Are you a believer...?

[Roughtor]

No,I'm not talking about the big man with the white beard in the sky!

 

I'm wondering how many of us have seen ,or seen signs of big cats in the countryside..

I'll start...there are lots of abandoned slate quarries nearby,one day a friend of mine wanted to mess about with didgeridoo acoustics, so I suggested this empty quarry ,it's filled up since and now has fish in it,anyway...its sunset ,and we're sitting in this quarry overlooking the Atlantic, looking towards lundy Island..it was awesome. 

My friend ,John was his name ,hadn't started playing his instrument  I know that sounds wrong lol,...so he points upwards and there on the perimeter of the quarry was a silhouette of a very large feline ,it was no domestic cat ,around Alsation size ..

 

We both went ,oh dear or similar and silent as you can went back to our village..I've had other experiences, but let's see if anyone else has first ...

[yonny]

My twin brother spotted one in Fineshade Woods a few years ago - he's a mountain biker and regularly is out and about exploring hidden trails in the wilderness.

If you google it you'll find reports of one spotted quite regularly in that area. My brother knows what he's on about so I'm sold.

[yonny]

Just now, yonny said:

My twin brother spotted one

When I say spotted one I mean nearly collided with it! Clear as day.

[yonny]

Scared the hell out of him!

[Roughtor]

Wow,that's amazing ..Well Yonny I'm a 100 % believer..

 

One night ,around 25vyrs ago I was on a private water on Bodmin Moor, nearest farm that was habitated, is around 1 mile away ,although ,today that's changed as the derelict building is now lived in..

So I turn up ,using three 11ft 2lb tc rods ,gardner rod pod,Bitech alarms ,white ,single peg ,old original fox swingers,under my nash 45 inch storm sides..lafuma bedchair  the works ....old skool etc,etc ..

I set up in the sheep field ,which at the time had no fence ,its fenced nowadays ,anyway as it got dimpsy ,dusk all the sheep  that's pregnant ewes,with a few lambs in tow are now backed up at the top  by the ,then derelict farm,I had no idea why,except I thought fox ,dog or even sheep thieves ,I didn't know,but I was now aware..

 

Fishing wise its quiet ,until around 4.30 AM ,when I hear a terrible sound ,commotion behind my flimsy shelter, I didn't dare move or breathe ,even tho I remember dying for a pee,which was now hurting..

Ever heard a sheep scream ?

I have.

Eventually I dared to come out of my 45 inch brolly ,and there ,behind my shelter was a disembowled ewe, it was a right  sight  a proper,proper kill...

And I blanked ...

[kevtaylor]

30 years ago I got the feeling that me and my mate were being watched/stalked by a big cat, but we didn't actually see it.

Round the back of the big ski lake at Grenville we found about 4-5 fresh swan kills, together in a corner.  Walking past and up the far bank we could hear something following us within the bushes, snapping the odd twig.  We fished a few hours and I just got feeling it was level with us and still watching.  Fair to say I was nervous but no proof just a feeling.

No idea if there have been any sightings in Northants tbh

[Roughtor]

1 hour ago, kevtaylor said:

30 years ago I got the feeling that me and my mate were being watched/stalked by a big cat, but we didn't actually see it.

Round the back of the big ski lake at Grenville we found about 4-5 fresh swan kills, together in a corner.  Walking past and up the far bank we could hear something following us within the bushes, snapping the odd twig.  We fished a few hours and I just got feeling it was level with us and still watching.  Fair to say I was nervous but no proof just a feeling.

No idea if there have been any sightings in Northants tbh

The hunters ,being hunted