The Paranormal Database

Puma

Location: Hayle (Cornwall) - St Ives Bay Holiday Park
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 1990s
Further Comments: This cat was videoed by one witness, while other people saw the creature with a rabbit in its mouth. A zookeeper on holiday spotted the creature and identified it as a large cat.

Roadkill

Location: Hayling Island (Hampshire) - Exact location not known
Type: ABC
Date / Time: July 1988
Further Comments: A jungle cat was knocked over and killed along a road on the island, though sightings of other large cats continued for a while afterwards.

Cream Coloured Wolf

Location: Henham (Hertfordshire) - Back roads towards Thaxted from Stortford
Type: ABC
Date / Time: May 2011
Further Comments: A cream coloured wolf was spotted by occupants of a car while passing through this area. They stopped close to the creature which did not run off, apparently unfazed by the human presence. A few days later they observed the creature again. Some believe the creature to be more mundane and is a large German Shepherd.

Sleek Black Cat

Location: Hinckley (Leicestershire) - Fields along the A5
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 15 December 2014, 15:15h
Further Comments: A large cat, described as sleek and black, was spotted by a witness stalking along a hedgerow. The creature was said to be around six foot in length, and between 300 and 500 yards away.

Cats

Location: Hollesley (Suffolk) - Shingle Street and general area
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 1975 (circa), 2004, 2008, 2010s
Further Comments: In 2004 a prison guard spotted a large cat along a road, and four years later another witness encountered a large brown cat. Big Cats of Suffolk website reported that a forester had been warned by colleagues about large cats in the area during the 1970s, and in 2013 stool, hair and field signs were found.

Black Panther

Location: Holton St Mary (Suffolk) - Exact location not known
Type: ABC
Date / Time: May 1998
Further Comments: A 'stooped' large feline was reported in the area.

Big Cats

Location: Honington (Suffolk) - General area
Type: ABC
Date / Time: April 1985
Further Comments: Several sightings of ABCs occurred in 1985, though it was unclear whether they were of a single creature or a possible family.

Panther

Location: Hordle (Hampshire) - Track along Silver Street
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 17 November 1997, 22:00h
Further Comments: A woman who spotted a large, slinky cat with green / blue eyes while driving along a lane reported the encounter to the local press.

Church Cat

Location: Horsham St Faith (Norfolk) - Church
Type: ABC
Date / Time: April 1996
Further Comments: A large cat was observed by the church, standing around 25 meters from the witness.

Cats' Eyes

Location: Houghton-Le-Spring (Tyne and Wear) - Seven Sisters Round Barrow
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 17 December 2019, 21:00h
Further Comments: While walking along the track passing close to Seven Sisters, a witness spotted cat's eyes reflecting in their torch beam. The witness turned off the light, and when they turned it back on about a minute later, the torchlight reflected multiple pairs of eyes. The witness said the eyes were between knee and waist height and moved very fast.

Black and Stocky Cat

Location: Huddersfield (West Yorkshire) - Meltham
Type: ABC
Date / Time: Spring 2005
Further Comments: The local newspaper offered five hundred pounds to the first person to photograph the large black cat which has been spotted locally dozens of times over the past ten years.

Waist-High Cat

Location: Ilkeston (Derbyshire) - Bridge Street
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 29 May 2025, just after midnight
Further Comments: A man walking his dog encountered a large black cat that stood around waist-height. He reported the encounter to a police officer who he spotted on the way home, although the officer could not locate the cat.

Cat Attack

Location: Inkberrow (Worcestershire) - St Peter's churchyard
Type: ABC
Date / Time: December 1993
Further Comments: While hunting for the locally named 'Beast of Inkberrow', Nick and Sally Dyke discovered the cat in the churchyard - it knocked Nick over and took a swipe at Sally before running off. She was left with three ten centimetre long claw marks down one side.

Deer Hunter

Location: Inverkip (Inverclyde) - Hills in the area
Type: ABC
Date / Time: February 2006
Further Comments: A local hill walker discovered a baby deer which had been torn apart. The man speculated it was killed by a large cat, as the damage done to the dead creature far surpassed anything he had encountered before.

Large Cat

Location: Ipswich (Suffolk) - A12 bypass near Ipswich
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 1996
Further Comments: Part of a rash of sightings of ABCs in and around the Ipswich area during 1996, and that have continued well into the 2000s.

Birkfield Drive, Ipswich.

Large Cat

Location: Ipswich (Suffolk) - Birkfield Drive
Type: ABC
Date / Time: Mid 2010s
Further Comments: A man walking home late had encountered a handful of police searching the edge of a small, wooded area. He asked the closest police officer if everything was okay, only to be told that they had had a report of a large black cat in this location and were searching for it.

Foxhall Road, Ipswich.

A Very Black Cat

Location: Ipswich (Suffolk) - East Ipswich (Felix Road, Foxhall Road areas)
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 21 August 2006
Further Comments: The local paper reported that two people had seen a large cat, 'very black' in colour, in separate incidents. The first was along Felix Road at around 03:30h, followed by the Foxhall Road sighting two hours later. One witness said that the cat was not as big as a panther but was much larger than a normal cat.

Paws

Location: Ipswich (Suffolk) - Kelly Road
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 1996
Further Comments: Part of a rash of sightings of ABCs in and around the Ipswich area during 1996. The cat was nicknamed 'Paws' by the local press and a reward was posted for evidence. In the 2000s a witness came forwards to say that the 'cat' was a black Labrador which would run freely around the area, and most locals were aware of this at the time.

Area around Ipswich Pet Cemetery, which is no longer operational.

Big Black Cat

Location: Ipswich (Suffolk) - Tuddenham Road (near pet cemetery (no longer present))
Type: ABC
Date / Time: June 1996
Further Comments: Seen by a car full of people as it crossed the road, the cat was as large as a tiger with a jet black coat. Locals were unconvinced and named a local dog as the likely explanation.

Black Cat

Location: Isle of Mull (Argyll and Bute) - Area around Loch na Keal
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 1978 and continuing for rest of twentieth century
Further Comments: The first alien big cat was reported close to Loch na Keal, where it would remain (fleetingly spotted) over the next twenty years.

Fen Tiger

Location: Isleham (Cambridgeshire) - Exact location not known
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 25 August 2008
Further Comments: The police were notified after a large, black cat with a long tail was spotted in the area.

ABC

Location: Kesgrave (Suffolk) - Exact location not known
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 1996
Further Comments: Part of a rash of sightings of ABCs in and around the Ipswich area during 1996.

Leopard Cat

Location: Kingley (Cheshire) - Crewood Hall Farm
Type: ABC
Date / Time: November 1981
Further Comments: A farmer claimed he shot at a large golden cat that was on his land.

Beast of Carsington

Location: Kniveton (Derbyshire) - General Area
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 1990s
Further Comments: Seen dozens of times over the nineties, this ABC matched the description common over the country - large and black.

Black Cat with Cubs

Location: Leeds (West Yorkshire) - Between Headingley train station and Burley Park station
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 03 June 2009 and 28 May 2010
Further Comments: Workers on the track have seen a large black cat, around two metres in length, twice. On the first occasion the feline appeared to have two cubs, one light brown and the other black.