Beast of Bolton

_{Wednesday 31st January 2024}

Large cat spotted in Egerton could be ‘Beast of Bolton’

The ‘beast of Bolton’ could be back according to a dog walker who spotted a large black cat in Egerton on Tuesday morning.

Jonathan Downes

Cryptozoologist, naturalist, musician, singer, composer, poet, novelist and Director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology since 1992. Jon was born in Portsmouth in 1959 and spent his infancy in Nigeria and his childhood in Hong Kong. His wife Corinna died of cancer in 2020, leaving him with two stepdaughters and a six year old granddaughter called Evelyn.