Another Stroud big cat report

Tuesday 15th September 2026

Fresh ‘black panther’ report after early-morning sighting in Nailsworth | Stroud Times

Reports of a possible black panther sighting have been circulating on social media after a resident described seeing a large black cat early on

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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.