Big cat sighting by train driver: ‘panther’ near Wychbold M5 | Malvern Gazette

_{Tuesday 26th August 2025}

Big cat sighting by train driver: ‘panther’ near Wychbold M5 | Malvern Gazette

The sighting of a big cat was spotted by a train driver near the M5 at Wychbold (junction 5)

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.