‘Big cat’ sighting as ‘black panther’ terrorises village for second time this summer

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’Big cat‘ sighting as ‘black panther’ terrorises village for second time this summer – Daily Star

The second panther sighting of the summer has been reported in Bulgaria, and has been sparking viral memes and national conversations about an …

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.