Tuesday 14th July 2026

Here we have another one of the big cat stories from the backlog which has amassed during the time that I have been out of action due to my house move. We are getting towards the end now, thank goodness. I’m not sure what to make of this photograph. I’d be very interested in reading your comments. The fact that it had taken in a park in Bristol does seem to preclude it being a bonafide big cat. But stranger things have happened JD

Photo claims to show big cat pictured in Bristol parkBristol Live

Photo claims to show big cat pictured in Bristol park. ‘It just disappeared pretty quickly into the bushes, I saw it for maybe a couple of seconds’.

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