As for as the big cat tales in the UK, someone years ago – there is a documentary about it – very sensibly imported a Canadian trapper who made a living tracking and killing animals for fur presumably. He went round all the sites of interest where either animals had been killed and partially eaten or there were tracks. He looked at the tracks, he looked at the scat. He said "dog" – more than once. In fact every site he investigated turned out to be – dog. This didn't in the least phase the guy who'se major hobby was investigating big cat sightings – he just "knew" there was something out there.
The tales overwhelm the evidence, for sure. But... there are documented cases of big cats loose in the UK. Similar to mountain lions in the northeastern US - it can happen, it occasionally does.
As for as the big cat tales in the UK, someone years ago – there is a documentary about it – very sensibly imported a Canadian trapper who made a living tracking and killing animals for fur presumably. He went round all the sites of interest where either animals had been killed and partially eaten or there were tracks. He looked at the tracks, he looked at the scat. He said "dog" – more than once. In fact every site he investigated turned out to be – dog. This didn't in the least phase the guy who'se major hobby was investigating big cat sightings – he just "knew" there was something out there.
The tales overwhelm the evidence, for sure. But... there are documented cases of big cats loose in the UK. Similar to mountain lions in the northeastern US - it can happen, it occasionally does.