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Big cat sightings

The following articles have appeared in the Gazette & Herald or the Evening Press.

In addition, where individuals have submitted information directly to us, those stories have been listed as sightings.

If you have seen what you believe was a big cat at large in Ryedale please let us know and don't forget to try and preserve evident if you can!


Woman claims she has spotted 'beast of Ryedale'
3:15pm Wednesday 24th October 2007
A woman who believes she has spotted a big cat in Ryedale says the animal should be left in peace.

Is this the mark of The Beast?Is this the mark of The Beast?
11:17am Tue 16 Oct 07
A farmer has discovered huge animal tracks on his land and fears there is a big cat on the prowl near his home.

Is the beast of Ryedale back again?
10:52am Wednesday 5th September 2007
A giant panther-type animal was spotted near the village of Oswaldkirk on Monday night by a family on their way home from a swimming session.

Sighting: Newton Aycliffe - 2030 hrs, Thursday, 16/03/06
3:57pm Tuesday 4th April 2006
I seen a large dark coloured cat run out in front of me. It then stopped in longer grass turned and faced me for a second then jumped into thicker undergrowth.

`2,123 sightings in one year shows big cats must be out there... they can't all be wrong'
3:57pm Tuesday 4th April 2006
BIG cat experts today released "compelling evidence" that pumas, lynxes and panthers really are roaming the countryside.

Sighting: Malton - 1830 hrs, Sunday 02/10/05
3:57pm Tuesday 4th April 2006
Driving back to Malton on Sunday 2nd October at about 1830 a black feline rather larger than a German Shepherd dog crossed York Road just before we came in to Malton.

Sighting: Pocklington - 1440 hrs, Sunday 11/09/05
3:57pm Tuesday 4th April 2006
My wife Ann and I had gone to the Star Inn at North Dalton for Sunday lunch. We were sitting at a table in window which overlooked the pond that stands in front of the pub.

Sighting: Pocklington - 31/12/04
3:57pm Tuesday 4th April 2006
I was out walking in Allerthorpe Common (near the join between the older woods and the forestry plantation bit) near Pocklington at about 10-11am on New Years Eve.

Ryedale's beast? - 04/08/04
3:57pm Tuesday 4th April 2006
ANOTHER big cat sighting has been reported, this time on the B1246 between Pocklington and Barmby Moor.

Sighting: Near RAF Fylingdales - reported 23/07/04
3:57pm Tuesday 4th April 2006
"At aprox 10.30pm on the 19 july...

`Panther' spotted in field - 04/07/04
3:57pm Tuesday 4th April 2006
FARMER Gordon Watson didn't hesitate when he became the latest person to spot the black panther-like creature believed to be roaming the York and Selby areas.

On the trail of the big cats - 25/06/04
3:56pm Tuesday 4th April 2006
A UFO and paranormal investigator has joined the search for the truth about North Yorkshire's mysterious big cats.

Reports of big cat killed in Ryedale - 09/06/04
3:56pm Tuesday 4th April 2006
The Gazette & Herald are investigating reports that a large cat was killed on the Pickering to Whitby road at a bridge near RAF Fylingdales.

More sightings of big black cat in York area - 21/04/04
3:56pm Tuesday 4th April 2006
SIGHTINGS of a big black wild cat continue to be reported in the York area.

On the trail of the Beast of Ryedale - 03/03/04
3:56pm Tuesday 4th April 2006
ON February 23, two ladies living in Norton saw a big cat in a garden and reported this to the Gazette & Herald.

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