Paw-print found in snow...

A mystery paw-print has recently been found in Eastbourne and Meridian News were on the ball to cover the story. Read it HERE

The 'beast' of Blue Bell Hill becomes 147th sighting of the year...

This year there have been almost 150 sightings of large, exotic cats reported to Kent Big Cat Research. On December 8th at 8:30 pm the so-called 'beast' of Blue Bell Hill became number 147. A male witness was hissed at by a large, dark-coloured cat, the size of a Labrador whilst walking in the village of Broomfield, near Leeds Castle. The head torch of the man picked up two bright yellowy-green eyes and as he approached an animal hissed at him from the undergrowth and then bolted through the woods. The hiss of a black leopard is emitted to ward of those who have stepped too close. Whether this is the same individual cat seen around Bearsted and Thurnham remains to be seen, but the area of the sighting is only a few miles also from Blue Bell Hill which in 1998 was given it's beastly headline by the Kent Today newspaper. In 2000, Neil Arnold, who runs Kent Big Cat Research observed a black leopard on two occasions a few miles from Blue Bell Hill, and in 2008 saw another melanistic leopard. The area is rich in folklore, as is the village of Leeds which for many years has harboured a legend of a spectral black dog. Whilst there is no connection between so-called phantom hellhounds and melanistic leopards, researchers believe that it adds to the mystery.

Eight 'big cat' sightings received in one week...

From Monday 15th - Thursday 18th November eight sightings of large, exotic cats have been received. The most impressive from Wye, near Ashford, of a black leopard stalking along a hedgereow at 5:00 am, another involving a black leopard seen by a security guard at Sittingbourne, and a daylight sighting of a black leopard at Gravesend. A photo was also received of two sheep that had to be put down after a severe facial attack. The wounds suggest they were killed by a dog. See photo.

Latest big cat sightings...

The latest batch of sightings include reports from Sittingbourne (possible Leopard Cat), Gravesend (black leopard), Dartford (black leopard).
Seen a 'big cat' in the south-east ? Report it at: neil.arnold@live.com

Latest reports...

In the last week there have been reports of black leopard from Upper Halling, Cuxton, Frittenden, and Birchington.

The latest 'big cat' sighting from Sussex...

Read more at SUSSEX BIG CATS

THIS IS KENT cover the Tunbridge Wells puma sighting

For more information on the Tunbridge Wells puma sighting, read HERE