Man claims ‘lioness-like’ cat is on the loose near Swindon

_{Monday 21st July 2025}

Man claims ‘lioness-like’ cat is on the loose near Swindon – Yahoo

A big cat may be on the loose near Wiltshire. A concerned caller contacted this newspaper after seeing what he described as a “puma-like” creature …

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.