A few years ago on the East Coast between Ingoldmells and Skegness I was walking along the sea front from Ingoldmells to the 24 hour garage at Skegness, half way there is a golf course, the moon was out and my night vision was alert, on one of the greens there was a fully mature Black cat, massive, I was with a friend and we both watched in fear as this cat stalked something it had seen, we watched for a minute at least and then made a hasty retreat both in shock and fear, we walked the main road way back, nobody believes this story but we will remember ir for rest of our lives
i saw a big black cat in the north east of the uk around the size of a rotweiler it was around 4am coming home from a mates house i had to cross the field of a community sports centre when from behind a 5 ft gridded fence walked the "panther" its sillhouette was unmistakable as this thing was around 20ft away and back lit from street lamps it stopped and turned to face me we stared at each other for maybe 10 seconds and thats when i noticed its rounded ears and thick tail and i could see its shoulders as it lowered itself as it stopped to look before it walked thirty feet or so then jogged into the next fields trees. i reported it to police and they later confirmed 2 more sightings in towns either side of my town and a sheep mauling. this was early in the 2000's.This was in stockton on tees
I saw a large black cat the size of an adult male leopard. But it's tail was shorter like that of a jaguar. Where the sun was shining on it's back, I could see a reddish tint to it's fur (which is a trait of melanistic leopards and jaguars) It was walking along the edge of a field near junction 10 (Reading, Berkshire) on the M4 motorway back in 2006. My mother's friend had a very close encounter with what she called a 'skinny lioness' (puma) back in the early 2000s, near the Thames river where Eton meets Windsor. Said she was sat on a bench with her eyes closed meditating, when she suddenly felt she was being watched. So she opens her eyes, and sees this big brown cat walk across the clearing from one patch of woodland into the other, all the while staring at her. She was left shaken by the encounter, and refused to go walking in that area alone again. My mum saw a large grey cat as it was getting dark near Slough (next to the Langley country park). Said it was the size of a large german shepherd and was walking along the road as she drove up to it. As her car got near, it suddenly jumped off the road and bounded away towards the woods in the darkness.
Saw one in Cornwall early morning right in front of our motorhome, just making its way into thick bushes at the side of the road. It was black & had the longest tail, & definitely not domestic!
I live in cornwall , i have seen a fully grown black jaguar 10 metres away from my garden ,this was during lockdown , a year later i saw a juvenille , same colouration but a third of the size , it was still the same size as a medium dog !! I told people and fot funny looks , but a couple of the people i told have since seen the elusive creature !!
@mr.not.so.perfect.666 Thanks for the comment , but I know what I saw , I don't say jaguar because I have no clue , I looked at many photographs of different black cats from many angles , we have breeding black jaguars in the UK, fact !!
Highly plausible as they were released into the wild maybe others escaped etc, there are a fair few people on TH-cam in other countries that keep big cats as pets.
@@gregvw1977 Black jaguars are supposed to be extremely rare but from the sounds of it Britain seems to have quite a few . I would love to see one and if I did I wouldn't report it because the authorities would just hunt it down and probably kill it .
@@tristanmorgan852so farmers as a rule wiĺl shoot anything on their land that is a risk to their livestock, so to say they see them regular doesnt make sense
@MrDanybe the one I saw was away from me in a very short time. I can't say that you're wrong I think there's been one shot in Scotland not a panther but some other type of big or medium cat
I watched one for a good 10 minutes through binoculars back in the 90s. Was a big one too! I was on holiday with the family in Cornwall. We were at the bottom end of a theme park and the wife and 2 boys were on rides. I was at a fence, the edge of the park, with the little girl asleep in the buggy. The cat was about 500 yds away. It jumped over a fence and walked through a hedgerow into a field. It then laid down catching the sun. As soon as my wife came back, I told them we're leaving!! And we did!
I’d think night vision would be better option. vids I’ve seen : larger leopard w/ long tail. Are the species from Africa and South America or Asia - India etc different in size and nature? These cats if released by rich would have been fed raw meat. Their prey live., perhaps. Dont leopards kill prey and pull them up unto trees? Tracking dogs work for cougars ,but 2ould they work for exotic cats? How do natives capture them? Mt Lion- cougars sound like screaming woman. Exotics ? Only common denominator is their cats . How large is their radius for hunting territory? Just friendly queries? I haven’t studied any traits just a curious documentary watcher. Cougars have infiltrated into communities that are naive of their nature. Joggers, hikers attacked, even vids showing them wondering up onto neighborhoods and homes patios searching for food ( pets) versus staying in high country. Like you said , “ fast food “ Very interesting video. I’m glad I popped in. Thank you.
we had full grown sheep killed and vets reported that the cause of death for all was strangulation by a bite around the throat and claw marks across the belly. some carcasses were flayed. the vet report conclusion was a large non indigenous feral cat.
I’ve a big cat story .. I was stalked by one while night fishing.. I’ve never gone back too that lake and never will.. these things are very intelligent and the one that was around me was testing me and picking its moment I was lucky very lucky to come home alive ..
Scotland 2005 my cousin & I were driving on a very cold night around 11pm, we were going to see a relative. We were on a very quiet country road & we turned a corner & on the middle of the road eating roadkill was a very large black cat. The headlights hit its eyes & it jumped to the grass verge & disappeared. Absolutely beautiful it was & we could not believe what we had just seen. When we got to our relatives who lived near by, he was not surprised to hear what we had seen him being a local. I'm no expert but to me this was a large black panther, I feel very privileged to have seen such a beautiful creature here in Scotland.
I was a taxi driver in the 80s and was en route to a fare in a villiage about 3 miles from Warwick ,, it was night time 10pm in summer and driving round a bend in the road ...there it was .. sat on the grass verge .. as i got nearer it leapt across a ditch and mesh fence n was gone !! I only saw it for aa few seconds but it was definately a big cat ...puma size .. I didn't tell anyone at the time ..
Enjoyed your video thx. I was in the forces & saw a big cat with a bunch of other squaddies near Ullapool in about 1993. Just saw the shadow leap from a field across the road into another field but it was a lynx size. Have been interested in UK sightings ever since. Went to Canada years ago & spoke to a mountie who said he hadn't seen a cougar alive in 20 yrs & that's common. Sightings are pretty rare but they do get the occasional road-kill. Cats are so elusive with their heightened senses there is no need for them to show themselves with the abundance of easy prey catch we have here. I believe in the US there are beginning to be more sightings or interactions with people in certain areas because they are coming into closer contact with humans encroaching on their habitat. Not sure if all of what I'm saying is 100% correct, I'm no expert, just anecdotal opinion 👍
Far more correct than the plethora of black panther sightings in the comments here, or the :tracks" so easily found by the expert sleuth, yet without any good supporting evidence, and with the bloopers not edited out. Trump hasn't a monopoly on fake news and disciples to the cause in full believer mode. The topic is compelling though, and occasionally a snippet with some credibility does occur, like thylacines and bigfoots. But mostly it's testament to the gullibility and/or stupidity of the planet's dominant ape species.
America and canada dwarf us in the uk too so makes sense how some people never see them over there even though there's plenty of them around, cats are expert hunters so they know how to keep out of sight
Maybe the more common sightings are from them breeding? They are very territorial and cubs will have to find their own territory once old enough. I honestly think thats why sightings are more common now in the UK. If their mother/fathers home is in deep woodland/secluded areas their young will have to venture further away hence closer to towns/villages.
Go back some 40 odd years and one warm summer's night, I saw something at 0130 hrs in the morning. I was in my MG MIdget with the roof down as it was warm _(Even if it was cold but dry, I'd take the roof down. No point having a convertible in the UK if you're going to wait for those 4 days when it's sunny to go topless?)._ I digress. I was on the Worcestershire, Warwickshire border heading into Warwickshire. I was driving in a very small village, turned right down a road that lead out of that village and something dark and large was running down the middle of the road. It did so for a good few seconds before it veered to the left. The grass _curbs_ either side of the road was probably some 30 odd feet wide before the hedgerows. Whatever it was, stopped by the hedge, turned towards me, then vanished through the hedge never to be seen again. *Now.* Some cynics will say, _"It was just a Black Lab or Alsatian."_ But I've had Alsatians in the past. My uncle always used to have Black Labradors. So whatever it was, did not run or move like those aforementioned dogs. Plus those dogs did not have the length of tail this beastie had. And as far as I've ever found out, they do not have it's piercing, night vision specialist, yellow/orange eyes. I had followed the beastie with full beam of the car by turning slightly to the left to follow it. And no dog has ever given me that primordial fear that this beastie did. *The hairs on the back of my neck, stood up!* I was being forewarned warned by some act of nature that I was _NOT_ the alpha predator. It was then that I remembered I had the roof down. That made me drive off PDQ! As for *YOUR* footage at the end. Look at the cats forehead. Just between and above the eyes. There is a dark "M" pattern. That's the sign of a domestic tabby cat. sadly, it's nothing more. Nothing less. But you've got me intrigued. So I've subbed to you 👍
I saw one about 14 years ago in Lichfield, South Staffs. I was driving a taxi, it was just before midnight. I picked up a local careworker, regular customer. We had to stop the car as it was stood at side of road under a street lamp. It crossed in front of us… well, it stopped in the middle of my lane close to my bonnet, it squatted down and as good as dissapeared. It was black, large puma/ small lioness size. It did not have a leopard or jaguar build. I could see faint leopard/cheetah type markings faintly on its rear legs. It did seem a little disproportionate to me… its neck seemed too long, and its head undersized for its body. Its muzzle/snout (whatever) seemed quite long and thin. It did seem quite dishevelled, but it had been raining. I mentioned this sighting to a guy online, who had seen one about 12 miles further north and he gave me a detail i hadnt mentioned… a very saggy stomach from having kittens. I remember asking the customer “did you just see what i think i just saw” and she said dryly “what… that really big black cat like a puma or something”. 😂 There would not have been time to take a picture, but, at the time, confronted by such a thing, it didn’t even cross my mind. It was a residential area too, although maybe 150yards away it was countryside and the Trent Valley trainline.
