Comments on: NZ Mystery Animal Photo

By: CryptidHuntr

CryptidHuntr — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:52:25 +0000

it looks like a tabby housecat and not some “Giant Domestic cat” or a lion. Its a normal tabby house cat

By: nzcryptozoologist

nzcryptozoologist — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:35:37 +0000

The Lindis lion is not unknown and has been seen and reported previous ot this along with other Mountain Lion sightings in the Canterbury area. The first report was in in 1999 when an English couple, Mark and Deb Greening captured on film what they believe to have been a Mountain Lion – Felis concolor in Lindas Pass in the South Island of New Zealand.

The creature was first spotted by Mr Greening in the undergrowth, as they sped past it in the campervan which they were using to tour the South Island, on the way to Queenstown.
Out of curiosity they turned back and were astonished to see a large Cat about 20-30 metres from the van.

This sighting was however, like so many before it, passed off by government authorities as being nothing more than an extremely large feral cat, which can we are informed grow to a massive 14 kg.

By: CalebKitson

CalebKitson — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:53:18 +0000

Looks like a grazing sheep.

By: Ceroill

Ceroill — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:16:07 +0000

It’s the incredibly rare New Zealand Hill Otter!

By: vamelungeon

vamelungeon — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:34:57 +0000

Looks like a cow to me.

By: kittenz

kittenz — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:16:10 +0000

I enlarged the photo 400% and although the image is indistinct, I believe it is probably a feral cat. It looks like it is yellow or cream-color. My cat, Buster, who is a dark cream tabby, looks about the same when he is out hunting in the sedge on the hillside. I don’t see anything here to make me think this is anything other than an ordinary feral cat.

By: Scrabbydoo

Scrabbydoo — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:45:06 +0000

I zoomed in on the animal using Photoshop with the onOne Filter - Genuine Fractal PrintPro 5.0. It uses Fractal Algorithms to scale images without loosing as much quality as just resizing an image. Of course it can’t add detail that isn’t there, but it does keep details that are there.

The animal definitely appears to be grazing. From the shape of the head I venture goat or sheep. The way the head is held down is very much like a goat, sheep, or cow feeding. No tail is visible.

By: kentmcmanigal

kentmcmanigal — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:10:21 +0000

My very first thought was “fox”, but then I began to wonder which end was which. Then I decided the small Velociraptor just to the left of the circle was more interesting.

By: Dj Plasmic Nebula

Dj Plasmic Nebula — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:53:23 +0000

Feline:

Blobcat

Canine:

Blobnine

Ursidae

Blobidae

Sauropod

Blobopod

By: Allen Hopps

Allen Hopps — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:50:22 +0000

Without witness testimony, I would say its a sheep , I zoomed in and it looks like the head is on the right side and pointed down toward the grass. I would think that scots would know what a sheep looks like though so it may be a terrible camera image. Zooming in it does look sheep sized based on the shrubbery around it.
What gets me is he observed it for seven minuets and has seen lions in the wild, it was worth turning the car around for, so maybe we are missing something.