Big cat sightings in London reported 25 times over five years, police records show

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Big cat sightings in London reported 25 times over five years, police records show

The Met has received 20 reports of big cats roaming the streets of London in recent years, but some of the sightings were, on closer inspection, …

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.