Quote:BEAST OF BRITAIN ‘Clearest ever’ photo of big cat prowling the British countryside discovered by film-makers

'Film-makers have found the “clearest ever” photo of a big cat prowling the British countryside.
Researchers discovered the snap of the powerful-looking panther-like creature in long grass at a former colliery site.
It was taken by a visitor to ­Whitfield Valley Nature Reserve in Stoke-on-Trent, who accompanied it with a note
specifying the location. The photographer did not sign or address the letter and dated it March 17, but gave no year.



The pic was found in a zoology centre’s archives by the assistant director who said: “It’s clearly a large cat of the
Panthera genus. “It’s so clear we can even see its whiskers. "If it’s genuine, then it’s probably the best photo of a
British big cat that exists.”

The image is featured as evidence in a documentary on the existence of big cats in the British countryside.
Panthera Britannia Declassified also brings to light DNA evidence of at least one wild big cat near a sheep-kill last
year in Gloucs [Gloucestershire].

Producer Tim Whittard said: “This astonishing lost photograph and amazing new scientific discovery form only
a fraction of the collective evidence on display in the film. "The research process was intensive and exhaustive.
"We used real science and real experts and tried to be as objective and analytical as possible.”



He said big cats are probably the offspring of those released after 1976 when it became illegal to own them
without a licence in the UK. He said: “These majestic big cats were fashionable status symbols. The story is a
sad one really.” The film is available on Amazon Prime...'

(08-15-2023, 08:09 AM)BIAD Wrote: I've been reluctant to post this article since it appeared yesterday, it's August and the House of Commons are
on holiday, a time when Journalists bugger off to their second homes in Cornwall or southern France and Silly
Season would normally be in full bloom.

But the 'Big Cats In The UK' controversy is now put to bed, yes?
We'll see.

Quote:BEAST OF BRITAIN ‘Clearest ever’ photo of big cat prowling the British countryside discovered by film-makers

'Film-makers have found the “clearest ever” photo of a big cat prowling the British countryside.
Researchers discovered the snap of the powerful-looking panther-like creature in long grass at a former colliery site.
It was taken by a visitor to ­Whitfield Valley Nature Reserve in Stoke-on-Trent, who accompanied it with a note
specifying the location. The photographer did not sign or address the letter and dated it March 17, but gave no year.



The pic was found in a zoology centre’s archives by the assistant director who said: “It’s clearly a large cat of the
Panthera genus. “It’s so clear we can even see its whiskers. "If it’s genuine, then it’s probably the best photo of a
British big cat that exists.”

The image is featured as evidence in a documentary on the existence of big cats in the British countryside.
Panthera Britannia Declassified also brings to light DNA evidence of at least one wild big cat near a sheep-kill last
year in Gloucs [Gloucestershire].

Producer Tim Whittard said: “This astonishing lost photograph and amazing new scientific discovery form only
a fraction of the collective evidence on display in the film. "The research process was intensive and exhaustive.
"We used real science and real experts and tried to be as objective and analytical as possible.”



He said big cats are probably the offspring of those released after 1976 when it became illegal to own them
without a licence in the UK. He said: “These majestic big cats were fashionable status symbols. The story is a
sad one really.” The film is available on Amazon Prime...'

The Sun:

(08-15-2023, 10:37 AM)Bally002 Wrote: Crikey!  That's a nasty looking puss.  I cut a paragraph from the link'

Considering the park is only just over 6 acres after seeing the pic, if it is genuine I wouldn't go for a leisurely nature walk especially at night.  Very little hunting territory for the black cat.

Great post

Bally)

Witness the region's mining history at this former colliery. It's only a short walk from local housing estates yet is peaceful, a great escape

(08-15-2023, 11:46 AM)BIAD Wrote:

(08-15-2023, 10:37 AM)Bally002 Wrote: Crikey!  That's a nasty looking puss.  I cut a paragraph from the link'

Considering the park is only just over 6 acres after seeing the pic, if it is genuine I wouldn't go for a leisurely nature walk especially at night.  Very little hunting territory for the black cat.

Great post

Bally)

Witness the region's mining history at this former colliery. It's only a short walk from local housing estates yet is peaceful, a great escape

"...Witness the region's mining history at this former colliery. It's only a short walk from local housing estates
yet is peaceful, a great escape..."

That comment alone would put a doubt on the whole 'Big Cat UK' phenomena as one would think the animal
must have been noticed after this undated photograph and then reported. Odd that the creature has never
been in the predicament to injure or kill a family pet or human considering the cramped location so close to
a built-up community.

I'm not denying the existence of released animals in the wild... a word not usually used when describing this
small island, but the emergence of this story and image closely connected to a TV show makes me suspicious.

(08-15-2023, 12:45 PM)Bally002 Wrote: Yeah I get that.  My reply was sort of tongue in cheek as after reading the comment in red.  Still, I'm not aware of the TV show you are referring to but also found the story a bit hard to believe.  Enjoyed the post...

Quote:Reports of big cats in Australia are not uncommon.  Pics are not that clear.  Often look like a black cow or calf.  
I do enjoy stories such as these...

