Wednesday October 15th - Put it in your diary..

For those of you in the south, Neil Arnold will be discussing 'big cat' sightings on the Isle of Sheppey as part of the BBC Inside Out series on BBC Wednesday 15th October at 7:30 pm.

Here's the link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00f2rf4

19th century menagerie uncovered...

KENT ONLINE mention the strange 19th century menagerie unearthed at Margate with an intriguing photo of an old cage. Rumour has it that large cats were released from this zoo.

Once again The Sun falls for big cat story...

HERE the ever reliable Sun newspaper fall for the Jevington 'black leopard' photo by stating that, MONSTER PUSSY IS ON THE PURROWL! The photo of course screams DOMESTIC CAT! It's just a shame that the newspaper couldn't wait to jump in head first and cover the story, as always.

The Beast Of...Balcombe

A school in Balcombe, Sussex, was put on alert on Tuesday 7th October after a sighting by a school assistant and several pupils in relation to a large, gingery coloured cat though to be a puma. The cat was spotted at 11:30 am, and the newspaper, Mid-Sussex Times were called. The cat was described as very large and making a screeching noise.

The Beast Of...Burgess Hill

The Mid-Sussex Times have THIS report on a possible black leopard sighting from September 2008. Includes video interview.

More on the Snodland mystery cat...

Website TETRAPOD ZOOLOGY run by Darren Naish focuses on the Snodland mystery cat.

Is this a 'big cat' in Kent ?

Cryptomundo website have published a photo and details of a mystery cat photographed in February 2008 at Snodland, Kent. You decide!

Zoologist Karl Shuker commented, "...thought either golden cat (uncommon in captivity) or jungle/swamp cat Felis chaus (more common in captivity), both of which show the white facial marking seen in the picture, but the detail of the cat isn't sufficient to attempt anything more conclusive in terms of identification."