"Martin" wrote in message
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On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:29:55 +0100, "Christina Websell"
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"Martin" wrote in message
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On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:21:38 +0100, "Christina Websell"
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"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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"Christina Websell" wrote
"Bill Grey" wrote in message
"Pam Moore" wrote
Sightings of a big cat reported on local ITV news tonight: Bristol
area;
http://www.itv.com/westcountry-east/...ightings51259/


I wish I could see this in South Wales - the programme that is!


I was able to view this from Pam's link even though my ITV channel is
Central. It did take a while to load though, and there were 4 or
more
adverts to sit through first. It was a nearly 5 minute long news
interview, interesting.

What I find interesting is they are just beginning to take these
sightings
slightly seriously. Always before there has been another agenda in
the
background, to make the person seeing the cat(?) look silly and have a
laugh at their expense. I wonder how many sightings there actually
have
been that have gone unreported for that reason.



I cannot see any reason why big cats that were probably released when it
became illegal to keep them without a license cannot survive in the
depths
of the countryside, where they can get food and water and hardly ever be
seen.

I take these sightings seriously.
My friend saw a huge black cat run across the road in front of her car
once.
She is sensible, does not drink at all and I do not doubt her. She
described it as "as big as a leopard"
Never seen since.

The huge black cat of Whitby turned out to be a Labrador.


This does not mean that sightings of big cats are not true.
My friend has judged at Crufts - she'd know if it was a dog of any sort.


True, but it was the culmination of at least two years of sightings
reported in
the local press.

So, do you believe it or not?
I do. I know that if my friend saw a huge black cat the size of a leopard
running in front of her car she would not make that up and phone me about
it.
There is no way she would mistake it for a dog.
To judge at Crufts is a lifetime thing, she knows all dogs, how they move,
what they look like. She said it was a big cat.





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Martin