Now, I know in the US, big cats are 'normal' in some parts...bobcats, mountain lions, pumas etc. But in the UK they are not native.
There is always rumours, sighting etc of large cats, the stories go back decades, especially 'The Beast of Bodmin Moor'. But in the past few months there seems to have been a few sightings in Scotland, reports of a horse with injuries consistent with an attack by a large cat etc.
Here's some video that has been caught recently. To the right of the video is some links for the other recent stories if you want to read further.
At work we having been watching and re-watching this video all day - debating is it really a 'big' cat? I thought it was maybe just a large domestic tom cat, but looking at the way its ears are flat against it's head, it does look like a black panther. What do you think?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...st/8172064.stm