Comments on: 5931 Big Cat UK Sightings

By: brineblank

brineblank — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:20:44 +0000

Interesting stats…since the exotic pet trade is booming (both legally and illegally) I’m surprised that there aren’t even more reports of strange creatures popping up…Considering the large areas of unpopulated/mildly populated regions, they have lots of place to go and reproduce and build up some reserves before spreading out (providing the ability to survive the climate changes). I was shocked to hear about the species that have run wild in Florida. Here in central Ohio there were reports for several months about a lion on the loose (not sure if anything made it to this site or not).

By: UKCryptid

UKCryptid — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 10:19:44 +0000

Before the usual ‘why do people get excited by big cats etc in Britain’ comments begin, remember that our largest living predators here are foxes and badgers basically. We wiped out cats like the Lynx some time ago (‘probably’) and wolves etc. I’m a big cat and wild boar witness myself, two different species of cat for certain and I love hearing about all this stuff. The boar was the largest animal I’ve ever seen outside of a zoo. I’m in the kent area of south east england where sightings of various animals come in quite regularly, not as much as the west country though. Thanks for posting this!

By: Lyndon

Lyndon — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:58:23 +0000

“”But I pale into insignificance to the lucky sorts who saw a PENGUIN! I mean to say, a penguin??

A penguin??????

And who did they tell?”"

The penguin police???

By: sausage1

sausage1 — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 02:49:17 +0000

I’ve twice seen a big cat in Norfolk, and considered myself lucky. But I pale into insignificance to the lucky sorts who saw a PENGUIN! I mean to say, a penguin??

A penguin??????

And who did they tell?

By: Sky King

Sky King — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 01:58:14 +0000

Whoa! Just a minute here. What is exotic, exactly, about sharks and wild boars? You wouldn’t expect or enjoy either in your back yard, but they’re both well-known critters.

That’s a sizeable number of big cats. I wish they’d broken down the number of melanistic panther sightings from the main category.

By: bongothemonkey

bongothemonkey — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:02:35 +0000

red panda sightings due to this fella.

By: dhricenak

dhricenak — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:59:44 +0000

Also were they giant or red pandas?

By: MrInspector

MrInspector — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:41:21 +0000

“also include 51 wallabies, 43 snakes, 15 owls, 13 dangerous spiders – including a tarantula and a Black Widow – 13 racoons, ten crocodiles, seven wolves, four eagles, three pandas, two scorpions and one penguin.” …and a partridge in a pear tree.. I can see some of these animals set loose or escaped, some accidental imports, but a panda? That’s not like a bees nest, or spider egg sheath, or hardwood lumber with ants or scorpions in it. It’s a freaking panda! Three no less! Does anyone know if that’s three pandas or three sightings of the same panda?

By: Lyndon

Lyndon — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 10:09:56 +0000

Sharks? I’m a bit confused there. Sharks are part of our ‘natural’ fauna.

Still, the almost 6,000 big cat sightings makes for an impressive statistic.