Sunday 19th July 2026

This is a mildly unusual report in that it is a sound not a sighting. And It has to be said that this part of Wales is notorious for big cat reports JD


Loud roar heard in Govilon! Could it be a big cat? | abergavennychronicle.com

The county has long enjoyed the lion’s share of big cat sightings in England and Wales and has a reputation as something of a hotspot when it comes to 

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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.