the big cat

[gers#1fan]

take it a few of you will have seen the 'big cat' in the courier today.

but to me looks like its a computer generated image...?

[Bruce]

Where was it spotted? During the summer we saw a large cat somewhere along the Dalsmirrin road... it looked too big to be a domestic cat anyway - and it wasn't exactly a brief glimpse we got! We also heard of a similar sighting the year before!

[eddie mitchell]

take it a few of you will have seen the 'big cat' in the courier today.

but to me looks like its a computer generated image...?

had a look on the courier website looks more like a bush
but I believe there is bests in them there hills better lock your doors never mind the hairy ones down town
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[Scots_lad]

I believe there is a big cat in the area but think this looks like a fake.

[gers#1fan]

you can tell by miles its a fake.

no wonder whoever posted it wished to remain anonymous.

[Beachcomber]

Yes it's a fake. I was surprised the Courier printed it, given how easy it was to spot.

The same view of the golf course has been on The Carradale Goat website for months, and the panther was cut and pasted from another picture also found on the web.



Like a lot of people I believe there really is a big cat up in 'them thar hills', and in lots of other parts of the country, too.

The newspaper has been on the receiving end of quite a lot of discussion on the forum lately, about the quality of its own website and the ratio of news to advertising.

[Bruce]

That photo looks like a fake... and whatever we saw wasn't black or anywhere near as big as a panther - I would have said it was closer to the size of a fox (but it was definitely some sort of cat!)

[petewick]

Where was it spotted? During the summer we saw a large cat somewhere along the Dalsmirrin road... it looked too big to be a domestic cat anyway - and it wasn't exactly a brief glimpse we got! We also heard of a similar sighting the year before!

I think I've mentioned this before but were making their way back to town via the Dalsmirran road and they saw a glint coming from the trees just at the Glenahanty road end.
In further investigation, a n animal transportation cage was found with a rope attatched to the door.


petewick

[Beachcomber]

That photo looks like a fake... and whatever we saw wasn't black or anywhere near as big as a panther - I would have said it was closer to the size of a fox (but it was definitely some sort of cat!)

Might just have been a large domestic cat - one of mine is pretty big - but could also have been a Lynx which can grow to the size of a Labrador dog and are known to be abroad in the country again.

[Bruce]

I've seen some large domestic cats, but none as big as this particular one... however, I won't dismiss any possible explanation - even a lynx!

[Beachcomber]

The thing about Lynx, of course, is that they're not even exotic - they're just coming home.

[Bruce]

The same could be said of many other animals if they were re-introduced to this country (including wolves)! However, when was the last time an animal such as the lynx was native? According to the Scotsman it was about 1800 years ago!

[gizmo]

If it says it in the Scotsman it must be true

[kspbac06]

[size=18]i saw it oot machrihanish and it chased me across th golfcourse lol [/size]

[Part-time Campbeltonian]

I saw a big cat in a field near Fort Argyll a few years ago. I was with a group of people that all saw it and a number of others saw it/another one in the same area around the same time. It was totally black, as big as a large dog and had a long tail. It chased a rabbit into some bushes at around the same time that we turned and ran away as fast as we could. We were not hanging around to see if it was succesful or to find out if the rabbit was only a starter to be followed by a group of small boys! I am in no doubt that there are big cats in Kintyre after that experience.