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I saw a big cat while out deer stalking!
When deer stalking the other evening I saw an animal which looked like a cat-shaped black Labrador with an extra long tail. Was it the poor light or are all those stories of Big Cats really true? And if so, are the damn things dangerous?
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Deer stalking
GEORGE WALLACE
A lot of people have seen big cats in the wild in Britain so we cannot discount the stories.
But then a lot of people have also seen ghosts and flying saucers, so you have to make your own judgment.
I know a chap who reckons he shot a Black Panther in Cheshire a while back but kept quiet about it because he didn?t want the Press all over the land.
I have never seen one myself but some years ago I found a single footprint in the half-dried mud in a farm gateway. The print was definitely that of a cat and measured five inches across the pads, so probably not your ordinary domestic moggy!
Are they dangerous?
No, not usually, unless you happen to surprise one or corner it.
However, better safe than sorry? so thereafter I left the 6mm Rem at home and carried either the .270 or the .400/.350 nitro Express!
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