Report from Chris Smith
Extract from Is This The Cougar Of Cupar?
The video evidence that convinced police there's something wild out there
By Charles Morton in the Daily Mail, November 17 th 1997
Two Inverkeithing taxi proprietors have reported independent sightings of the animal. The first, John McMenamin, said: "I saw a big cat coming away from a garden at Castlandhill, Rosyth."
George Le Blond, 50, added: "I saw it too but said nothing. But when I heard John describing his experiences to other drivers I knew my eyes had not been deceiving me."
Daily Mail, November 17 th 1997
Beast Of Fife
Extract from Mystery 'cat' is caught on video
By Charles Morton in the Sun, November 17 th 1997
Among those to have seen the beast are two cabbies who claim they spotted it in separate sightings near Inverkeithing. John McMenamin, 60, saw the animal as he drove home. He said: "It was coming away from a garden. It was about three to four feet long and had a two foot long tail. I thought it was black but in the early morning light it could have been dark brown."
John claimed he saw the animal a week later in the same area. He went on: "It crossed the road and I got a good look at it. It disappeared into undergrowth."
George Le Bond, 50, said he had kept quiet about he sighting because he thought his eyes were deceiving him. Last night he told the Scottish Sun: "It loped across the road in my headlights. I reckon it was on a hunt for food because it was coming from a farmyard."
The Sun, November 17 th 1997
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