#bigcat #mystery #beast #bigcatswildlife #bbr British Big Cats - As we know sightings of Large non native cats are on the increase in the UK. Each week brings a new newspaper headline, photograph or video of a suspected Panther or Leopard. Not a week goes by that I don't receive an account from a member of the public that has encountered one of these creatures whilst going about their normal day. Dog walkers, drivers, farmers, hikers, Hill runners and all manner of folk come into contact with them, report them and are not taken seriously. Some are even attacked by them. Recently there was a disclosure that DNA was found which was positive for cat DNA. Yet I know of one case where a DNA sample was taken in 2003 and tested at two labs that has been hushed up for years and is never mentioned from an investigation carried out in Lincolnshire. A study of the hairs revealed they belong to an animal from the leopard family. The large black cat had been spotted frequenting an abandoned caravan in the garden of a retired couple, Sandy and Julie Richardson. They filmed it before calling in the police who attempted, but failed, to capture the animal. A sample of hairs was taken from inside the caravan and passed to DNA Bio science, a company that carries out forensic work, for analysis. Rebecca Webster, the operations manager at DNA Bio science: "The core of the hair is not that of a domestic cat. The outside of the hairs show evidence of a scaling pattern that is consistent with an animal of the leopard family. It is very exciting." ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzMxPol367A