I grew up near there. An eccentric friend of a lord let his exotic cats go in Staffordshire in the late 70s. One killed a homeless guys dog (fellow called joe) happened near cannock chase in the mid 90s. Gruesome. Ripped it's throat out.
i was a former royal marines sniper and was at the time a cop in rural argyll scotland, in the mid 8os there were hundreds of sightings of very large feral cats, the people sighting them were not city folk or tourists, they were local farmers, ghillies, estate managers, hikers and country folk of many generations. i used to hunt a lot off duty and one day from a high point i watched a black leopard/mountain lion/cougar/ puma for about ten minutes through my wide angle scoped rifle. the beast was within a plantation of just planted shrubs and i had a clear view. it was about 600 metres from me and the wind was slight and in my face, the plantation was ringed by a 15 foot tall deer fence, it had a long tail the same length as its body, it was black but on closer inspection it had faint whitish rings along its side, i watched it in amazement as its moved back and forth head moving from left to right, i zoomed in to max zoom and saw its face it was definitely a cat. something then startled it and in three bounds it completely cleared the deer fence and disappeared into the forestry commission trees out of sight. i wasn't the only cop to see it, others out at night outside the towns saw it as it passed in front of there stationary cop car, they even took plaster casts of its paw prints and had them examined by vets and sent to the local safari park. the results were conclusive it was of the puma etc variety, police bosses held a public meeting but refused to believe the evidence collected. they were terrified not knowing what to do they just did not want to know. after some three months the sightings and loss of livestock stopped and it was believed that the cat or cats (some sightings were of two or more cats) had moved there hunting ground. it is likely that after the dangerous animals act came in pet creatures were released into the wild and are still there.
@@ACshinealight Somewhere in Star Wars. The flaws in that little story show why so may unfortunates are wrongly convicted due to police evidence being assumed factual consistently. Might have seen a Martian though & got mixed up.
@@johnmead8437why are you here? If you dont believe jog on 😊 There are no flaws in his story maybe you would be better watching coronation street as its 'real' 😂
My dad saw one about 25 years ago sprint across a road at 5 in the morning on his way to work, all black about the size of a Labrador, very long tail, shame he never had a dashcam 🤷❤️
Well, over a 3rd of the near 40 million cars an vans on the road in the uk have got dashcams and still we have no clear footage of big cats in the uk. If we had the numbers of big cat to go with the amount of eye witness sightings we would definately have some clear evidence by now
Good video bud, I spent my youth being brought up by my uncle in Kent, he was a head keeper on an estate around the Battle area. I spent all of the 70's out in the woods hunting and fishing with my cousins. We had often heard storeys of Big cats, but never came across anything exotic other than some Capybara that once lived on Romney marsh. Those poor buggers had to be culled, because rather than eat the long weed in the water ways, they took a fancy to the young reeds and scoffed them instead, so they had to go. Another lesion in meddling with the balance of nature , "Do it at your peril !" Keep the videos coming mate really enjoy the work. Big thumbs up, Regards Moose
Funny how keepers, who mostly are good field biologists (unlike most hunters), never have good evidence of these cryptid creatures that seem to be everywhere. Since many of those witnesses in the comments would never have seem polecats, martins, badgers or foxes of even wild deer, the lack of gamekeeper sighting is somehow strange.... And most gamekeepers would recognise this presenters expedition was unfortunately very close behind a mediocre hoaxers efforts and he obviously got well suckered...
Me and my driving instructor saw a large black panther in Leighton Buzzard near Milton Keynes. It walked right in front of us while we were parked up and disappeared into some bushes near a field. These things are out there believe me.
In cat's paw prints there is a depression caused by a main pad, often with three lobes, then four toe prints in front. The prints don't usually show claws because unlike dogs and foxes, cats have retractable claws.
Yes, these fabrications are poorly done, even filtered through a video. So is some of the expedition advice and field observation content. Sigh. But it's got a lot of similar evidence comments showing how common these creatures are.
A black panther crossed in front of my car, in the Yorkshire Dales, in October 1998. Unlike many other reported sightings this was in broad daylight, at about 9:45am. It didn't stop to look at the car, just slunk across the road and disappeared through a gate on the left-hand side. I believe it emerged from a farm track on the right.
I saw one up close for about 90 seconds at the Army Training Area in Caerwent. It was pacing me as I walked through a heavily overgrown railway cutting. It was about 15ft away in the thick bracken. It was stocky, mottled black and smaller than a great Dane but bigger than a labrador. The site rangers were very much aware of it and volunteered where I had seen it before I told them. I first noticed it because, unlike the other wildlife I saw on the survey job, it didnt suddenly break cover when I got close, but paced parallel with me, stopping when I stopped. I was sore afraid, as they say in the bible
I definitely think its possible that big cats are living in the uk but some of the photos i keep seeing on FB groups just make a total mockery of the subject
@@lyndarichardson7276 That's not proof without supporting evidence. It is supporting evidence for other indications one might be there though. The pains some go to to seek attention and make fools of others is clear, pick the clear fabrications in this video for instance. If a couple of these panthers are around, it would be very apparent. They usually have some clear traits that make them insufferable pests, and are easily camera-trapped with trail cameras, just watch the amateur biologists (& some good ones recruited) who consistently find them in the wild when they cannot get visual contact. The reverse seems common i the UK panther/Australian Thylacine/US bigfoot circles.
Brilliant video I've been tracking wild life as you do for the last 15year it's a great hobby when you said nearly broken ankle I did just that on another occasion slipped on a tree root 3 broken ribs still not put me off love it Badger is great to track and sit with keep it up keep the videos coming really enjoyed it thanks👍
I remember my mum saying years ago, that someone in the 1970s let their big cats go after being ordered to give them up I honestly dont know if its true , but she often reminded me of the story whenever someone claimed to see a big cat . I think its amazing if they are out there , i hope they can stay safe and hidden from us .
It is true, that's why they are here and breeding. DNA was confirmed from Panthera just last week by The University of Warwick I think. The DNA was sampled from Cumbria from a carcass because it looked like a suspicious kill. She later saw the big cat while driving off. The account is on Big Cat Conversations.
Quite an adventure! I've never seen a big cat when out in the hills - but I feel privileged to have seen a Scottish wild cat. Great video - nicely edited!
Scottish Wild cat...Nice 1.They is probably more Wild cats around then big cats! And it is extremely hard to spot a Wild cat so what is the chance of seeing big cats..although I have been lucky enough to see a big cat myself it's a once in a lifetime sighting
I have seen a Bobcat twice up near where I live on the Pennines near Saddleworth, once when I was up early fishing and the next time when I was doing a World Record Bivvy bag attempt on this occassion I had my Trailcam and got a picture of it but no video footage (it was whilst we were cooking steaks) it prowled about on the perimeter of the camp just outside the reach of the campfire!
My sighting was different. In the late 1980's I was walking alongside the Crinnan Canal, Argyll between Belanoch and Cairnbarn at night along a stretch with Ancient woodland on one side of the road and the canal on the other . It has always been my preference not to use a torch unless needed ,your eyes adjust well on a long walk and you are even with your environment . If you use a torch you can only see what is in the beam ,but everything else can see you coming for miles. Suddenly I became aware that a blackness had just leaped onto the road behind me about 30 feet away where I had walked seconds earlier. I immediately pointed my torch beam at its face and to be honest only noticed two things ,its eyes reflected like a cat not a dog and this thing was huge I knew it was the Argyll cat by the size and spacing of its eyes. I knew it had stalked me and that if it attacked there was nothing I could do, so I played bravado , I copied the Hulk's roar bending at the waist with the depth of my roar, arms out; the most 'come on if you think your hard enough' animal sound I have ever made. Knowing I was miles away from safety I turned my back on it and as nonchalantly as posible just started walking. I did not even look over my shoulder ,saying to it I'm big was one thing but I really did not want to give the impression "And I intend to stand here and prove it." I walked about a hundred yards before I turned and searched with my torch in case my display had only delayed its next move, but I never saw it again. When I told this story to an old man that lived in a caravan in the Aria he made me promise not to tell that he was well aware of them and swore that he had a den in the hill above him and had often that summer seen a mother with two cubs.
Cats don't leap out behind if stalking you. They stalk, any leap is from ambush or after a short very direct and often fatal rush. And moving off with a turned back is an invitation to attack for animals unexpectedly encountered or bluffed into pausing. So that must have been a very unusual encounter.... A finite possibility of a few individuals exists in the UK & probably US, maybe other countries where they are "pets". But the plethora of reports with inconceivable elements demonstrates how many sad or mistaken reports exist. And the absence of supporting easily obtained evidence simply emphasises this.
