One man, five big cats and hundreds of sightings – welcome to Surrey’s wild side.

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One man, five big cats and hundreds of sightings – welcome to Surrey’s wild side. More here

One man, five big cats and hundreds of sightings – welcome to Surrey’s wild side. More here: https://bbc.in/45wzoyt.

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.