Thursday 6th August 2026

Isabel reckons that this is Lilith, my little black cat, on a day out. JD


Police confirm report of ‘big cat‘ sighting in fields near Corby – Northamptonshire Telegraph

Northamptonshire Police has confirmed they have received a report of the sighting of a large cat in fields in a village near Corby last week.

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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.