weird link this but when i visit the in-laws i do a bit of bushcraft stuff or try new bits of kit on their farm land in the fens.
last time(2 weeks ago) my father in law was being very protective about me and asked me not to go out in the dark, i though they saw some strangers, or had locals playing up, no, they were concerned about a big cat that was seen the day before!
their plot is on a desolate main road inbetween march and wisbech often drivers walk to their gate for assistance (no fuel ect).
aparently some guy did this the night before saw a big black "puma" type cat tried to take pictures with his phone camera (7X) but it was too dark, he said he didn't want to be linked with the sighting!
my father inlaw went on to say three old women also saw the cat, later claiming they were drunk.
also there were recent reports of foals being attacked in the local area!
again he went on to say his son(my brother in law) had seen it sit on a mound of sand, near their land, he also saw it another time.
again he said another time they followed said cat at a distance in their car all the way through their land till it hopped over the fence!
and finally he mentioned a time in the middle of the night when the dogs were barking and they heard huge bangs on their roof, the banging went one side of the house (bungalow)to the other then onto farm buildings, then dissapeared.
possibly the sound of a large cat bounding onto and over the building, a fox would have been much quieter.
my father in law keeps goats, turkeys, ducks geese, ect so there is pleanty of reason for a big cat to be interested!
though the farm is in the fens, a vast flat open area of mostly crop farming there are small patches of woodland, and i personally have seen muntjack deer only half a mile from the farm.
by the way the surrounding land is mostly fields , most being privately owned, plus some huge estates, never open to public a big cat could easily survive, out of sight, hardly ever seeing a human.
it has deer, farm animals, horses, sheep, all easily in reach, then tens of square miles to dissapear into without being seen!
make your own mind up but it does seem possible! :shock:
i have not made my mind up yet, i believe my father in law, but i want proof!
i went out the next day to try to see tracks but i haven't seen any yet!
i'm fairly sure he won't let me camp overnight on his land because of all the recent sightings.....
well what can you do :?:
last time(2 weeks ago) my father in law was being very protective about me and asked me not to go out in the dark, i though they saw some strangers, or had locals playing up, no, they were concerned about a big cat that was seen the day before!
their plot is on a desolate main road inbetween march and wisbech often drivers walk to their gate for assistance (no fuel ect).
aparently some guy did this the night before saw a big black "puma" type cat tried to take pictures with his phone camera (7X) but it was too dark, he said he didn't want to be linked with the sighting!
my father inlaw went on to say three old women also saw the cat, later claiming they were drunk.
also there were recent reports of foals being attacked in the local area!
again he went on to say his son(my brother in law) had seen it sit on a mound of sand, near their land, he also saw it another time.
again he said another time they followed said cat at a distance in their car all the way through their land till it hopped over the fence!
and finally he mentioned a time in the middle of the night when the dogs were barking and they heard huge bangs on their roof, the banging went one side of the house (bungalow)to the other then onto farm buildings, then dissapeared.
possibly the sound of a large cat bounding onto and over the building, a fox would have been much quieter.
my father in law keeps goats, turkeys, ducks geese, ect so there is pleanty of reason for a big cat to be interested!
though the farm is in the fens, a vast flat open area of mostly crop farming there are small patches of woodland, and i personally have seen muntjack deer only half a mile from the farm.
by the way the surrounding land is mostly fields , most being privately owned, plus some huge estates, never open to public a big cat could easily survive, out of sight, hardly ever seeing a human.
it has deer, farm animals, horses, sheep, all easily in reach, then tens of square miles to dissapear into without being seen!
make your own mind up but it does seem possible! :shock:
i have not made my mind up yet, i believe my father in law, but i want proof!
i went out the next day to try to see tracks but i haven't seen any yet!
i'm fairly sure he won't let me camp overnight on his land because of all the recent sightings.....
well what can you do :?:
): 
). The ones that people worry about are puma and leopard. There are a LOT of reports of black cats. Since these critters have been brought in as pets and so on it isn't too much of a stretch to believe someone could have let a melanistic leopard out. 
