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  • Intro
  • Latest News
  • Croydon Hill - 1985
    • 'Britain's Big Cat Mystery' Trailer
  • Bishops Lydeard - 2008
  • North Petherton - 2012
  • South Devon - 2020
  • South Devon - 2021
  • Big Cat Scats
    • Leopard Growls
  • Are You A Big Cat Sceptic?
    • Big Cat Conversations with Rick Minter
    • Angela Boyd's Big Cat Sightings
    • Newspaper Reports
  • Why Are Big Cats Living In The Wild In Great Britain?
    • Big Cat Scouting
  • How Dangerous Are Big Cats?
    • BBC News Report >
      • Claire Balding - Ramblings - Big Cats!
  • What About Photos and Films of Big Cats?
    • Big Cat Tent Photo Gallery >
      • Big Cat Talks
  • Films and Photos
  • Contact

Bishops Lydeard  - 2008

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Whilst driving down the A358 in the direction of Taunton and approaching the village of ​Bishops Lydeard,  near the Quantock Hills, I had my second sighting of a big cat! There it was, walking on the embankment on the left hand side of the road and this time it was much smaller than 'The Beast Of Exmoor' yet much larger than the largest domestic cat. This time I believe I had seen a juvenile black panther!

When I arrived at our home in Bishops Lydeard the first thing I told my wife as I walked through the door was that I had seen another big cat!

Later on that same day a friend's son called at our home to tell us that a large black cat had jumped out of the undergrowth at him as he walked to the scout hall in the woods on the edge of Bishops Lydeard and that he had lashed out at it and actually struck it with a stick he was carrying before it disappeared once more into the undergrowth!

It just had to be the same big cat! His description of it matched with mine and it was in the same vicinity as the one I had seen! 
Bishops Lydeard had just been visited by an aggressive and mysterious black cat and I thank God for protecting our friend's son from it.

I wonder if it ever returned?!!!

N.B. It's possible and highly likely that this is the same black panther that was spotted at Crowcombe Park Gate on the Quantocks in 2017!



Photos used under Creative Commons from Tambako the Jaguar Tambako the Jaguar