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Creature record / 2014

The Montévrain "tiger", Seine-et-Marne

November 13, 2014 · Intermarché car park, Montévrain, Seine-et-Marne, France
42Partially documented Cryptid Creature 25 sources 3 real photos 2 videos

Thursday 13 November 2014. Montévrain, about 40 km east of Paris. Julie Berdeaux pulled into the car park of the Intermarché supermarket and parked against a large earth mound. Then she saw a big beast climbing it. She stayed in her car. She took photos. At first she really thought it was a lynx. Within hours, town officials were calling it a tiger. More than 100 police and firefighters, a helicopter with thermal cameras and a Karelian bear dog moved into the woods. Schoolchildren were kept inside. By the next evening the prefecture had ruled out a tiger. The animal itself was never caught.

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Context

Montévrain sits in Seine-et-Marne, about 40 km east of Paris and roughly 9 km from Disneyland Paris. Beside its Intermarché supermarket, a large earth mound rises next to the car park.

Sources (25, most influential first)

  1. Escaped tiger on the run in France · The Local· 2014-11-13 · Press, book, documentary · news
  2. No tiger troubling France · CBS News / AP· 2014-11-14 · Press, book, documentary · news
  3. Un tigre se promène en liberté à Montévrain · France 2 / Franceinfo· 2014-11-13 · Press, book, documentary · tv
  4. La police et les pompiers mobilisés pour retrouver un tigre en liberté en Seine-et-Marne · Franceinfo / AFP· 2014-11-13 · Press, book, documentary · news
  5. Animal on the loose 'not a tiger' · The Local· 2014-11-14 · Press, book, documentary · news