Taken at dawn yesterday (top left of picture)by a witness at a big cat sighting in West Sussex who stood to watch the big cat for some time and was able to take this picture and is consistant with the descriptions given by over a dozen witnesses who have seen this big cat since january,in fact the description fits a big cat seen for the last 5 years.Deer have been found killed,the carcases looked like big cat kills and various other evidence, big cat-like paw prints,black fur on barbed wire,scratch marks on trees.It is very large,about 26"tall,often seen trotting with it,s tail outstretched.The very long tail can be seen protruding from the tree trunk.To my mind it,s the best big cat photo taken in Sussex to date of a leopard , i,m not sure but it,s certainly big......
UPDATE:This picture has now been verified by big cat researchers up and down the country and the photographer Carol Cowley has had it published in the new big cat book by Rick Minter "Big cats:Facing up to Britains wild predators".A cleaned up version of this picture is on view at bigcatsinsussex.co.uk .......
Difficult to be certain what's in the picture (looked at bigcatsinsussex.co.uk as well) but if it is a big cat it's a big un alright. There was a report in the local press last week of big cat footprints at Halkyn mountain, not for the first time, I'll try and dig the report up for you this week time allowing
ReplyDeleteThe picture was taken in the half light of dawn with a compact camera,not clear i know but the basic shape is there.....
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