big Cats Society. In fact this individual left us in November 2001 to join the British Big Cat Society. Dr Christina Anne Smith.
Cat the size of Collie Dog spotted near Nairn
From the Press and Journal, 25 th July 2003
A large cat-like creature the size of a collie dog has been spotted in the
Nairn area.
A couple reported seeing the beast in a field by the A96 north-east of
Auldearn while driving from their home in Forres to Inverness.
Sandy & Michelle Frost say they saw the big cat while driving along the road
between Broombank and Gallows Hill when her husband, who was driving,
remarked that there was a big black cat in the field.
She said: "I looked to his side of the road and saw a pitch black cat walking
very slowly. It was definitely a cat. A very big cat."
Michelle said it was definitely not a leopard or a lynx.
Reporting the sighting to the Scottish Big Cat Society, they said they saw
the animal at a distance of about 125 yds in clear and bright conditions.
Mark Fraser of the society believes they probably saw a Scottish Wild Cat or
a Kellas cat, which is about twice the size of a domestic cat.
Press and Journal, 25 th July 2003
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