@@johnmead8437 yep I agree ,replace the word "Stalking" with interested in me.. Every other word was exact. Where it leapt from their was the remnants of a drystone dyke with the remains of a fence then a road side ditch then a single lane B road so its leap was from the wall strait onto the road. Annoying a leopard by facing it off with a torch in its face seemed like asking for trouble. I did expect to be charged turning my back on it ,but after my Primeval show of strength I hoped that cats don't' like being seen mid stalk and that predators tend to avoid other predators. In a situation where I had no options I hoped nonchalant strength would work.(And did). If you still don't believe me why read comments as you are clearly not prepared to trust anything. Note even here I am not calling it a Leopard , merely pointing out the assumption I made based on its eyes. I would go as far as to guess it was a full size male because it was huge.
Hi i totally believe you ☺️ im 💯 convinced that these big cats are here in the UK and are thriving. TH-cam is now awash with bots trying to undermine people who speak the truth over many different subjects. Im reading these comments as i have a genuine interest in this subject. All these non believers should go watch something else instead of constantly discrediting genuine peoples stories. They need to go get a life 😂 Thankyou for sharing it was a privilege for you to witness that (but scary) at the to time 😢 i saw the eyes of one in conwy north wales early 1980s 😊 it was only years later i realised what it was @@johnh539
@@manofmystery9624 I'm in Merseyside so not far. I definitely think that they are here. There have been sightings in knowsley, Widnes, Runcorn, Warrington, Formby and Cheshire. Thanks 😊
I have had a Lynx walk across the a49 in front of me in my headlights whilst driving to work early one morning at Much Birch . Also no more than 10 feet away from me while driving my lorry in the day time near Bala i saw a sandy colour panther casualy walking along side a wire fence around a tree. I always park in the country side at night in my lorry and am always mindful of the fact that i am possibly not on my own when i go outside for a piss. How there is no positive evidence of these cat's to me is astonishing. They are out there boy's and girl's. I promise you!!
@@fatbloke2285thats just it mate, theres literally no solid evidence is there. No doubt they could survive here with all the prey about for them, but with all the dash cams cctv phones an dont forget all the hunters who go out every night with guns an dogs an not one solid bit of proof, i just cant believe we have them here, the only explanation would be people letting them out of a night from a private zoo, but thats very doubtful also
kept finding big scats in my local woods 5 x size of a foxes ,then they cut wood down its 50yr up ,must of moved on, not seen anymore since ,just outside Banchory
Thanks for this vid,I’ve encountered them,they won’t hurt you if you don’t get too close ,just stay very still if you see one -they will soon be off very fast -they have been here for years and years and will be here for years and years ,they really should just be added to our list of British wildlife at this point ,so people do have a chance of being mentally prepared for an encounter and know what to do so we can all just peacefully live among each other with them ,we are lucky to have them ,we need them to keep our deer numbers down ,where are you from ,see peoples comments,Surrey/Sussex? 👍
Seen two different cats in the forest of dean, puma and a leopard both times with other people, a friends farm was having sheep killed so he set up trail cameras and yep leopard was caught on the camera
Seen a black cat years ago in daylight sat In Deep In the green sunbathing in the heat in the new forest, I saw it because I was high up in a coach and I always scan for deer when going by woodlands! So I no they exist it wasn't a new forest pony because I could see how muscular it's legs and shoulders were and it was smaller longer and slender! Jet black it was! Anyway I'm sure lots of people have seen them they just aren't sure because they aren't seen often so they probably doubted what they saw 👍
I grew up on the isle of wight and in 1995 I was walking to my sisters house on the edge of parkhurst forest late one night after a party and saw a big cat cross the lane about 100 yards in front of me. I often think back and question what I saw. At first I thought it was a black labrador because it was that kind of size but it was moving slowly and paused for a second and I'm certain it was a cat. It wasn't just the head but the tail which sticks in my memory, how long it was and how it was held, so distinctive of a big cat. Dogs and even domestic cats just don't have a tail like that. There was only one street light further back so I can't be certain of colour because I could really only see the silhouette but size and shape was unmistakable. I know full well I sound like a total crank writing this but I'm pretty sure I saw a big cat that night.
I'm pretty sure I saw a big cat but it happened quickly in twilight. No camera on me. I had been in a woods all afternoon collecting firewood with my dog. Umpteen times back to the car to unload my back-pack, and going back & forth. So when I'd finished it was starting to go dark. November 2006 I think but may have been 2007 . I thought I'd take my dog for a bit of a stroll before we went home. We started down a long track which was intersected about100 yards away by another track. She was sniffing about and I was looking down the track. when all of a sudden, on the intersecting track ahead, I saw a large black creature run along low to the ground. It kind of "slunk" and its body rippled as it ran then it was gone. I estimated its length to be at least 3 feet probably more, and its "slinking height" to have been about 18 inches or more? It had a long tail It wasn't a deer for sure. Or a loose dog (but we had seen no one in there and no dogs all day.) The problem, was it all happened in about 3 seconds, in the twilight, so things were a bit unclear. I decided to take my dog right out of there and go back to the car. I didn't feel I would have been in any danger but I didn't want my dog to catch its scent and run after it. The next day I left my dog in the car and went to look for tracks. That was impossible as there was really thick leaf-litter. I spent some time looking and checking any patches of mud with few leaves on them, but no tracks. That was in Somerset UK.
@@johnmead8437 Yes, there are some big moggy cats for sure. But the one I think I saw was approx. the size of a German Shepherd! But obviously with a different body shape.
I saw a black panther on the outskirts of York, it gave me the chills because we arnt ment to see cats like this in the uk ,the thing was massive about 1 and a harlf times as big as a rottweiler but longer.
Their was a family off them that lived in the woods by my old house wen I was a kid, 30+yrs ago, the whole estate knew about them, the would hiss thru the bushes at people, they got hunted or driven on I can't remember the outcome
I got danger close to one near Marshwood, Dorset while out hunting. I never reported it because as a Gypsey I hate and don’t recognise the authorities of settled people.
If only the local fuzz hadn't "poo-pooed" at the info I gave them, back in 1996/97, a little more interest may have ensued. I was approx 60yards/(55metres) from a Black Leopard, with a "normal" coloured neck & head( I.e,- pale fawn/yellowy colour with dark spots) I was out duck shooting on a friends farm(in Octobe r)
Well for me I have seen one at night when we were lamping rabbits. It just jumped over wire fence at the other side of the field into the darkness black panther. I'd emagine it would be difficult to find one as this one was out of sight within seconds
His accent is so strange half middle England half bad American but yeah there out there ive seen one in west Yorkshire with my dad walking on a dry stone wall over half a mile away it looked like a house cat looks at end of the garden was massive black cat unmistakable you wouldn't hardly see a small cat that distance for shure might be a speck 😅
I'm just watching a few channel's that have looked into big cat's because I just read it's been confirmed there's now DNA proof and big cat's are confirmed in the UK but how many and how wide spread is unknown.
Seen a grey wolf walk past the car at close range at the golden ball. Also a black puma cat heading towards wendover woods. Lots of wolf's and big cats are in the wild in the UK.
Interesting! Occasionally we get warnings in the local press here in Cheshire. I've seen a few wild campers have experiences and hear bosses that are definately a big cat noise. I believe them to be very skittish as you say, so probably not much of a concern for an adult.
Thanks for this vid,I’ve encountered them,they won’t hurt you if you don’t get too close ,just stay still ,they will soon be off very fast -they have been here for years and years and will be here for years and years ,they really should just be added to our list of British wildlife at this point ,so people do have a chance of being mentally prepared for an encounter and know what to do so we can all just peacefully live among each other with them ,we are lucky to have them ,we need them to keep our deer numbers down
When i was a teenager, walking my dog deep in the woods off the beaten track,i got a bit lost, my dog was senting something in a tree,i looked up and saw a mangled small deer wedged in the tree. It looked partly eaten and it freaked me out. I and my dog felt fear and got out of the woods as quick as i could. Never told my parents they would not of believed me. It was an odd thing to come across.
Great vid. well done staying out , it's a different sensation once you know they are around , unfortunately i think your first print next to the fox cub was a canid too but of the domestic kind ,,,, there is an area of raised mud between the digits , this is known as the oasis by some, i call it the well. this happens due to the spacing of the toes . the fist size ones in the leaf litter are promising especially if they suddenly stop (look up then) , dogs will leave a constant trail in deep litter and as dogs do, run everywhere .. brill job keep it up :)
Big cats are seldom Sen because they will hear, smell or see us well before we know they are there… etc. So, I’ll wander round in the middle of nowhere talking loudly into my camera! What could go wrong?
Im no expert but i have over 40yrs hunting and tracking big and small game here in the US which includes big cats as to cougars. Your description is deceiving and considered click bait. The 1st set of tracks are from a cat but are too small compared to the fox tracks in order to be considered any large cat. The 2nd set of tracks you show are too old and degraded to be considered cat or anything else roaming around out there. At the end you found a ferrell house cat and not a large cat at all. Good luck next time with hopes you do find a big cat eventually!
I sure would like you to check out what I found. Please be patient and watch the entire video and let me know what you think. I stumbled upon this researching if any one else may have found something aswell. Thanks
The 1st set of tracks are from a cat but are too small compared to the fox tracks in order to be considered any large cat -------------- You do realise that wild cats come in many sizes right? Even within a species like a leopard for example, they come in a range of sizes, from tiny little cubs to 100kg big males and everything inbetween.
