The Loch Ness monster is not enough for the inhabitants of the islands. According to unofficial data, up to 1,000 mysterious giant cats are seen in Britain every year. Most meetings of this kind take place in Scotland, where Nessie is supposedly found.
Legends are already being written about the elusive "lions" and "panthers". For the first time, a farmer and journalist, familiar to those interested in British history, stumbled upon a strange predator, William Cobbett. It happened in 1825.
Since then, people have burst through: reports of encounters with overseas cats, both black and yellow, came from different regions and even from persons in positions of authority. In the 1970s, for example, two police officers saw the monster in Surrey. “Police Inspector Eric Bourne said he saw a big puma-like cat. According to him, she was about the size of a Labrador and had a reddish brown coat. However, according to his colleague, the cat was black, except for two white spots on the front left leg! - reports the BBC Surrey website.
Sometimes eyewitnesses noticed huge cats hunting. So, in 1995, the story of a puma-like animal chasing a deer belongs. By the way, the policeman was lucky again to see the mysterious beast.
Biologists, in response to the beliefs about the "leopards" that secretly settled in Albion, remind that these predators became extinct on the future British territory 24 thousand years ago - even before the end of the last ice age. According to them, the only wild cat found in the country is the Scottish Forest Cat.
At the same time, such stories are not always fiction: exotic cats have often escaped from zoos or pet menageries. True, in these cases, everything necessarily ends in trapping.
