The new issue of Taps Paramagazine includes an article from me on British official (military, government and police) files relating to sightings of unknown animals. Titled The Creature Files, the article focuses on real X-Files on the Loch Ness Monster, big cats, sea-serpents and more. Maybe it's time for us to start sending out Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to the FBI, CIA, etc. to see what they have? The results might be surprising...As I note in the article:
"Replying in 2006 to a FOIA request from a member of the public with an interest in big cat sightings seen in the county of Hampshire, England between 1995 and 2005, the county’s Police Force released secret files that stated: 'Hampshire’s Constabulary’s Air Support Unit has been deployed to assist with the following reports: January 1995 – Black Panther like animal seen in Eastleigh. Two likely heat sources found by the aircraft, but nothing found by ground troops. March 1995 – Black Puma like animal seen in Winchester. One heat source found that could not be classified by the aircraft crew, kept running off from searching officers, search eventually abandoned.'"
And that's just the tip of the iceberg...
Just by coincidence, there was a special on Black Panthers in the UK around 1:00 pm on the Discovery Channel over here. It was from 2000 and it was from a series called "Strange Beasts," I think. It featured interviews with witnesses and speculation from various sources. Very interesting.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this info re the UK show. Coincidentally (or perhaps it's due to synchronicity...) I'll be posting in a moment a new story of a possible big cat encounter from the Cannock Chase woods, Staffordshire, UK.
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