I noticed you camped in my neck of the woods not too long ago (Cannock Chase) and there is supposedly big cat sighting up there, along with mythical stories of Pig Man (half-man half-pig) and the Black Eyed Children who are alledged to be ghostly kids wandering around. There was actually a famous murder case in the 60's where a guy from Walsall murdered young girls and dumped their bodies on the Chase, so I don't know if the legend is from that. I'm guessing you heard/saw nothing though, just as I never have despite mountain biking up there for many years both day and night. An interesting fact about Cannock Chase is that it inspired JRR Tolkein's Lord of the Rings books. He lived in a house in Great Haywood in 1916, which is close to Shugborough Hall at the edge of the Chase.
I went out looking for black bear where I live it was extremely exciting and nerve racking at the same time. It took me 6 trips to find one and then I seen 3 mama bear and 2 cubs. I have also seen a bobcat and a panther in the wild.
Lad... that bedding area is deer...deer have more then one bedding area in their territory...them track in the forest u was walking in r muntjac and roe. Iv been tracking in South of UK for 30 yr... I csn show u a big cat area near my home..u may see Ilit or not. There is no such breed as a panther...just puma and jaguars..panteride breeds We have lynx in uk... and we do have puma and jaguars aswell Big black cats r not panthers...they r black leopards...they have a genetic darkness in their menelin in their skin cells which give the black colour to their fur Please get hold of me as if ur up for a collaboration looking in areas for big cats then we can meet and get out there for one Cats won't attack tents..they a apex predator for a reason and will remain more elusive then the muntjac which I track and see often... I myself go out and keep in mind the interiors I'm in that have had sightings in of big cats armed. We have boar...we have 6 species of deer in uk aswell..other mammals...muntjac r generally noisy wiv the snapping and brake g of branches etc through the nite...everything else will walk about quietly lad.... Get hold of me and if ur near by we will go out and track and have a butchers at what's about That's a domestic cat ...willow trees just behind the cat r no more then 2 inches wide... Get intouch..
Im only a couple of minutes in, but that pic of what looks similar to a puma was found to be a breed of domestic cat also the foliage it walked past was only about a foot off the floor when somebody scaled it size
need to take plaster casts and measure the distance between pads/ limbs. also know the basic differences between dog and cat claws apart from retracted claws. Night flown thermal drones are amazing.
Watched your whole video. After reading the comments, I'm not sure how many saw the live footage of the cat at the end of the video. Otherwise this will be in big debate? Its cool footage but is this a predatory cat? Looks a tad bigget than a domesticated cat? Would love to hear people's opinions. Also i watch alot Videos on deer hunting and deer bed down on vrass just like you showed in the vidio!! Big stags are extremely intelligent and very hard to spot in the wild as they can hear and smell you well before you can see them. Obviously i cant say for certain ,but its likely that a deer would have bed down there and a deer could have ran through the trees whilst you were sleeping!! Keep up the search! Its interesting. I dont have any big cat stories to share other than the few lepords we spotted in Taran geri national park in Tanzania in Africa 😅
Love cats, I am familiar with these beautiful shy animals , the only i would avoid to meet is a feral American Bobcat or a Mountain Lion , lucky us in EU the biggest one is the Linx but very hard to meet and as wolves do don't came close to humans. If someone manages to photograph the European Wildcat I'll buy him a beer if he shows me the picture of course. :D
I live in Cornwall and I’ve seen two big cats once when I was about 17 years old in budock water big black cat running across a field late afternoon probably the size of a Labrador bringing it’s back legs right forwards 100% cat. The second time I was about 26 years old me and a some friends went fishing down the lizard at porthkerris and seen a big cat clambering up a steep cliff at night again 100% a big cat. I’m 48 years old now but I know other people who have seen big cats around budock water but not recently. Reading the other comments lots of people from Cornwall seeing big cats
Back in the mid 60s I was in the army and stationed in Plymouth and would travel to and from my home in mid Cornwall to and fro to Plymouth, mostly very late at night to be back before revalue,one night at about 1.30 I was just past Bodmin Road station turning when came around a bend and my bike lihts lit up a big black cat right in the middle of the road, it was caught by surprise just as I was and I was going way too fast to stop on my Areial square four old 1000 cc bike, after all these years I can still picture its mouth looked a red in my lights and looked to be snarling looking straight at me, scared the crap out of me and I think that was the fastest ride to Liskeard that I had ever done, always stopped in Liskeard to warm my hands around the engine,a policeman on patrol stopped to talk and I told him about the cat,he said someone had already reported seeing one that night, people would scoff at the story but I know exactly what I saw.
I don't mind saying it scared the he'll out of me and I can still after all these years see the way it was I'm sure snarling at me as I had startled it just as much as it startled me, I passed within 3 or 4 ft of it,as I was about to run into it or just to the side of it it ran up the hedge towards the railway lines , scared the sxxxt out me, I always went fast along that road back up to camp at that time of night think it was 1964 because I was out in Malaysia from 1965 onwards for over 3 years, but I'll never forget it.
Great video kept me waiting till the end. Well at least it was a cat. 😂😂🤣🤣. Joking aside it would be good to have big cats in our woods it would help keep the deer population down.
I have a problem with a lot of submitted print evvidence, cats hate mud and they hate getting dirty. They will go to great lengths to avoid muddy areas. Of course, there will be times where they cannot help but leave tracks but i think a sighting is much more likely than a track find. When people find tracks in deep mud i get more sceptical than when someone reports a sighting.
Hey Barrie! Sorry for the late reply, just catching up now, I appreciate the comment! My boy is walking, running, jumping and causing mayhem, it's awesome 👍 hope you and yours are all well my friend!
I believe there could be 1 or 2 cats out there that has been realised or escaped a private collection but im not one that thinks there roaming in numbers. Maybe 5 or so.
random question, do i hear some Australian accent mixed in there? Great video by the way, a lot of "these" videos don't hold your attention for too long but this one did. One new subscriber 👍
A few years ago on the East Coast between Ingoldmells and Skegness I was walking along the sea front from Ingoldmells to the 24 hour garage at Skegness, half way there is a golf course, the moon was out and my night vision was alert, on one of the greens there was a fully mature Black cat, massive, I was with a friend and we both watched in fear as this cat stalked something it had seen, we watched for a minute at least and then made a hasty retreat both in shock and fear, we walked the main road way back, nobody believes this story but we will remember ir for rest of our lives
I've got a channel and would love to hear more.
A minute ? Why not get your phone out an film it
💯 believe you as I saw one myself about 20 foot away clear as day..a black panther..
@@markhopkinson3859 thanks for sharing your sighting Mark, much appreciated sir 🤝
i saw a big black cat in the north east of the uk around the size of a rotweiler it was around 4am coming home from a mates house i had to cross the field of a community sports centre when from behind a 5 ft gridded fence walked the "panther" its sillhouette was unmistakable as this thing was around 20ft away and back lit from street lamps it stopped and turned to face me we stared at each other for maybe 10 seconds and thats when i noticed its rounded ears and thick tail and i could see its shoulders as it lowered itself as it stopped to look before it walked thirty feet or so then jogged into the next fields trees. i reported it to police and they later confirmed 2 more sightings in towns either side of my town and a sheep mauling. this was early in the 2000's.This was in stockton on tees
I saw a large black cat the size of an adult male leopard. But it's tail was shorter like that of a jaguar. Where the sun was shining on it's back, I could see a reddish tint to it's fur (which is a trait of melanistic leopards and jaguars) It was walking along the edge of a field near junction 10 (Reading, Berkshire) on the M4 motorway back in 2006.
My mother's friend had a very close encounter with what she called a 'skinny lioness' (puma) back in the early 2000s, near the Thames river where Eton meets Windsor. Said she was sat on a bench with her eyes closed meditating, when she suddenly felt she was being watched. So she opens her eyes, and sees this big brown cat walk across the clearing from one patch of woodland into the other, all the while staring at her. She was left shaken by the encounter, and refused to go walking in that area alone again.
My mum saw a large grey cat as it was getting dark near Slough (next to the Langley country park). Said it was the size of a large german shepherd and was walking along the road as she drove up to it. As her car got near, it suddenly jumped off the road and bounded away towards the woods in the darkness.
Saw one in Cornwall early morning right in front of our motorhome, just making its way into thick bushes at the side of the road. It was black & had the longest tail, & definitely not domestic!
Thanks for sharing Janice 👍
I live in cornwall , i have seen a fully grown black jaguar 10 metres away from my garden ,this was during lockdown , a year later i saw a juvenille , same colouration but a third of the size , it was still the same size as a medium dog !! I told people and fot funny looks , but a couple of the people i told have since seen the elusive creature !!
Hey Greg, sounds like you had quite the sighting! Thanks for sharing my friend, much appreciated 👍
Unlikely to be a Jaguar, but could have been a black leopard, aka panther.
@mr.not.so.perfect.666 Thanks for the comment , but I know what I saw , I don't say jaguar because I have no clue , I looked at many photographs of different black cats from many angles , we have breeding black jaguars in the UK, fact !!
Highly plausible as they were released into the wild maybe others escaped etc, there are a fair few people on TH-cam in other countries that keep big cats as pets.
@@gregvw1977 Black jaguars are supposed to be extremely rare but from the sounds of it Britain seems to have quite a few . I would love to see one and if I did I wouldn't report it because the authorities would just hunt it down and probably kill it .
I used to Work as a Shepherd, and saw one with my own eyes , and the carcases of the Sheep it was feeding on .
