More big cat sightings in Wales

Thursday 14th May 2026

it is well known that sightings of Fortean phenomenal happen in waves or “flaps“, and this is perfectly illustrated by this, the latest report about big cat sightings, or to be strict, big cat reports, in North Wales. JD

Big cat sightings reported just days apart in Conwy | North Wales Pioneer

A LARGE black cat has been spotted twice in just over a week in the Conwy Valley, with one witness capturing a photograph now published on the…
 
“It was walking on a pathway ahead of me by about 70 meters. It was a bit bigger than my springer spaniel. I watched it move for about 30 seconds, then saw it sideways, it’s head was much bigger than a domestic cat, it moved as though it was prowling.”

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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 an eleven year old granddaughter called Evelyn.