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[Stere]

Id say a near 100% no to big cats UK "wilderness" area  is small and and wildlife camera trap etc are  cheap now so why zero evidence, even though theres being rumours for yrs?

[Steven P]

That's always been my thoughts but the blokes the other week made me think, plus over the years one or 2 others.

 

 

However some of the members here spend days out in the forests, on the big estates, working or shooting, might know something more concrete than rumours.

 

 

 

(for big foots, to get a big foot carcase would be worth millions "I thought it was a bear so shot it", live even more, if there was anything out there big money would be in it rather than 2 blokes with a dodgy phone camera. UK wild cats not so much money to find one "So what, you have a European Lynx carcase" type of thing, rumours being rumours that farmers shooting them just bury them else they get all sorts walking over the fields, dogs in with livestock, crops trampled)

[peds]

Bigfoot and big cats can't really be mentioned in the same breath, I'd say... we've definitely had stray big cats out and about in the UK at times, whether or not they survive for very long (doubt it) or manage to team up and procreate for a feral population (even biglier doubt it) is another question. 

Have we got any at the moment, who knows? We'll definitely have another in the future though.

 

Bigfoot, though... even given the vast area of wilderness in the US and Canada, the sheer number of trail cams, rifle scopes, and smartphones snooping around even the periphery would have turned up some evidence by now.

Just another once-unknowable question  that can be relegated to fairy story, like the Yeti, Chupacabra, Yahweh, and, sadly, poor old Nessie.

[Johnsond]

50 minutes ago, peds said:

Bigfoot and big cats can't really be mentioned in the same breath, I'd say... we've definitely had stray big cats out and about in the UK at times, whether or not they survive for very long (doubt it) or manage to team up and procreate for a feral population (even biglier doubt it) is another question. 

Have we got any at the moment, who knows? We'll definitely have another in the future though.

 

Bigfoot, though... even given the vast area of wilderness in the US and Canada, the sheer number of trail cams, rifle scopes, and smartphones snooping around even the periphery would have turned up some evidence by now.

Just another once-unknowable question  that can be relegated to fairy story, like the Yeti, Chupacabra, Yahweh, and, sadly, poor old Nessie.

Peds and SP  fans of the old Trump speak it would seem, they say imitation is the greatest form of flattery 😂

[Steven P]

Relevance?

 

Or can you just not hack a discussion not involving you? How about back off and let others have a voice? or just keep being an arrogant arse and monopolise every thread?

 

 

 

Right, back to cats and big foots....

[Steven P]

1 hour ago, peds said:

Bigfoot and big cats can't really be mentioned in the same breath, I'd say... we've definitely had stray big cats out and about in the UK at times, whether or not they survive for very long (doubt it) or manage to team up and procreate for a feral population (even biglier doubt it) is another question. 

Have we got any at the moment, who knows? We'll definitely have another in the future though.

 

 

That was kind of my view of the big cats, some dumped in the wild when the various laws came into place, sets up an urban myth 60 years later. Was some suggestions that they bred with Scottish wild cats, personally I think they'd see them more as dinner than a mate;

 

 

Loads of phone footage of big foots... from a distance, behind a tree, in the night, a recording of a call, but the recorders never go close (especially in the winter) to get any footage of tracks... 

[Johnsond]

22 minutes ago, Steven P said:

Relevance?

 

Or can you just not hack a discussion not involving you? How about back off and let others have a voice? or just keep being an arrogant arse and monopolise every thread?

 

 

 

Right, back to cats and big foots....

😂😂  crack on SP 😂😂😂 🐈‍⬛ 🦶 

 

Edited December 31, 2024 by Johnsond

[Stubby]

Just a little side note I have been using " bigley " for years . Sign anniversary and birthday cards with " love you bigley " . 

[sime42]

Big cats; yeah, maybe, probably.

Big Foots; no.

 

It's funny, we had a discussion on these questions not that long ago, can't remember if it was on this thread or another. Not dissing it mind, it's interesting to read others opinions, and perhaps even anecdotes.

 

[peds]

I'd flipping love a big cat anecdote. It's reason enough to release a few into the wild in the UK, there'd be some great stories out of it.

There were more and more wolves appearing in my part of the French Alps just as I was leaving, 5 years ago now, but there's been some pretty scary stories from there since. Pet dogs eaten, that sort of thing.

Could have been the Haitians though, not sure.

Bloody immigrants. 

 

I was nearly eaten by a brown bear once though, which was pretty terrifying, so I suppose that's enough apex predator anecdotes for me.