Brutal! Thanks for sharing Zoltan
I know of a few farmers that have the same story in my area and I have seen a black panther myself
@@tristanmorgan852so farmers as a rule wiĺl shoot anything on their land that is a risk to their livestock, so to say they see them regular doesnt make sense
@MrDanybe the one I saw was away from me in a very short time. I can't say that you're wrong I think there's been one shot in Scotland not a panther but some other type of big or medium cat
I watched one for a good 10 minutes through binoculars back in the 90s. Was a big one too! I was on holiday with the family in Cornwall. We were at the bottom end of a theme park and the wife and 2 boys were on rides. I was at a fence, the edge of the park, with the little girl asleep in the buggy.
The cat was about 500 yds away. It jumped over a fence and walked through a hedgerow into a field. It then laid down catching the sun.
As soon as my wife came back, I told them we're leaving!! And we did!
Awesome! Thanks for sharing Mally 👍
I’d think night vision would be better option. vids I’ve seen : larger leopard w/ long tail. Are the species from Africa and South America or Asia - India etc different in size and nature? These cats if released by rich would have been fed raw meat. Their prey live., perhaps. Dont leopards kill prey and pull them up unto trees? Tracking dogs work for cougars ,but 2ould they work for exotic cats? How do natives capture them? Mt Lion- cougars sound like screaming woman. Exotics ? Only common denominator is their cats . How large is their radius for hunting territory? Just friendly queries? I haven’t studied any traits just a curious documentary watcher. Cougars have infiltrated into communities that are naive of their nature. Joggers, hikers attacked, even vids showing them wondering up onto neighborhoods and homes patios searching for food ( pets) versus staying in high country. Like you said , “ fast food “
Very interesting video. I’m glad I popped in. Thank you.
I'd have told every person near enough to see it as well if I'd seen that ...
Then gone lol 😂
we had full grown sheep killed and vets reported that the cause of death for all was strangulation by a bite around the throat and claw marks across the belly. some carcasses were flayed. the vet report conclusion was a large non indigenous feral cat.
Vet's are not usually experts (though should be better than most), and the evidence claimed does not indicate cat kills.
It's got eat servive not as if can get trolly go round morrisons shopping for its food called nature
@@frankkirk3162 they weren't complaining i think they're just trying to lend credit to UK big cats with their own personal story no dramas
I’ve a big cat story .. I was stalked by one while night fishing.. I’ve never gone back too that lake and never will.. these things are very intelligent and the one that was around me was testing me and picking its moment I was lucky very lucky to come home alive ..
Hey Carl, appreciate you sharing your story bud, sounds pretty intense!
What lake mate ?
I’d imagine it was deciding between leaping at you knocking you into the lake and drowning you
Or straight forward land attack
Most probably😂😂😂@@greenbunnyinabongo7299
Scotland 2005 my cousin & I were driving on a very cold night around 11pm, we were going to see a relative. We were on a very quiet country road & we turned a corner & on the middle of the road eating roadkill was a very large black cat. The headlights hit its eyes & it jumped to the grass verge & disappeared. Absolutely beautiful it was & we could not believe what we had just seen. When we got to our relatives who lived near by, he was not surprised to hear what we had seen him being a local. I'm no expert but to me this was a large black panther, I feel very privileged to have seen such a beautiful creature here in Scotland.
Area ??
Where abouts in Scotland
Please share more directly.
I was a taxi driver in the 80s and was en route to a fare in a villiage about 3 miles from Warwick ,, it was night time 10pm in summer and driving round a bend in the road ...there it was .. sat on the grass verge .. as i got nearer it leapt across a ditch and mesh fence n was gone !! I only saw it for aa few seconds but it was definately a big cat ...puma size ..
I didn't tell anyone at the time ..
Awesome sighting Ian, thanks for sharing sir 👍
Enjoyed your video thx. I was in the forces & saw a big cat with a bunch of other squaddies near Ullapool in about 1993. Just saw the shadow leap from a field across the road into another field but it was a lynx size. Have been interested in UK sightings ever since. Went to Canada years ago & spoke to a mountie who said he hadn't seen a cougar alive in 20 yrs & that's common. Sightings are pretty rare but they do get the occasional road-kill. Cats are so elusive with their heightened senses there is no need for them to show themselves with the abundance of easy prey catch we have here. I believe in the US there are beginning to be more sightings or interactions with people in certain areas because they are coming into closer contact with humans encroaching on their habitat. Not sure if all of what I'm saying is 100% correct, I'm no expert, just anecdotal opinion 👍
Far more correct than the plethora of black panther sightings in the comments here, or the :tracks" so easily found by the expert sleuth, yet without any good supporting evidence, and with the bloopers not edited out. Trump hasn't a monopoly on fake news and disciples to the cause in full believer mode.
The topic is compelling though, and occasionally a snippet with some credibility does occur, like thylacines and bigfoots. But mostly it's testament to the gullibility and/or stupidity of the planet's dominant ape species.
America and canada dwarf us in the uk too so makes sense how some people never see them over there even though there's plenty of them around, cats are expert hunters so they know how to keep out of sight
Maybe the more common sightings are from them breeding? They are very territorial and cubs will have to find their own territory once old enough. I honestly think thats why sightings are more common now in the UK. If their mother/fathers home is in deep woodland/secluded areas their young will have to venture further away hence closer to towns/villages.
@@firesha-x very good point there
Go back some 40 odd years and one warm summer's night, I saw something at 0130 hrs in the morning.
I was in my MG MIdget with the roof down as it was warm _(Even if it was cold but dry, I'd take the roof down. No point having a convertible in the UK if you're going to wait for those 4 days when it's sunny to go topless?)._ I digress. I was on the Worcestershire, Warwickshire border heading into Warwickshire.
I was driving in a very small village, turned right down a road that lead out of that village and something dark and large was running down the middle of the road. It did so for a good few seconds before it veered to the left. The grass _curbs_ either side of the road was probably some 30 odd feet wide before the hedgerows.
Whatever it was, stopped by the hedge, turned towards me, then vanished through the hedge never to be seen again.
*Now.*
Some cynics will say, _"It was just a Black Lab or Alsatian."_
But I've had Alsatians in the past. My uncle always used to have Black Labradors. So whatever it was, did not run or move like those aforementioned dogs. Plus those dogs did not have the length of tail this beastie had. And as far as I've ever found out, they do not have it's piercing, night vision specialist, yellow/orange eyes. I had followed the beastie with full beam of the car by turning slightly to the left to follow it.
And no dog has ever given me that primordial fear that this beastie did. *The hairs on the back of my neck, stood up!*
I was being forewarned warned by some act of nature that I was _NOT_ the alpha predator. It was then that I remembered I had the roof down. That made me drive off PDQ!
As for *YOUR* footage at the end.
Look at the cats forehead. Just between and above the eyes. There is a dark "M" pattern. That's the sign of a domestic tabby cat. sadly, it's nothing more. Nothing less.
But you've got me intrigued. So I've subbed to you 👍
I saw one about 14 years ago in Lichfield, South Staffs. I was driving a taxi, it was just before midnight. I picked up a local careworker, regular customer. We had to stop the car as it was stood at side of road under a street lamp. It crossed in front of us… well, it stopped in the middle of my lane close to my bonnet, it squatted down and as good as dissapeared. It was black, large puma/ small lioness size. It did not have a leopard or jaguar build. I could see faint leopard/cheetah type markings faintly on its rear legs. It did seem a little disproportionate to me… its neck seemed too long, and its head undersized for its body. Its muzzle/snout (whatever) seemed quite long and thin. It did seem quite dishevelled, but it had been raining.
I mentioned this sighting to a guy online, who had seen one about 12 miles further north and he gave me a detail i hadnt mentioned… a very saggy stomach from having kittens.
I remember asking the customer “did you just see what i think i just saw” and she said dryly “what… that really big black cat like a puma or something”. 😂
There would not have been time to take a picture, but, at the time, confronted by such a thing, it didn’t even cross my mind.
It was a residential area too, although maybe 150yards away it was countryside and the Trent Valley trainline.
Care to share more?
I grew up near there. An eccentric friend of a lord let his exotic cats go in Staffordshire in the late 70s. One killed a homeless guys dog (fellow called joe) happened near cannock chase in the mid 90s. Gruesome. Ripped it's throat out.
i was a former royal marines sniper and was at the time a cop in rural argyll scotland, in the mid 8os there were hundreds of sightings of very large feral cats, the people sighting them were not city folk or tourists, they were local farmers, ghillies, estate managers, hikers and country folk of many generations. i used to hunt a lot off duty and one day from a high point i watched a black leopard/mountain lion/cougar/ puma for about ten minutes through my wide angle scoped rifle. the beast was within a plantation of just planted shrubs and i had a clear view. it was about 600 metres from me and the wind was slight and in my face, the plantation was ringed by a 15 foot tall deer fence, it had a long tail the same length as its body, it was black but on closer inspection it had faint whitish rings along its side, i watched it in amazement as its moved back and forth head moving from left to right, i zoomed in to max zoom and saw its face it was definitely a cat. something then startled it and in three bounds it completely cleared the deer fence and disappeared into the forestry commission trees out of sight. i wasn't the only cop to see it, others out at night outside the towns saw it as it passed in front of there stationary cop car, they even took plaster casts of its paw prints and had them examined by vets and sent to the local safari park. the results were conclusive it was of the puma etc variety, police bosses held a public meeting but refused to believe the evidence collected. they were terrified not knowing what to do they just did not want to know. after some three months the sightings and loss of livestock stopped and it was believed that the cat or cats (some sightings were of two or more cats) had moved there hunting ground. it is likely that after the dangerous animals act came in pet creatures were released into the wild and are still there.
