Big Cat Sighting

[RobS]

I think this is all very simple to sum up:

1)

Crop circles are real..... I know, because when I was 15, I made one myself

.I love Far Place
2) An AK47 might be useful
3) A Howitzer for the more difficult to remove big cat

Regarding Paul Mabbot's Burmese, I couldn't help but think of Mrs Slocombe but stopped short of anything else!

Rob S

[STYRBJORN]

Originally Posted by robs

i think this is all very simple to sum up:

1) .i love far place
2) an ak47 might be useful
3) a howitzer for the more difficult to remove big cat

regarding paul mabbot's burmese, i couldn't help but think of mrs slocombe but stopped short of anything else!

Rob s

rpg.

[janeislay]

Originally Posted by tcvarlh

Only if you were male, oddly dressed in ancient tweed, some sort of shapeless head-covering, I will not say hat, it may have once been such a thing but time and the elements had taken more than their fair toll on't, carrying a knobbly iron-hard blackthorn stick (which I envied) and reeking of Erinmore Flake pipe smoke from a jet-black Dublin and Laphroaig whisky, with a voice like rough unpolished cobble-stones rolling down a tin chute. Oh and about 70+ years old! 'Twasn't you, was it?
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Nope, not male; everything else fits tho

[earthdragon64]

Originally Posted by Jim Ford

So if we accept that there are big cats roaming free in the British Isles, they obviously represent a serious danger to people like myself that like to roam the places they frequent.

Up until now I've been blissfully unaware of the danger I've been in, but I now realise it would be foolhardy not to carry some sort of protection. Traditionally a Holland and Holland double rifle was the weapon of choice for dangerous game, often backed up by a 'howdah pistol' as a last resort, and I obviously need to add these items to my backpacking equipment.

So if next year you see a backpacker in the Cairngorms 'tooled up' as above, give me a wave!

Jim

This made me laugh Jim, but there have been some recent sightings of a Big Cat in Boat of Garten and Inshriach Forest, so you may need to be "Tooled Up".

?Big cat? spotted in back garden - Strathspey and Badenoch Herald

grough — Walkers told to be on guard after big-cat sighting

The above are just 2 stories from what seems to have been a recent spate of sightings this summer.

Regards, Audrey.

[Deb London]

Quote taken from the first reference:

The 63-year-old man, who did not wish to be named, described the large black cat as being more like a panther because of its sheer size.

He said that he saw the creature in the woods for a full 10 seconds from just 40 to 50 metres away, and that he was not mistaken.

Sounds credible enough. Have any of the people who are certain of what they saw been asked to take a polygraph test?

[earthdragon64]

Originally Posted by Deb London

Have any of the people who are certain of what they saw been asked to take a polygraph test?

I don't know if polygraph tests are available here in the UK. Results of them certainly aren't reliable enough to be used to prove or disprove evidence in courts. I don't think it would help clarify the situation anyway, even if polygraphs were infallible, if someone really believes they have seen a big cat, then they will pass, but still may be mistaken in what they have seen.

Regards, Audrey.

[tcvarlh]

Originally Posted by janeislay

Nope, not male; everything else fits tho

Halò, Ciamar a tha thu? 'S fhada bho nach fhaca mi thu!

That's it! I've only got to page 11 as yet.

Grand place to live tho'
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[tcvarlh]

Folks, you don't need a damned great .700 for moggies. Good Grief! You need to be able to prove the thing existed BEFORE you made a crater in the road, where it supposedly was, 1/100th of a second previously. Bits of fur and blood spatter will not verify the beasts' occurrence. The .700 will merely make the authorities believe that your good lady wife had her fur coat on as you did the foul deed and perpetrated a heinous crime. No, you should only carry something light and handy. A Steyr Mannlicher STEYR SSG 69 PI .308 Win would be my choice. Waterproof, green synthetic stock, either Irons or Tele, 5 shot, 4 kilo weight. It'll sort out most things.
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[Jim Ford]

I now realise that there's a problem with the legality of carrying firearms to protect myself against the numerous ferocious feline predators roaming free in our countryside. So it looks like that idea is out.

This Youtube clip has given me an idea and I'm checking Ebay to see if there are any going at the moment:

YouTube - Project Grizzly - Testing the different iterations of the suit

Jim

[The Woodman]

The folding integrated bipod in the Steyr Scout's forend wouldn't sway you then? It's very useful and a nice design feature.