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June
A large black cat seen between Walkington and Little Weighton.
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August
17th. Walkington:
Local wildlife expert Ernie Teal has been called in to identify strange prints recently
found. A local couple came across the tracks at their small-holding between
Walkington and Bluestone.
Ernie before viewing the prints said they would most likely belong to a roe-deer but on
inspection changed his mind and said: “It is all together different from a print of a fox,
and it is too big to be mink. It is most unusual and in my opinion it is a big cat.”
The prints measured around 3” inches long and show a space of 18” inches between
the animals front and rear legs.
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18th Walkington:
Mr David Rose and his family while driving, turned into a slip-road near North Cave,
they had to swerve back onto the motorway, “to avoid a huge animal,” in the early
hours of the morning.
They said: “It was brown with a white underside, it had green eyes which shone in the
headlights.”
The animal was about the size of a Great Dane, and they thought at first that it was a
large dog, but its eyes and legs were cat-like. The nearest resemblance they could find
after consulting books was that of a puma.
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20th, Barnsley:
The body of a dead mystery animal was found in Barnsley. “The creature appeared to
have the head and ears of a cat, the body of a dog and fearsome teeth and claws, and
about 3ft long.
Scientists, supposedly carried out tests on the ‘beast.’
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December.
Exact date and month unknown: Frodingham Village, East Yorkshire.
Male witness walking across fields outside the village during the afternoon. He saw a
jet-black, cat-like animal, the size of a Great Dane with a very long tail. It ran passed
him by a matter of yards, jumped a 5ft wall then disappeared into adjoining fields.
Mark Fraser.
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1996 Sightings.