When did you serve and with which unit ?
@@ACshinealight Somewhere in Star Wars. The flaws in that little story show why so may unfortunates are wrongly convicted due to police evidence being assumed factual consistently. Might have seen a Martian though & got mixed up.
Sounds like a great story. Would love to discuss it for my channel.
@@johnmead8437why are you here? If you dont believe jog on 😊 There are no flaws in his story maybe you would be better watching coronation street as its 'real' 😂
Thank for sharing
My dad saw one about 25 years ago sprint across a road at 5 in the morning on his way to work, all black about the size of a Labrador, very long tail, shame he never had a dashcam 🤷❤️
Thanks for sharing, much appreciated 👍
Well, over a 3rd of the near 40 million cars an vans on the road in the uk have got dashcams and still we have no clear footage of big cats in the uk. If we had the numbers of big cat to go with the amount of eye witness sightings we would definately have some clear evidence by now
Good video bud, I spent my youth being brought up by my uncle in Kent, he was a head keeper on an estate around the Battle area. I spent all of the 70's out in the woods hunting and fishing with my cousins. We had often heard storeys of Big cats, but never came across anything exotic other than some Capybara that once lived on Romney marsh. Those poor buggers had to be culled, because rather than eat the long weed in the water ways, they took a fancy to the young reeds and scoffed them instead, so they had to go. Another lesion in meddling with the balance of nature , "Do it at your peril !" Keep the videos coming mate really enjoy the work. Big thumbs up,
Regards
Moose
Funny how keepers, who mostly are good field biologists (unlike most hunters), never have good evidence of these cryptid creatures that seem to be everywhere. Since many of those witnesses in the comments would never have seem polecats, martins, badgers or foxes of even wild deer, the lack of gamekeeper sighting is somehow strange....
And most gamekeepers would recognise this presenters expedition was unfortunately very close behind a mediocre hoaxers efforts and he obviously got well suckered...
@@johnmead8437well said, too many hoaxers around an zero clear evidence
Me and my driving instructor saw a large black panther in Leighton Buzzard near Milton Keynes. It walked right in front of us while we were parked up and disappeared into some bushes near a field. These things are out there believe me.
In cat's paw prints there is a depression caused by a main pad, often with three lobes, then four toe prints in front. The prints don't usually show claws because unlike dogs and foxes, cats have retractable claws.
Yes, these fabrications are poorly done, even filtered through a video. So is some of the expedition advice and field observation content. Sigh. But it's got a lot of similar evidence comments showing how common these creatures are.
A black panther crossed in front of my car, in the Yorkshire Dales, in October 1998. Unlike many other reported sightings this was in broad daylight, at about 9:45am. It didn't stop to look at the car, just slunk across the road and disappeared through a gate on the left-hand side. I believe it emerged from a farm track on the right.
Thanks for sharing Carrie 👍
Please share more if you can Carrie.
I saw one up close for about 90 seconds at the Army Training Area in Caerwent. It was pacing me as I walked through a heavily overgrown railway cutting. It was about 15ft away in the thick bracken. It was stocky, mottled black and smaller than a great Dane but bigger than a labrador. The site rangers were very much aware of it and volunteered where I had seen it before I told them. I first noticed it because, unlike the other wildlife I saw on the survey job, it didnt suddenly break cover when I got close, but paced parallel with me, stopping when I stopped.
I was sore afraid, as they say in the bible
Awesome Bruce, thanks for sharing my friend 🤝
I definitely think its possible that big cats are living in the uk but some of the photos i keep seeing on FB groups just make a total mockery of the subject
Agreed 👍
There was confirmed dna found last year
DNA has been confirmed from Cumbria, Panthera.
@@lyndarichardson7276 That's not proof without supporting evidence. It is supporting evidence for other indications one might be there though. The pains some go to to seek attention and make fools of others is clear, pick the clear fabrications in this video for instance.
If a couple of these panthers are around, it would be very apparent. They usually have some clear traits that make them insufferable pests, and are easily camera-trapped with trail cameras, just watch the amateur biologists (& some good ones recruited) who consistently find them in the wild when they cannot get visual contact. The reverse seems common i the UK panther/Australian Thylacine/US bigfoot circles.
I run a couple of those Facebook groups and I agree but unfortunately we can’t control what people want to post
Brilliant video I've been tracking wild life as you do for the last 15year it's a great hobby when you said nearly broken ankle I did just that on another occasion slipped on a tree root 3 broken ribs still not put me off love it Badger is great to track and sit with keep it up keep the videos coming really enjoyed it thanks👍
I remember my mum saying years ago, that someone in the 1970s let their big cats go after being ordered to give them up
I honestly dont know if its true , but she often reminded me of the story whenever someone claimed to see a big cat .
I think its amazing if they are out there , i hope they can stay safe and hidden from us .
It is true, that's why they are here and breeding. DNA was confirmed from Panthera just last week by The University of Warwick I think. The DNA was sampled from Cumbria from a carcass because it looked like a suspicious kill. She later saw the big cat while driving off. The account is on Big Cat Conversations.
Yes, I think it is true, many people owned them.
Quite an adventure! I've never seen a big cat when out in the hills - but I feel privileged to have seen a Scottish wild cat. Great video - nicely edited!
Oh man that is privileged, I understand they are very shy animals so that's awesome!! Thanks for your comment brother!
Scottish Wild cat...Nice 1.They is probably more Wild cats around then big cats! And it is extremely hard to spot a Wild cat so what is the chance of seeing big cats..although I have been lucky enough to see a big cat myself it's a once in a lifetime sighting
I have seen a Bobcat twice up near where I live on the Pennines near Saddleworth, once when I was up early fishing and the next time when I was doing a World Record Bivvy bag attempt on this occassion I had my Trailcam and got a picture of it but no video footage (it was whilst we were cooking steaks) it prowled about on the perimeter of the camp just outside the reach of the campfire!
Hey Urban Angler, awesome sighting my friend, thanks for sharing, much appreciated 👍
Where's the picture, Nimrod
Seen lynx type along railway lines around 12 yrs ago 👀😯 Lancashire
Would love to chat about this!
@@johnmead8437 where,s yours ⁉️
I seen one as clear as day about 20 foot from me in 2004...black panther it was.
@@patrickcoyle682 appreciate you sharing 🤝
My sighting was different. In the late 1980's I was walking alongside the Crinnan Canal, Argyll between Belanoch and Cairnbarn at night along a stretch with Ancient woodland on one side of the road and the canal on the other .
It has always been my preference not to use a torch unless needed ,your eyes adjust well on a long walk and you are even with your environment . If you use a torch you can only see what is in the beam ,but everything else can see you coming for miles.
Suddenly I became aware that a blackness had just leaped onto the road behind me about 30 feet away where I had walked seconds earlier.
I immediately pointed my torch beam at its face and to be honest only noticed two things ,its eyes reflected like a cat not a dog and this thing was huge I knew it was the Argyll cat by the size and spacing of its eyes.
I knew it had stalked me and that if it attacked there was nothing I could do, so I played bravado , I copied the Hulk's roar bending at the waist with the depth of my roar, arms out; the most 'come on if you think your hard enough' animal sound I have ever made.
Knowing I was miles away from safety I turned my back on it and as nonchalantly as posible just started walking. I did not even look over my shoulder ,saying to it I'm big was one thing but I really did not want to give the impression "And I intend to stand here and prove it." I walked about a hundred yards before I turned and searched with my torch in case my display had only delayed its next move, but I never saw it again.
When I told this story to an old man that lived in a caravan in the Aria he made me promise not to tell that he was well aware of them and swore that he had a den in the hill above him and had often that summer seen a mother with two cubs.
Cats don't leap out behind if stalking you. They stalk, any leap is from ambush or after a short very direct and often fatal rush. And moving off with a turned back is an invitation to attack for animals unexpectedly encountered or bluffed into pausing.
So that must have been a very unusual encounter....
A finite possibility of a few individuals exists in the UK & probably US, maybe other countries where they are "pets". But the plethora of reports with inconceivable elements demonstrates how many sad or mistaken reports exist. And the absence of supporting easily obtained evidence simply emphasises this.
@@johnmead8437 yep I agree ,replace the word "Stalking" with interested in me.. Every other word was exact. Where it leapt from their was the remnants of a drystone dyke with the remains of a fence then a road side ditch then a single lane B road so its leap was from the wall strait onto the road.
Annoying a leopard by facing it off with a torch in its face seemed like asking for trouble. I did expect to be charged turning my back on it ,but after my Primeval show of strength I hoped that cats don't' like being seen mid stalk and that predators tend to avoid other predators.
In a situation where I had no options I hoped nonchalant strength would work.(And did).
If you still don't believe me why read comments as you are clearly not prepared to trust anything.
Note even here I am not calling it a Leopard , merely pointing out the assumption I made based on its eyes. I would go as far as to guess it was a full size male because it was huge.
@johnh539 I know exactly where your sighting occurred, not far from the road across The Moss to Kilmartin ❤
@@carriehellyer1777 Yes I was living in Belanoch over the work shop.
Hi i totally believe you ☺️ im 💯 convinced that these big cats are here in the UK and are thriving. TH-cam is now awash with bots trying to undermine people who speak the truth over many different subjects. Im reading these comments as i have a genuine interest in this subject. All these non believers should go watch something else instead of constantly discrediting genuine peoples stories. They need to go get a life 😂
Thankyou for sharing it was a privilege for you to witness that (but scary) at the to time 😢 i saw the eyes of one in conwy north wales early 1980s 😊 it was only years later i realised what it was @@johnh539
We saw a large black cat, galloping in a field near Coombe Bisset. It was larger than a labradour and had a long curled tail.
