A British Big Cat: From the 1960s...

As many readers of this blog will know, I have regularly posted stories here that relate to sightings of unknown animals and out-of-place animals on - and in the vicinity of - Britain's Cannock Chase woods.

Here's the latest, which includes the details of some interesting and previously-unseen witness testimony.

But what's particularly notable about this story is that it includes data on a big cat seen in the area in 1965.

Of course, this was long before the bulk of reports began to surface in the late 70s and early 80s (the Surrey Puma and a few others aside, of course); and obviously begs the question: how long have big-cats been roaming around the British Isles?

Maybe for a very long time...