ShootingEgg Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/big-black-cat-spotted-prowling-5226809.amp Spotted on 24th so two days ago.. But what happened to its head. Very odd shape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmaxphil Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 Looks like a badly stuffed one to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow243 Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 fake fake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingEgg Posted March 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 34 minutes ago, scarecrow243 said: fake fake Yeah exactly my first thought looking at the image. 100yrd away and used a phone. Zoom on phone cameras are not good at all due to them being digital zoom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 Fake, cardboard job. no depth to image? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 fake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 26 minutes ago, old man said: Fake, cardboard job. no depth to image? Yep, agree, cardboard cut-out, if it was real and in the open you would have taken more than one picture, perhaps the reason for him not taking lots of pictures is, they would have all had the same posture as the first picture, someone having a bit of fun but wishes to remain anonymous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgy dave Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 bit early for april fools Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobba Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 Almost as good as the Cottingley Fairies 😭 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twenty Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 Ah the Stroud big cat, this story appears in our local paper (Gloucestershire Live), about every 18 months........Fake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 Just looked at the photo in the hewspaper and definitely a cardboard or plywood cut out. You can actually see the base in the grass holding the back legs. AND of course the photographer does not wish to be named. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 (edited) Ross Kemp is doing a couple of programmes for ITV about people that keep bigs cats in their back gardens. I'm surprised its still legal but it is. They say about 250 are kept legally but the number kept illegally is thought to be much higher. The commonest species kept illegally is the North American Puma. Which coincidentally is also what is most often sighted in the wild. They breed easily in captivity and sell on the black market for a lot of money I would imagine Britain’s Tiger Kings – On the Trail with Ross Kemp airs on Tuesday 30th March at 9pm on ITV. Edited March 29, 2021 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 (edited) 47 minutes ago, Vince Green said: Ross Kemp is doing a couple of programmes for ITV about people that keep bigs cats in their back gardens. I'm surprised its still legal but it is. They say about 250 are kept legally but the number kept illegally is thought to be much higher. The commonest species kept illegally is the North American Puma. Which coincidentally is also what is most often sighted in the wild. They breed easily in captivity and sell on the black market for a lot of money I would imagine Britain’s Tiger Kings – On the Trail with Ross Kemp airs on Tuesday 30th March at 9pm on ITV. a case of...........look at me .....ive got a dangerous tiger ..cause i have small willy ..but im hard and people respect me.......... "inadiquates" Edited March 29, 2021 by ditchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 (edited) 56 minutes ago, ditchman said: a case of...........look at me .....ive got a dangerous tiger ..cause i have small willy ..but im hard and people respect me.......... "inadiquates" Yes but its not just big cats these people want to keep. I can "almost" see the appeal of a big cat if it is something you can interact with. I think Ross Kemp's programme will depict some of the owners as treating their pets as overgrown moggies. Stroking them and playing with them. If you like that sort of thing? What I fail to understand are people who want to illegally keep highly venomous snakes or crocodiles. Creatures with no interaction or personality about them what so ever. What would you get back in return ? Spiders even less so for me Edited March 29, 2021 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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