I think those tracks would be considerably bigger if it were a big cat
I live in the northwest and I saw a large creature moving cat like crossing a road between to patches of dense trees
Hi can I ask what area? Thanks 😊
@@firesha-x cheshire
@@manofmystery9624 I'm in Merseyside so not far. I definitely think that they are here. There have been sightings in knowsley, Widnes, Runcorn, Warrington, Formby and Cheshire. Thanks 😊
Great video! It’s nice to see the footage of the deer and you spotting the “big” cat! This looked like a great trip out, thanks for sharing
I have had a Lynx walk across the a49 in front of me in my headlights whilst driving to work early one morning at Much Birch . Also no more than 10 feet away from me while driving my lorry in the day time near Bala i saw a sandy colour panther casualy walking along side a wire fence around a tree. I always park in the country side at night in my lorry and am always mindful of the fact that i am possibly not on my own when i go outside for a piss. How there is no positive evidence of these cat's to me is astonishing. They are out there boy's and girl's. I promise you!!
Thanks for sharing sir! Much appreciated 👍
@@ManDogWild you're welcome
@@fatbloke2285thats just it mate, theres literally no solid evidence is there. No doubt they could survive here with all the prey about for them, but with all the dash cams cctv phones an dont forget all the hunters who go out every night with guns an dogs an not one solid bit of proof, i just cant believe we have them here, the only explanation would be people letting them out of a night from a private zoo, but thats very doubtful also
sherbourne st john woods, carpeters down,all the way allong the A road duel carrage way,to mitcheldever. black panther. 2000-2012
My friend and I,on separate occasions saw recently, 3 cats ....she said like small white tigers, in the pentland hills
Thanks for sharing Helen 👍
That's really interesting Helen. Would you talk about your sighting?
kept finding big scats in my local woods 5 x size of a foxes ,then they cut wood down its 50yr up ,must of moved on, not seen anymore since ,just outside Banchory
Appreciate the knowledge, thanks 🤝
Thanks for this vid,I’ve encountered them,they won’t hurt you if you don’t get too close ,just stay very still if you see one -they will soon be off very fast -they have been here for years and years and will be here for years and years ,they really should just be added to our list of British wildlife at this point ,so people do have a chance of being mentally prepared for an encounter and know what to do so we can all just peacefully live among each other with them ,we are lucky to have them ,we need them to keep our deer numbers down ,where are you from ,see peoples comments,Surrey/Sussex? 👍
Seen two different cats in the forest of dean, puma and a leopard both times with other people, a friends farm was having sheep killed so he set up trail cameras and yep leopard was caught on the camera
I used to investigate ABC in 90's thay were definitely out there then , as an investigator i made a lot of contacts that confirmed it and educated me
Awesome Carl, thanks for the input, much appreciated 👍
Def. big cats in the UK. It's not even a question at this point. thnx
Seen a black cat years ago in daylight sat In Deep In the green sunbathing in the heat in the new forest, I saw it because I was high up in a coach and I always scan for deer when going by woodlands! So I no they exist it wasn't a new forest pony because I could see how muscular it's legs and shoulders were and it was smaller longer and slender! Jet black it was! Anyway I'm sure lots of people have seen them they just aren't sure because they aren't seen often so they probably doubted what they saw 👍
Awesome c3pno! Thanks for sharing 👍
Leave the cats alone wee end up spoiling things for our selves
I grew up on the isle of wight and in 1995 I was walking to my sisters house on the edge of parkhurst forest late one night after a party and saw a big cat cross the lane about 100 yards in front of me. I often think back and question what I saw. At first I thought it was a black labrador because it was that kind of size but it was moving slowly and paused for a second and I'm certain it was a cat. It wasn't just the head but the tail which sticks in my memory, how long it was and how it was held, so distinctive of a big cat. Dogs and even domestic cats just don't have a tail like that. There was only one street light further back so I can't be certain of colour because I could really only see the silhouette but size and shape was unmistakable. I know full well I sound like a total crank writing this but I'm pretty sure I saw a big cat that night.
I'm pretty sure I saw a big cat but it happened quickly in twilight. No camera on me. I had been in a woods all afternoon collecting firewood with my dog. Umpteen times back to the car to unload my back-pack, and going back & forth. So when I'd finished it was starting to go dark. November 2006 I think but may have been 2007 .
I thought I'd take my dog for a bit of a stroll before we went home. We started down a long track which was intersected about100 yards away by another track. She was sniffing about and I was looking down the track. when all of a sudden, on the intersecting track ahead, I saw a large black creature run along low to the ground. It kind of "slunk" and its body rippled as it ran then it was gone.
I estimated its length to be at least 3 feet probably more, and its "slinking height" to have been about 18 inches or more? It had a long tail
It wasn't a deer for sure. Or a loose dog (but we had seen no one in there and no dogs all day.)
The problem, was it all happened in about 3 seconds, in the twilight, so things were a bit unclear.
I decided to take my dog right out of there and go back to the car. I didn't feel I would have been in any danger but I didn't want my dog to catch its scent and run after it.
The next day I left my dog in the car and went to look for tracks. That was impossible as there was really thick leaf-litter. I spent some time looking and checking any patches of mud with few leaves on them, but no tracks.
That was in Somerset UK.
Probably the most convincing sighting recorded her, including the video. Still could very easily been a large moggy cat, some get big
@@johnmead8437 Yes, there are some big moggy cats for sure. But the one I think I saw was approx. the size of a German Shepherd! But obviously with a different body shape.
I saw a black panther on the outskirts of York, it gave me the chills because we arnt ment to see cats like this in the uk ,the thing was massive about 1 and a harlf times as big as a rottweiler but longer.
Their was a family off them that lived in the woods by my old house wen I was a kid, 30+yrs ago, the whole estate knew about them, the would hiss thru the bushes at people, they got hunted or driven on I can't remember the outcome
Thanks for sharing my friend 🤝
I got danger close to one near Marshwood, Dorset while out hunting. I never reported it because as a Gypsey I hate and don’t recognise the authorities of settled people.
Appreciate you sharing, thanks Chris 🤝
Hi there. I'm of Roma blood. I'd love to hear more of your story pal.
If only the local fuzz hadn't "poo-pooed" at the info I gave them, back in 1996/97, a little more interest may have ensued. I was approx 60yards/(55metres) from a Black Leopard, with a "normal" coloured neck & head( I.e,- pale fawn/yellowy colour with dark spots) I was out duck shooting on a friends farm(in Octobe r)
Great story. Can we talk about it?
Now that’s a distinct sighting. Though with how small the gene pool must be I’m not surprised if all kinds of weird colouration shows up
Yes i have seen one a black panther. It was beautiful.
Well for me I have seen one at night when we were lamping rabbits. It just jumped over wire fence at the other side of the field into the darkness black panther. I'd emagine it would be difficult to find one as this one was out of sight within seconds
Sweet video they definitely about still just roaming around
His accent is so strange half middle England half bad American but yeah there out there ive seen one in west Yorkshire with my dad walking on a dry stone wall over half a mile away it looked like a house cat looks at end of the garden was massive black cat unmistakable you wouldn't hardly see a small cat that distance for shure might be a speck 😅
I don't detect a trace of an American accent.
I'm just watching a few channel's that have looked into big cat's because I just read it's been confirmed there's now DNA proof and big cat's are confirmed in the UK but how many and how wide spread is unknown.
Someone could easily have planted panther fur on a fence mate
@@MrDanybewho? Where did they get the fur from...a panther? 😂 If you dont believe go watch coronation street and stop trolling 😂
Most people have panther fur in their homes and go out at weekends planting it on dead animals 😂
Ive seen one in kent reported looked black but was at dusk
Seen a grey wolf walk past the car at close range at the golden ball. Also a black puma cat heading towards wendover woods. Lots of wolf's and big cats are in the wild in the UK.
Spotted one in DONCASTER late 90s 😮
Look on trees for scratching
Good tip!
Interesting! Occasionally we get warnings in the local press here in Cheshire. I've seen a few wild campers have experiences and hear bosses that are definately a big cat noise. I believe them to be very skittish as you say, so probably not much of a concern for an adult.
Leve it alone not harming no one got right to live on this planet only come problem if start going looking for it
Thanks for this vid,I’ve encountered them,they won’t hurt you if you don’t get too close ,just stay still ,they will soon be off very fast -they have been here for years and years and will be here for years and years ,they really should just be added to our list of British wildlife at this point ,so people do have a chance of being mentally prepared for an encounter and know what to do so we can all just peacefully live among each other with them ,we are lucky to have them ,we need them to keep our deer numbers down
My friends seen him long time ago at St Mellion on the golf course then again weeks later at bolventor in a field so yes they are about
When i was a teenager, walking my dog deep in the woods off the beaten track,i got a bit lost, my dog was senting something in a tree,i looked up and saw a mangled small deer wedged in the tree. It looked partly eaten and it freaked me out. I and my dog felt fear and got out of the woods as quick as i could. Never told my parents they would not of believed me. It was an odd thing to come across.