Quote:...Was only just looking at a recent U tube vid of the Calvine UFO.  I guess it's just the intrigue of the story.  Photo appears many years later but the story has a dead end.  But...I still look at the story everytime it appears thinking there may be a break through in info.   This latest vid alluded to the jet in the pic being a Tornado but the jet looks much more like a Harrier.

Cheers and beers,

Bally)

(08-15-2023, 01:02 PM)BIAD Wrote: I'm fascinated by the Yowie, mate!

Quote:...Was only just looking at a recent U tube vid of the Calvine UFO.  I guess it's just the intrigue of the story.  Photo appears many years later but the story has a dead end.  But...I still look at the story everytime it appears thinking there may be a break through in info.   This latest vid alluded to the jet in the pic being a Tornado but the jet looks much more like a Harrier.

Cheers and beers,

Bally)

I'll have to take a look at that incident.

(08-15-2023, 09:48 PM)Schmoe Wrote: I hate pissing on parades, but apparently it's a fake.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Cryptozoology/comments/15rc5vj/clearest_ever_photo_of_big_cat_in_british/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=2

(08-15-2023, 09:03 PM)Ninurta Wrote: Re: Yowies, Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Daniel Boone. I live not too far from where Ol' Dan'l is supposed to have killed that one, which he called a "Yahoo" as I recall. He got that name from "Gulliver's Travels". This is the first I've heard of it having supposedly attacked his son, however. I know his son James was killed a few miles south of here at Wallen's Ridge in 1773 I believe - but he was killed by Indians. 

(08-15-2023, 10:02 PM)Bally002 Wrote:

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(08-15-2023, 09:03 PM)Ninurta Wrote: Re: Yowies, Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Daniel Boone. I live not too far from where Ol' Dan'l is supposed to have killed that one, which he called a "Yahoo" as I recall. He got that name from "Gulliver's Travels". This is the first I've heard of it having supposedly attacked his son, however. I know his son James was killed a few miles south of here at Wallen's Ridge in 1773 I believe - but he was killed by Indians. 

From what I understand about the story Boone and his son were returning from tracking indian horse thieves.  They were separated by a short distance on the return journey to hunt.  Boone heard a shot, then another and took to the scene whereupon he witnessed his son being lifted and thrown lifeless to the ground.  

A well aimed shot to the eye by Boone took the big critter out.   Boone thought his son was deceased.  The lad recovered/woke up about an hour later. 

It appears from an impromptu autopsy the boy managed to hit the creature in the chest but the slug didn't penetrate that area due to how solid the chest was.  They left the big ape where it was slain and returned to tell the tale.

That's a recount off the top of my head.

Kind regards,

Bally)

(08-15-2023, 09:48 PM)Schmoe Wrote: I hate pissing on parades, but apparently it's a fake.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Cryptozoology/comments/15rc5vj/clearest_ever_photo_of_big_cat_in_british/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=2

(08-15-2023, 09:48 PM)Schmoe Wrote: I hate pissing on parades, but apparently it's a fake.

(08-16-2023, 10:44 AM)BIAD Wrote:

(08-15-2023, 09:48 PM)Schmoe Wrote: I hate pissing on parades, but apparently it's a fake.

Forgive my earlier sarcasm, Schmoe, I guessed the outcome you offered would come to pass and
hence the reason I initially wrote that I was reluctant to post the article.


It is a sad state of affairs when the general MSM are low-balling their seasonal crap out in such
a manner that within a couple of days, their words are proved to be false. However, there were
the usual code words in the article that we all may look out for in the future.

"It’s clearly a large cat of the Panthera genus. “It’s so clear we can even see its whiskers..."
A quote from an unnamed assistant director working at an unnamed  zoology centre. (The Journo
didn't even capitalise the position of the assistant director or the centre's title!)

Rupert Murdoch's newspaper has never recovered from when it stopped having topless models on
its Page 3, but they're currently enjoying the word 'underboob'!

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Edit: "...The picture, which has now proved to be a fake, was discovered by Carl Marshall,
a British big cat enthusiast, who works with the Centre for Fortean Zoology.
It was accompanied by a handwritten note dated March 17 – but it is unclear which year it
was taken..." - MailOnline:

(08-16-2023, 03:04 PM)Schmoe Wrote: I'm not familiar with the fauna of the UK, but surely there are some variety of deer it could hunt.

Hell, the only reason I started digging into it was the purpleness of the cat.  Some animals appear black in the shade, but then the sun hits them and they have a strange purple to them.  That threw me off, because the background looked overcast, but the cat was practically glowing.

Just because somebody faked this particular picture, doesn't mean that there aren't some big cats out there.  I'd bet there are.

(08-16-2023, 03:04 PM)Schmoe Wrote: ...I'm not familiar with the fauna of the UK, but surely there are some variety of deer it could hunt.

(08-16-2023, 06:17 PM)Ninurta Wrote: There is always the chance that it's all just a smear campaign intended to upstage the troublesome Scots and their wild moggies....