Big Cat Sightings and Encounters
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.
ID #2490, last updated 2002-09-28
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.
ID #10133, last updated 2011-01-02
Long Black Cat
Location: Lighthorne Heath (Warwickshire) - Leam Road area
Type: ABC
Date / Time: May 2006
Further Comments: One man watched a long black cat walk from the basketball court, some one hundred metres away, towards him. The creature stopped its approach around fifteen metres distant and watched the witness for a few minutes before walking off towards the lower village of Lighthorne across National Trust land.
ID #7162, last updated 2007-04-01
Large Cat
Location: Loch Lochy (Highland) - A82
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 05 April 2016
Further Comments: A driver and passenger spotted a puma cross the road and jump into hedgerow as they travelled south.
ID #12240, last updated 2016-08-19
Attacked Collie
Location: Longhope (Gloucestershire) - Old Moor's Wood
Type: ABC
Date / Time: February 2000
Further Comments: A collie named Basil was attacked by a large creature in the woods; the vet who stitched up the ten centimetre tear on the neck said the injury looked as if it was caused by a cat.
ID #2495, last updated 2002-09-30
ABC
Location: Longstanton (Cambridgeshire) - Exact location unknown
Type: ABC
Date / Time: May 1996
Further Comments: One of many ABC sightings in East Anglia during 1996.
ID #247, last updated 2000-08-17
Beast of Lytham
Location: Lytham St Anne (Lancashire) - Green Drive area
Type: ABC
Date / Time: April / May 2005
Further Comments: Described as being the size of a collie dog, light in colour with large ears and a huge mouth, this large cat was spotted by more than twenty people over the period of a few weeks.
ID #6252, last updated 2005-05-15
Bob Tailed Cat
Location: Manchester (Greater Manchester) - Area around the canal near the Pomona Public House, Old Trafford
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 1990s
Further Comments: Anglers fishing in this area reported a cat the size of a cocker spaniel which often appeared at day and night.
ID #5058, last updated 2004-03-13
'White Hyena'
Location: Margam (West Glamorgan) - Lakeside Golf Range
Type: ABC
Date / Time: December 2005
Further Comments: After receiving reports of a large cat, police officers called to the golf range observed a strange creature, a third bigger than an Alsatian and white in colour. One witness said the front legs were bigger than the hind legs and the creature had a long tail which reached the ground. However, an animal warden would soon go on to recover the animal, which proved to be a German Shepherd/Husky cross, slightly different to the given description.
ID #6679, last updated 2006-02-19
Beast of Balbirnie
Location: Markinch (Fife) - Woods in the area
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 2005
Further Comments: Over thirty sightings of a large cat were made in Fife over a twelve month period. Several animal carcasses were found torn to pieces and a ten centimetre long cat footprint was found in soft earth.
ID #6646, last updated 2005-10-16
Black Cat
Location: Marlborough (Wiltshire) - Marlborough section of the Wansdyke, near to Wernham Farm
Type: ABC
Date / Time: July 2003
Further Comments: While out walking her dog, this witness came across a large black cat close by; the feline looked at her before slowly walking off.
ID #5500, last updated 2004-10-02
ABC
Location: Martlesham (Suffolk) - Between Foxhall & Seven Hills Roundabouts
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 1996
Further Comments: Part of a rash of sightings of ABCs in and around the Ipswich area during 1996.
ID #270, last updated 2000-08-27
Busy Cats
Location: Measham (Leicestershire) - General area
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 2000
Further Comments: The start of the twenty first century saw a record number of puma sightings in Leicestershire, exceeding 150 reports of the creature(s).
ID #2493, last updated 2002-09-30
Fen Tiger Returns
Location: Melbourn (Cambridgeshire) - Fowlmere Road
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 05 December 2012, 05:45h
Further Comments: Cyclist Gavin Elliott-Turner encountered two large black cats in the snow while travelling to work. The creatures ran off across fields, leaving clearly visible footprints.