Great vid. well done staying out , it's a different sensation once you know they are around , unfortunately i think your first print next to the fox cub was a canid too but of the domestic kind ,,,, there is an area of raised mud between the digits , this is known as the oasis by some, i call it the well. this happens due to the spacing of the toes . the fist size ones in the leaf litter are promising especially if they suddenly stop (look up then) , dogs will leave a constant trail in deep litter and as dogs do, run everywhere .. brill job keep it up :)
Thanks for the info Marion, very much appreciated 👍
Big cats are seldom Sen because they will hear, smell or see us well before we know they are there… etc. So, I’ll wander round in the middle of nowhere talking loudly into my camera! What could go wrong?
Im no expert but i have over 40yrs hunting and tracking big and small game here in the US which includes big cats as to cougars. Your description is deceiving and considered click bait.
The 1st set of tracks are from a cat but are too small compared to the fox tracks in order to be considered any large cat. The 2nd set of tracks you show are too old and degraded to be considered cat or anything else roaming around out there.
At the end you found a ferrell house cat and not a large cat at all. Good luck next time with hopes you do find a big cat eventually!
Someone with sense!
I sure would like you to check out what I found.
Please be patient and watch the entire video and let me know what you think.
I stumbled upon this researching if any one else may have found something aswell.
Thanks
The 1st set of tracks are from a cat but are too small compared to the fox tracks in order to be considered any large cat
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You do realise that wild cats come in many sizes right? Even within a species like a leopard for example, they come in a range of sizes, from tiny little cubs to 100kg big males and everything inbetween.
OMG, BET YOU FOUND BIG FOOT SOME ONE OF YOU SKILL PMSL
The has been sightings near me, but I personally have seen nothing or no evidence.
I noticed you camped in my neck of the woods not too long ago (Cannock Chase) and there is supposedly big cat sighting up there, along with mythical stories of Pig Man (half-man half-pig) and the Black Eyed Children who are alledged to be ghostly kids wandering around. There was actually a famous murder case in the 60's where a guy from Walsall murdered young girls and dumped their bodies on the Chase, so I don't know if the legend is from that.
I'm guessing you heard/saw nothing though, just as I never have despite mountain biking up there for many years both day and night.
An interesting fact about Cannock Chase is that it inspired JRR Tolkein's Lord of the Rings books. He lived in a house in Great Haywood in 1916, which is close to Shugborough Hall at the edge of the Chase.
"I tawt I taw a puddy tat." Regards
I went out looking for black bear where I live it was extremely exciting and nerve racking at the same time. It took me 6 trips to find one and then I seen 3 mama bear and 2 cubs. I have also seen a bobcat and a panther in the wild.
Awesome Jeremy! I love that exciting but nerve wracking feeling, keeps you on point! Thanks for sharing brother 👊
Black bear in uk?..
@@factsnchill168 no I am in United States and in Mississippi
What's more amazing is that Andy Peters still looks 30
Lad... that bedding area is deer...deer have more then one bedding area in their territory...them track in the forest u was walking in r muntjac and roe.
Iv been tracking in South of UK for 30 yr... I csn show u a big cat area near my home..u may see Ilit or not.
There is no such breed as a panther...just puma and jaguars..panteride breeds
We have lynx in uk... and we do have puma and jaguars aswell
Big black cats r not panthers...they r black leopards...they have a genetic darkness in their menelin in their skin cells which give the black colour to their fur
Please get hold of me as if ur up for a collaboration looking in areas for big cats then we can meet and get out there for one
Cats won't attack tents..they a apex predator for a reason and will remain more elusive then the muntjac which I track and see often...
I myself go out and keep in mind the interiors I'm in that have had sightings in of big cats armed. We have boar...we have 6 species of deer in uk aswell..other mammals...muntjac r generally noisy wiv the snapping and brake g of branches etc through the nite...everything else will walk about quietly lad....
Get hold of me and if ur near by we will go out and track and have a butchers at what's about
That's a domestic cat ...willow trees just behind the cat r no more then 2 inches wide...
Get intouch..
Awesome video. This Is the type of video that really gets you thinking?
That was fun! Cheers!
Thanks my friend, glad you enjoyed 👍
That was really amusing !
Nice one. Good luck
Im only a couple of minutes in, but that pic of what looks similar to a puma was found to be a breed of domestic cat also the foliage it walked past was only about a foot off the floor when somebody scaled it size
You have proved we have got ginger toms going around eating chicken at night "good job"🙀🙀🙀🙀
need to take plaster casts and measure the distance between pads/ limbs. also know the basic differences between dog and cat claws apart from retracted claws. Night flown thermal drones are amazing.
Night vision goggles are probably better than a torch and a fire
Setup a bait sheep surrounded by game cameras and measured poles spread around for scale. Feed and water the animal daily.
Leaving your scent everywhere, talking and using torches. No cat is going to venture anywhere near you...
Superb mate
26:20 OMG THERE'S THE VICIOUS BEAST!
Well done!!
Watched your whole video.
After reading the comments, I'm not sure how many saw the live footage of the cat at the end of the video. Otherwise this will be in big debate? Its cool footage but is this a predatory cat? Looks a tad bigget than a domesticated cat? Would love to hear people's opinions.
Also i watch alot Videos on deer hunting and deer bed down on vrass just like you showed in the vidio!! Big stags are extremely intelligent and very hard to spot in the wild as they can hear and smell you well before you can see them. Obviously i cant say for certain ,but its likely that a deer would have bed down there and a deer could have ran through the trees whilst you were sleeping!!
Keep up the search! Its interesting.
I dont have any big cat stories to share other than the few lepords we spotted in Taran geri national park in Tanzania in Africa 😅
Love cats, I am familiar with these beautiful shy animals , the only i would avoid to meet is a feral American Bobcat or a Mountain Lion , lucky us in EU the biggest one is the Linx but very hard to meet and as wolves do don't came close to humans. If someone manages to photograph the European Wildcat I'll buy him a beer if he shows me the picture of course. :D
WTF,,, this is just a normal kitty,,, Go specsavers
Good!! Leave them alone 🎉
Yo Treedeep ! Cheetahs don't retract their claws so if you see a cat print with claws it's likely a cheetah 😉
I live in Cornwall and I’ve seen two big cats once when I was about 17 years old in budock water big black cat running across a field late afternoon probably the size of a Labrador bringing it’s back legs right forwards 100% cat. The second time I was about 26 years old me and a some friends went fishing down the lizard at porthkerris and seen a big cat clambering up a steep cliff at night again 100% a big cat. I’m 48 years old now but I know other people who have seen big cats around budock water but not recently.
Reading the other comments lots of people from Cornwall seeing big cats
Awesome my friend, thanks for sharing 🤝
I'm wanting to record as many sightings as possible, if you'd be prepared to talk.
Back in the mid 60s I was in the army and stationed in Plymouth and would travel to and from my home in mid Cornwall to and fro to Plymouth, mostly very late at night to be back before revalue,one night at about 1.30 I was just past Bodmin Road station turning when came around a bend and my bike lihts lit up a big black cat right in the middle of the road, it was caught by surprise just as I was and I was going way too fast to stop on my Areial square four old 1000 cc bike, after all these years I can still picture its mouth looked a red in my lights and looked to be snarling looking straight at me, scared the crap out of me and I think that was the fastest ride to Liskeard that I had ever done, always stopped in Liskeard to warm my hands around the engine,a policeman on patrol stopped to talk and I told him about the cat,he said someone had already reported seeing one that night, people would scoff at the story but I know exactly what I saw.
@@philmay113 great story. My Dad was in the Devon and Dorsets. Love to hear more about your big cat encounter.
I don't mind saying it scared the he'll out of me and I can still after all these years see the way it was I'm sure snarling at me as I had startled it just as much as it startled me, I passed within 3 or 4 ft of it,as I was about to run into it or just to the side of it it ran up the hedge towards the railway lines , scared the sxxxt out me, I always went fast along that road back up to camp at that time of night think it was 1964 because I was out in Malaysia from 1965 onwards for over 3 years, but I'll never forget it.
Great video kept me waiting till the end. Well at least it was a cat. 😂😂🤣🤣. Joking aside it would be good to have big cats in our woods it would help keep the deer population down.
They do
I have a problem with a lot of submitted print evvidence, cats hate mud and they hate getting dirty. They will go to great lengths to avoid muddy areas. Of course, there will be times where they cannot help but leave tracks but i think a sighting is much more likely than a track find. When people find tracks in deep mud i get more sceptical than when someone reports a sighting.
Wild 'domestic' cats after a few generations can reach 15kg or more. The proof is Australia. At that size in the UK, they are the top predator.
Brilliant
Love your vids mate.
How's the babe? Probably walking now I guess??
Hey Barrie! Sorry for the late reply, just catching up now, I appreciate the comment! My boy is walking, running, jumping and causing mayhem, it's awesome 👍 hope you and yours are all well my friend!
I live near the beach & I saw a big cat just the other day, it must have been big enuf to eat at least 2 bowls of ready brek
I have pictures of a Black Cat the size of a Panther 🐆 killed by a HGV in Scotland 🏴 2 years ago 👍GTC
Felis catus, but how big was it? Some of them get very big
I believe there could be 1 or 2 cats out there that has been realised or escaped a private collection but im not one that thinks there roaming in numbers.
Maybe 5 or so.
Great video man. Where's your accent from? That's one "Highlander" set of tones.
The first tracks you showed were both fox tracks big an two smaller ones 👍
Like you said hang your cups, likewise boots up ended and on sticks. Deters slugs and no rain.
random question, do i hear some Australian accent mixed in there? Great video by the way, a lot of "these" videos don't hold your attention for too long but this one did. One new subscriber 👍