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Apatin black panther: a large black cat in the fields of Vojvodina
October 30, 2022 · Fields between Apatin, Sonta and Svilojevo, western Bačka, Vojvodina
Serbia
Cryptid · Creature · 36 sources
42Partially documented
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Black panther of Lorraine, Belgian Luxembourg and the Grand Duchy (Bascharage police search)
August 24, 2009 · Lorraine (France), Province of Luxembourg and Malmedy area (Belgium), and Bascharage (Grand Duchy of Luxembourg)
Belgium
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
35Partially documented
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Winnie, the Veluwe Puma
June 2005 · Veluwe (Ginkelse Heide, Ede, Harskamp, Wekerom; later Apeldoorn, Loenen and Beekbergen), Gelderland
Netherlands
Cryptid · Creature · 35 sources
44Partially documented
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The Olinda Cat: a phantom big cat in Upcountry Maui
December 2002 · Lower Olinda, above Makawao, Upcountry Maui, Hawaii
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 24 sources
34Partially documented
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The Ruokolahti Lion ("Elvi")
June 23, 1992 · Between Kalpiiviita and Kotasalo, Ruokolahti, South Karelia
Finland
Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources
33Partially documented
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The Fen Tiger: the Cottenham big cat and William Rooker's film
1982 · Cottenham, Cambridgeshire Fens, England
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
12Thinly documented
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The Black Cat of Killakee
1968 · Killakee House (former steward's or dower house), Killakee Road, Rathfarnham, County Dublin
Ireland
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 23 sources
15Thinly documented
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The Emmaville panther: Donald Clifford's sighting, 1958
June 20, 1958 · Rough country about 18 miles from Emmaville, New England, New South Wales
Australia
Cryptid · Creature · 10 sources
18Thinly documented
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The Gippsland Monster: a lioness, a tiger and a postman's boots in eastern Victoria, 1933 to 1935
October 1933 · Gunyah, Tanjil and Briagolong, Gippsland, Victoria
Australia
Cryptid · Creature · 23 sources
36Partially documented
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Nellie, the Monticello "African lion": a butler attacked on the Allerton estate and a big cat scare around Decatur, Illinois
July 13, 1917 · Robert Allerton's estate ("The Farms"), just west of Monticello, Piatt County, with later sightings around Decatur, Macon County, Illinois
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources
32Partially documented

Names4

Documents2

  • 'Sverdlovsk Syndrome' Studied FOIA release
    Central Intelligence Agency· 1991-10-26· 4 pages· 1 page mentions it
    • p. 1 …26 Oct 91 Category: CAT Report Type: JPRS Report Report Date: Report Number: JPRS-ULS-92-003 UDC Number: Author…
  • FOIA on Martin Luther King FOIA release
    Central Intelligence Agency· 2025-06-12· 295 pages· 1 page mentions it
    • p. 156 …rli- Heins. "Var Ermordete Kennedy? Fakten und Phantoms: Suche Nach dem Zweiten Attentäter." Die Zeit, 21, no. 48 (1966), 7…

Videos2

Video1983
The Beast of Exmoor: England's Phantom Cats
From The Beast of Exmoor: the 1983 South Molton sheep killings and the Royal Marines hunt
Video1982
La belle et la bête - Enquête sur la bête de NOTH
From La Bête de Noth: the phantom big cat of the Creuse