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Stories4
Pro earlyThe Beast of Sydenham: Anthony Holder attacked by a black big cat in his garden
20Thinly documented
Pro earlyThe Cricklewood Lynx: Lara and the Beast of Barnet
36Partially documented
Pro earlyBeast of Bodmin Moor: the leopard skull from the River Fowey
25Thinly documented
The Surrey Puma: Ernest Jellett's Sighting and the Big Cat Wave
26Thinly documented
Names5
- London Zoo Organisation · 4 stories
When Britain's big cat reports needed an expert eye, the authorities often turned to London Zoo.
- Maurice Burton Person · 7 stories
A zoologist and author of The Elusive Monster, Dr Maurice Burton retired from the British Museum (Natural History) in 1958.
- Daily Telegraph Organisation · 4 stories
A London newspaper that turns up again and again in the city's stranger stories.
- Metropolitan Police Organisation · 3 stories
London's police force turns up across more than a century of this archive.
- RSPCA Organisation · 3 stories
When a big cat turned up in London, the RSPCA was often called in.
Documents3
- Cy 2006 Case Log FOIA release
- p. 21 …THE MOUNT ROYAL HOTEL IN LONDON ON THE 20TH APRIL 1961 April 25, zoos F-2006-00960 ALBERT MAXWELL JONES…
- /specialCollection/nwcda4/92/AERODYNAMIC VOL. 19 (OPERATIONS)/AERODYNAMIC VOL. 19 (OPERATIONS)_0140.pdf FOIA release
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