My Big Cat Sightings
  • Intro
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  • 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
  • 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

Picture
On the evening of the 30th of April 2020 I was walking with my dog on the edge of woodland in Devon. Suddenly my dog  started pulling on the lead. I knew immediately that he was onto something then I heard  what he must have heard!  What was it?  It was the 'growl' of a puma, echoing from the  woods nearby in the still night air! In all, I must have heard up to 30 such noises and the sound was crystal clear!  After this it fell silent and moments later I saw something! In the fading light I could see that it was a powerfully-built  tan-coloured animal and it was heading with purpose down a track in front of us about 70 feet away! My dog's view of it was obscured by a mound, so he did not react.  At that point I decided to head quickly back to  a safer area as I did not have a torch or a strong stick with me!

We stood there for a few minutes and all was quiet. After a short while we headed back and stood motionless for several more minutes but whatever I had seen had gone, probably down a side path into the undergrowth to follow other scents! What had I seen?  It was the very puma that we had just heard!  


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Two big cat scats I photographed in Devon.  Big cat scats have a distinctive and rather subtle musk smell,  and  contain prey hairs , especially deer hairs and can also contain the cat's own grooming hairs. (I have many more similar photos.)
​(Scat photos copyright owned by Alex Bowler)

Photos used under Creative Commons from ahisgett Tambako the Jaguar