AllforNun Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Just walking my 2 dogs late this evening in the rye when one of them started acting really strangely near the back of the garden area. Then something came out of the shrubs and started to walk across the path into the picnic area. At first i thought it was a fox then realised that it was actually bigger than my dog, which is a young labrador. It stopped for a few seconds and stared at the 3 of us, i then noticed that its tail was long thin and fairly large curling up over its back and it had sandy colored fur with a leopard patching. It dawned on me that this was some kind of wild cat, then seconds later a 2nd one smaller appeared along side it and they both turned and headed of up the path and towards the wooded area. My dogs refused to follow and turned around. I must say i was pretty freaked out. Unable to blame this on any local quango or liberal executive plot i am at a loss to explain what the hell they were. I stared at them for a good 20 seconds at about 15ft and have no idea what i was looking at..........? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/5759-peckham-rye-mystery-with-tail/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo1964 Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Crikey! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/5759-peckham-rye-mystery-with-tail/#findComment-184921 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeptfordDiva Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 oooh, take a camera with you next time so we can see. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/5759-peckham-rye-mystery-with-tail/#findComment-184923 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 ?http://www.britishbigcats.org/images/cms/bodmin%20card%20board%20cut%20out.jpg Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/5759-peckham-rye-mystery-with-tail/#findComment-184926 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllforNun Posted March 25, 2009 Author Share Posted March 25, 2009 i know crikey indeed ! it a weird feeling when you can not actually place something and my dogs went all weird as well, how come they just don't think it is just another animal, how would they know it/they were somehow odd ? (tommy) they were smaller than that, this is going to sound even weirder but they had that hunched up body type of Hyena's, but obviously not as big. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/5759-peckham-rye-mystery-with-tail/#findComment-184927 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louisa Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Allfornun this would be the 'wild cat of peckham rye', not sure if you remember but about 30 years ago there was an article in a local newspaper about sightings of a big cat in the park and eventually it was all forgotten about and put down to exaggeration or just a domestic cat that was now living wild. But the story has popped up a few times over the years and many sightings of this animal/animals have been seen. I have not personally seen it yet but I think I too would be rather freaked out. I wonder if the SLP will jump on this one (yet again).Louisa Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/5759-peckham-rye-mystery-with-tail/#findComment-184931 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andystar Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I'm sleeping with one eye open tonight.. :'( Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/5759-peckham-rye-mystery-with-tail/#findComment-184932 Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Clown or ghost...one of the two Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/5759-peckham-rye-mystery-with-tail/#findComment-184938 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetgirl Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 scary shit..... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/5759-peckham-rye-mystery-with-tail/#findComment-184946 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSetWilly Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Howletts Zoo, near Canterbury, recently had an escape of Dholes, which don,t sound too dissimilar to what you saw, problem is I think they were all either shot or recaptured. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/5759-peckham-rye-mystery-with-tail/#findComment-184947 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Palaeologus Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 FANTASTIC!Finally, we have a an ED Mystery Big Cat, we have lacked this and I am so pleased that we have not one but two, maybe a breeding pair? Lets hope so. It might keep the squirrels and parakeets down.I was in Dulwich Park ther day and I am sure I saw something strange, dark, glossy, muscular (not Dulwichmum's leg) slipping through the waters of the lake ... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/5759-peckham-rye-mystery-with-tail/#findComment-184954 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peckhamgatecrasher Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Sure it wasn't the lesser spotted aquacactus? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/5759-peckham-rye-mystery-with-tail/#findComment-184955 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macroban Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Friern Farm cat.Bad portent. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/5759-peckham-rye-mystery-with-tail/#findComment-184956 Share on other sites More sharing options...
trinity Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Clouded leopards have very long tails - they have one at London Zoo but lets hope its still there as they have very nasty bites. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/5759-peckham-rye-mystery-with-tail/#findComment-185075 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DontForgetTheGoldfis Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 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.htmlSome 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 :-) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/5759-peckham-rye-mystery-with-tail/#findComment-185122 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadwolf Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Don't worry everyone me and the gang will look into this as I can't have some lost mountain cat wondering around untaxed. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/5759-peckham-rye-mystery-with-tail/#findComment-185126 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 If, of course you hadn?t just been picking the mushrooms growning on Peckham Rye, it may have been a serval http://www.brandywinezoo.org/images/serval_cat.jpgOr an ocelothttp://www.cincinnati.com/postcard/img/photos/ocelot_zoobabyB.jpgOr a similar type of wild cat as in recent years cat breeders have experimented with interbreeding these cats with moggies to create new breeds of domestic cat. So maybe a few escaped. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/5759-peckham-rye-mystery-with-tail/#findComment-185156 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Max Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 I seen several servalsAnd wot a lot of ocelotsAs I walked Through Peckham Rye ParkI seen moles, rats and polecatsAnd cougars shooting LugersAs I walkedThrough Peckham Rye ParkBut I never seen a beaver yetNor even just one marmosetAs I walked through Peckham Rye ParkNo I never seen a beaver yetEven by the badger set,So I won't walk throughPeckham Rye Park Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/5759-peckham-rye-mystery-with-tail/#findComment-185163 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louisa Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Stunning poetry TM.Louisa. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/5759-peckham-rye-mystery-with-tail/#findComment-185166 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Been out picking mushrooms Ted? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/5759-peckham-rye-mystery-with-tail/#findComment-185168 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moos Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Could explain the daffodil dilution in the Park too, buggers for 'em those wild cats are. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/5759-peckham-rye-mystery-with-tail/#findComment-185170 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllforNun Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 their fur was nothing like that brendan, it looked pretty rough and matted. Not that Dholes thing either, slighty too large and dog like. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/5759-peckham-rye-mystery-with-tail/#findComment-185182 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Max Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 That's one purty cat, right there, Moos. There's a certain regal haughtiness that's familiar, though. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/5759-peckham-rye-mystery-with-tail/#findComment-185215 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huggers Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 could it have been the giant rabbit? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/5759-peckham-rye-mystery-with-tail/#findComment-185244 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peckhamgatecrasher Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 I thought an ocelot was a submarine. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/5759-peckham-rye-mystery-with-tail/#findComment-185253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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