This link is from a few years ago but this Panther or Lynx seems to creep up every couple of years. There are big cats out therehttp://www.webhostingtalk.com/archive/index.php/t-387281.html Some estimates say there could be up to 100 big cats lurking in Britain. Such sightings, dating back to the 1920s, fall into three categories - panther, puma or lynx-type cats. The most famous, The Beast of Bodmin Moor, was captured on video in Cornwall in 1998. The 1976 Dangerous Wild Animals Act forced exotic pet owners to get rid of their animals because it cost too much to keep them, so lots were let loose. You'd think they were dead by now but there are so many similiar sightings and in similiar areas all the time. Quite exciting really :-)