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Freemars2259
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 Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 8:32 am Post subject: UK Alien Big Cats |
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ABCs - Alien Big Cats in Wales?:
http://binnallofamerica.com/rr9.12.8.html
...For many years now people across Wales and the rest of the UK have reported seeing the same basic creatures in and around rural areas. Amazingly, in 2002 alone a staggering 1,077 sightings across the UK were reported to the British Big Cat Society.
There have also been more than 40 such big cat sightings reported to police in North Wales since 2000. Plus, just think of how many people could have seen or even just heard something unusual (like my mother has) and never reported it to the authorities. Also, with its sparsely populated hills and ample supply of sheep for food, Wales would certainly be an ideal place for such animals to live and multiply covertly. However, where could they have come from? As we've already noted their are no known species of big cats native to Wales. So, how did they get here?
There are a couple intriguing theories on this. One of these I've always found interesting, is the idea that some of the exotic animals the Romans may have brought here to use in their amphitheatres could have escaped or even been let go into the wild. If not the Romans maybe the Victorians, they also kept exotic pets and used big cats in their circuses which could have escaped or been let loose.
Another theory that has always intrigued me is the idea that the ABCs might not be "Alien" at all but instead an unidentified species of big cat native to Britain, perhaps survivors from the prehistoric past. Fossil evidence indicates that the lynx survived in Britain until at least 1,500 years ago, its extinction due to human activity rather than environmental changes. Maybe in more remote areas (like parts of Wales) some managed to survive into modern times.
However, perhaps the most likely explanation is the idea that the animals could have been released into the wild after the Dangerous Wild Animals Act (1976) came into force. Many big cat owners, of course, did not want to have their animals taken away or even worse put down, so they released them in remote locations where it is argued the animals could have survived and met up to establish ever growing feral populations...
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http://binnallofamerica.com/rr9.12.8.html |
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| Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:24 pm Post subject: Re: UK Alien Big Cats |
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| Freemars2259 wrote: |
ABCs - Alien Big Cats in Wales?:
http://binnallofamerica.com/rr9.12.8.html
...For many years now people across Wales and the rest of the UK have reported seeing the same basic creatures in and around rural areas. Amazingly, in 2002 alone a staggering 1,077 sightings across the UK were reported to the British Big Cat Society.
There have also been more than 40 such big cat sightings reported to police in North Wales since 2000. Plus, just think of how many people could have seen or even just heard something unusual (like my mother has) and never reported it to the authorities. Also, with its sparsely populated hills and ample supply of sheep for food, Wales would certainly be an ideal place for such animals to live and multiply covertly. However, where could they have come from? As we've already noted their are no known species of big cats native to Wales. So, how did they get here?
There are a couple intriguing theories on this. One of these I've always found interesting, is the idea that some of the exotic animals the Romans may have brought here to use in their amphitheatres could have escaped or even been let go into the wild. If not the Romans maybe the Victorians, they also kept exotic pets and used big cats in their circuses which could have escaped or been let loose.
Another theory that has always intrigued me is the idea that the ABCs might not be "Alien" at all but instead an unidentified species of big cat native to Britain, perhaps survivors from the prehistoric past. Fossil evidence indicates that the lynx survived in Britain until at least 1,500 years ago, its extinction due to human activity rather than environmental changes. Maybe in more remote areas (like parts of Wales) some managed to survive into modern times.
However, perhaps the most likely explanation is the idea that the animals could have been released into the wild after the Dangerous Wild Animals Act (1976) came into force. Many big cat owners, of course, did not want to have their animals taken away or even worse put down, so they released them in remote locations where it is argued the animals could have survived and met up to establish ever growing feral populations...
Read the rest here:
http://binnallofamerica.com/rr9.12.8.html |
Thanks for bringing one matter into focus, I've often read about the large mystery felines of England for some weird reason never connected Roman Arena Animals with the big cats sighted there in recent times.
Good Point.
I imagine that some Roman households had imported pets from all over the empire.
Then again, these big mystery cats could of been there long before the Romans arrived in England. |
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