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I saw a large black cat just outside Cong, Ireland on my way to Ashford Castle. This was about 8 years ago - driving down the road in the early morning a big, dark-colored cat, about the size of a mastiff, say, was loping towards me. I knew it was a cat because of its silhouette, but also because of the way it walked and the way it swished its tail when it caught sight of me. Before I could get my camera out, it bounded into the woods.
When we arrived at Ashford Castle, we asked the falconers there ( you can go on a ‘hawk walk’ there, which is what we were there to do) what kind of large cats lived in the area. They insisted there were none. They’re all trained biologists so I have no reason to doubt them…but I saw what I saw! I chalked it up to the “lucky black bog cat” in local legend, but I definitely saw it.
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Dagnabit. I thought this was going to be about Scottish wildcats. Disappointed.
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www.bigcatsgb.co.uk my thirty years website on the subject has a main focus of potential none native big cat predation in the UK. Worth taking a look I’d suggest. Warning some pretty distressing images with overview of events presented. Regards Darrell
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Man. I miss the Fortean Times daily weird news.
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Although they weren’t particularly small nor (presumably) live underground.
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I have the same reaction when driving past houses with things like this in front, near the road:
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