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Yorkshire has long had rumours of big cats roaming the countryside – but on this day in 2003, police fuelled the theories even further.

Japan’s Unexplained Encounters: Humanoids, Wildmen & Lake Monsters

These photographs are mildly intriguing. They don’t look like the various photographs that have come from Google Earth in the past which were obviously of boats. Julie Fraser, who discovered the images on Google Earth, believes: “the shapes bear a far closer resemblance to large marine creatures. “Taking a closer look and enlarging the images – they don’t look like boats, and look like whales or something similar with an arc to their back.” I think that if she is correct, they are probably seals. But what are they? JD

Reports of a possible black panther sighting have been circulating on social media after a resident described seeing a large black cat

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Although it is the combination of an admirable rewilding programme, three CFZ expeditions to neighbouring Tajikistan have gained a lot of of evidence for the continued existence of the indigenous Caspian Tiger population. What happens to them now? If these new introductions are a success then they will be diluted into the wider tiger population. Is this a good thing? A bad thing? Or just a thing? I truly don’t know JD

JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOW

The Centre for Fortean Zoology is the Anglophone world’s largest and longest standing mystery animal research group.
* You can find us at cfz.org.uk
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Depending who you believe, the Tsushima leopard cat, like the better known Iriomote cat, is either a distinct species or a sub species of the Asian leopard cat. Either way both of these creatures are critically endangered, and this latest piece of news from Tsushima could be interpreted to suggest that inbreeding on the island is taking its toll. The creatures have been isolated for at least 100,000 years since the island separated from the Korean Peninsula. I don’t know about you, but I find this stuff completely fascinating. JD

Wales seems to be the most likely place to see a big cat in the United Kingdom at the moment. I wonder why this is? JD

JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOW

The Centre for Fortean Zoology is the Anglophone world’s largest and longest standing mystery animal research group.
* You can find us at cfz.org.uk
*. We stream a biweekly show on Youtube called On the Track
*. Follow this link to subscribe to our free monthly newsletter

JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOW

The Centre for Fortean Zoology is the Anglophone world’s largest and longest standing mystery animal research group.
* You can find us at cfz.org.uk
*. We stream a biweekly show on Youtube called On the Track
*. Follow this link to subscribe to our free monthly newsletter

Lori Bowling was driving through Hinsdale County with her husband Bill on July 28 and she was looking out of the window attempting to spot wildlife when she saw a massive creature emerge from the woods.

Lori submitted the sighting to the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (BFRO), writing: “What I saw was plain as day. Trust me when I say I am not a Bigfoot believer, but after what I saw I sure in the hell am now!