ID #11186, last updated 2012-12-09
Large Black Cat
Location: Melton (Suffolk) - Road in the village
Type: ABC
Date / Time: May (?) 2004
Further Comments: A milkman on his early morning round reported seeing a large black cat in the village - the sighting unnerved the man to such a degree he quickly left the scene and refused to return to complete his work.
ID #5276, last updated 2004-07-26
Red Cat
Location: Mevagissey (Cornwall) - Area west of Town
Type: ABC
Date / Time: January 1995
Further Comments: This ABC, possessing a vivid red coat, was blamed for the carcasses of several deer that appeared to have been eaten.
ID #2489, last updated 2002-09-28
Leaping Cat
Location: Milton Keynes (Buckinghamshire) - Bleak Hall area, close to railway bridge
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 1986
Further Comments: Two teenage friends heard something behind them and watched as a large black cat jumped out into the road. It made eye contact with the witnesses before jumping off again into woodland.
ID #10128, last updated 2011-01-02
Beast of Buchan
Location: Mintlaw (Aberdeenshire) - Woods near The Beaches
Type: ABC
Date / Time: Late 2006
Further Comments: Local man James Maskame watched a large black cat-like creature leave the woods before running across nearby farmland. This is just one of several in the area, where local media have dubbed the cat 'The Beast of Buchan'.
ID #7068, last updated 2006-12-12
Emerald Eyed Cat
Location: Mylor Bridge (Cornwall) - Between Mylor Bridge and Carclew
Type: ABC
Date / Time: February 2000, and 2008
Further Comments: A large cat walked over to a stationary car and stared into the driver's eyes, face to face, through the side window. The creature then took off into the night.
ID #2494, last updated 2002-09-30
Two Kittens
Location: Nether Stowey (Somerset) - Field off South Lane
Type: ABC
Date / Time: Late August, 2007
Further Comments: Builders on a construction site watched two large black cats on a nearby field. One of the men went to have a closer look and additionally spotted a pair of younger cats; kittens, but much larger than domestic animals.
ID #7893, last updated 2007-08-28
Black Cat
Location: New Ellerby (East Riding of Yorkshire) - Field quarter of a mile outside of village
Type: ABC
Date / Time: May 1992, morning
Further Comments: From around one hundred metres distant, a witness spotted a large black panther-like cat drinking from a ditch at a field edge.
ID #16151, last updated 2025-11-02
Cat Attack
Location: Newick (Sussex) - Hill
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 17 October 2001
Further Comments: A man working in the undergrowth was attacked by a lynx-like creature that tried to bite his hands. Luckily, he was wearing thick gardening gloves that protected him.
ID #3584, last updated 2003-01-15
Road Crossing Cat
Location: North Walsham (Norfolk) - Northeast of village, close to Bacton Woods / Verona woods
Type: ABC
Date / Time: June 2010
Further Comments: Four witnesses slowly driving in this area spotted a large cat walking from a wheat field, down a bank and across the road. When the witnesses stopped their vehicle, the cat ran up the opposite bank and into Verona woods.
ID #11388, last updated 2013-07-27
Large Cat
Location: Northallerton (North Yorkshire) - Hailstone Moor, near Scholla Lane
Type: ABC
Date / Time: December 2011
Further Comments: One man reported two sightings of a big cat on consecutive days in December 2011. The creature was bigger than a domestic cat and stood against a fence which was later used as a reference point to measure it; the creature was estimated to be around five foot (150 centimetres) long.
ID #11025, last updated 2012-07-22
Stafford Beast
Location: Norton Bridge (Staffordshire) - General area
Type: ABC
Date / Time: August 2008
Further Comments: There were several reports of a large cat in this region over the 2008 summer, including one report of a pet sheep found dead (a local 'expert' saying that a big cat had attacked it).
ID #8818, last updated 2008-08-25
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