Big Cat Leaves Big Mystery Behind

By Chris Capps 5/12/10

In the wake of this Spring's Big Cat investigation, it seems the mysterious creatures are ignoring the official explanation that they cannot exist in the locations they are being reported. And the latest sighting, this one by Dr. Bob Sharp, is only punctuating the latest wave of mysterious animals appearing and subsequently disappearing long before they can be captured and examined.

Bob Sharp, the 64 year old retired head of the Strathclyde University Department of Sports, was strolling up Meikle Bin on Thursday, April 22, for a long half-day trek through the wilderness along the west edge of the Carron Valley Reservoir in the hopes of a long and relaxing journey to keep healthy and enjoy nature. What he found, however, would leave the skeptical man, who considers himself a very evidence based investigator perplexed for quite some time. In an email he shared with his friends and associates, he described spotting a strange creature whose presence would have been thought impossible if he hadn't been observing it with his own two eyes.

The creature was brown, had large fur-covered legs, and a long flicking tail. Its ears were rounded, unlike a dog's. The creature skulked about like a female lion on the prowl, not jostling along like a wild dog or a wolf. In his description he went through a list of creatures it could not have been, including a sheep, cow, deer, badger, fox, hare, wildcat, otter, or any other animal that should be in the region wild or domestic. He claimed to have been completely sober at the time, knowing full well that a hiker alone in the wilderness should not imbibe alcohol as it can quickly be a bad mix. He also declared that he had not been "high on drugs" either. And though the walk was long, he did not drive himself to the point of fatigue or hallucination through cold or overheating. That same day he revisited the area, but failed to locate the creature or any evidence that one of its description had passed through the area.

Local wildlife authorities stated the likelihood of spotting such a creature to be unlikely, but well withing the realm of possibility. As of January of 2009, there were well over 2,000 Big cat sightings reported to the British Big Cat Society or BBCS. The sightings most commonly report Panthers or a creature strikingly similar to the various breeds of black cat such as the panther. This is particularly interesting since black cats are generally a stage of development for several species of big cat and not a species in themselves. Though there has been great interest in the possibility of escaped big cats in Britain, but the collection of remains of big cats has been extremely limited. In 2006 there was a Eurasian Lynx shot and killed, and later confirmed by a police report, but at the rate the cats are reported there should be far more wild cats discovered, found dead, and captured in the area. Since these are not being discovered, the phenomenon remains unexplainable to this day.

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