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Scottish Big Cat News Stories

2002

Zoo Chiefs Rubbish Big Cat Theory, By Martin Murray. Evening Times: December 30th 2002.
Experts Probe Big White Cat Sightings, By Robert Fairburn. Daily Record: December 28th 2002.
Fresh Sightings Of Ardrossan Big Cat. The Herald: 27th December 2002.
Ardrossan Big Cat Could Now Be Miles Away, By James Freeman. Glasgow Herald: December 26th, 2002.
Police Saw Mystery Big Cat. Irvine Herald And Kilwinning Chronicle: Tuesday 24th December.
Cardrona Big Cat Mystery Unsolved As Experts Fails To Identify Creature. Southern Reporter: 24th December 2002.
Warning As Police Spot Big Cat On The Prowl, By David McDonald. Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald: 24th December, 2002.
Police Warning As More Big Cats Are Sighted In Scotland, . Press & Journal: 24th December 2002.
Puma On The Prowl Perplexes Police, By James Doherty. The Scotsman: 24th December, 2002.
Call Of The Wildcat, By Nichola Workman. Daily Mirror: 24th December 2002.
Find The Phantom Menace, By Stephen Ventura. Daily Record: 24th December, 2002.
Mystery Beast Warning After Cops Spot Giant Cat, By Martin Murray. Glasgow Evening Times: 23rd December, 2002.
Cops Fear Mystery Beast Is Wild Puma, By Martin Murray and John Kerr . Glasgow Evening Times (early edition): 23rd December 2002.
Police Sight Mystery Creature. BBC News: 23rd December, 2002.
Missing Big Cat Recaptured. Daily Record, 16th December 2002.
Return Of The Missing Lynx. The Scotsman, 14th December 2002.
Missing Lynx Recaptured. BBC Scotland News, 13th December 2002.
Missing Lynx Found Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary: 13th December 2002
Minister Meets Mystery Animal Campletown Courier: 13th December 2002
Missing Big Cat Recaptured. Ananova, 13th December 2002.
Fears Grow For Safety Of Lynx, By Lee Kerr . Galloway News, 9th December 2002.
Wild Cat Spotted. Dumfries and Galloway Standard, 4th December 2002.
MEE-OUCH - Postie Faces Lynx Then Is Bitten By Moggie, By Gerry Duffy . The Sun: 30th November, 2002.
The Missing Lynx. Galloway News, 29th November 2002.
University Acquires Big Cat For Display, By Geoffrey Bew . Press And Journal: 28th November 2002.
Police Alert Over Missing Big Cat. Daily Mail, 27th November 2002.
Lynx In Dash For The Hills After Park Break-Out. The Herald, 27th November 2002.
Police Warning Over Missing Lynx. The Scotsman, 27th November 2002.
Advice To The Public - Lynx Escaped From Wildlife Park Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary: 26th November 2002
Search For Missing Lynx. BBC Scotland News: 26th November 2002
Lynx Escapes From Wildlife Park. Ananova, 26th November 2002.
Lynx escapes in Dumfries and Galloway Teletext ITV: 26th November 2002.
Hunt For The Missing Lynx / Dangerous Big Cat Escapes Park, By Karen Bale . Daily Record: November 11th, 2002.
Kintyre’s Mystery Sheep Killer Strikes Again Campletown Courier: 8th November 2002
A Big Cat In Road, By Stuart McDonald. Irvine Times: Friday November 8th, 2002.
Another Big Cat Sighting In Fife. The Evening Telegraph: November 4th 2002.
Locals Believe Big Cat Is Responsible For Killing Lambs. Scotland Today: November 4th 2002.
Riddle Of 60 Dead Sheep. Sunday Mail: 27th October, 2002.
Mystery Sheep Murders in Southend Campletown Courier: 25th October 2002
Big Cats Now On The Net. Peebleshire News, 11th October 2002.
Couple Are Now Big Cat Believers. Dundee Courier, 10th October 2002.
Large Brown Cat Seen At Ancrum. Border Telegraph, 1st October 2002.
Big Cat Stalker, Alan Campbell. Ayrshire Post: 27th September 2002.
Couple's Late-Night Encounter With 'Big Cat', Ralph Barnett. Dundee Evening Telegraph / September 24th 2002.
Police Officers Big Cat Sighting. Dundee Courier / September 23rd 2002.
'Big Cats Sighted'. Dunoon Observer: 20th September, 2002.
On The Prowl, Chris Marks. Daily Mail, 9th September 2002.
Big Cat Sightings Soaring. The Southern reporter, 5th September 2002.
Scotland’s 1,000 Big Cat Sightings The Scotsman: September 2nd, 2002.
Aberdeenshire Is UK's 'Hotspot' For Big-Cat Sightings. Aberdeen Press & Journal: 28th August 2002.
Big Cats 'Established' In Scots Countryside. The Herald: 28th August 2002.
North-East Revealed As A Big Cat Hideaway. The Evening Express: August 28th 2002.
Big Cats Stalk Every County. Scottish Daily Mirror: 28th August 2002.
Big Cat Sighting's Reach 'Record Levels'. PA News. 28th August 2002
American Feline Is Big Clue. Southern Reporter 9th August 2002.
Seen Any Big Cats Lately. The Irvine Herald: 2nd August 2002.
NE Man Comes Within A Whisker Of A Big Cat, By Sally McDonald. Aberdeen press and journal: 29th July 2002.
Big Cat On Prowl Again Says Startled Man, By Neil Moir and Angela Taylor. Aberdeen Press & Journal. 29th January 2002.
Mysterious Black Cat Still On The Prowl In Fields And Farmland, By Frank Beattie. The Kilmarnock Standard: 26th July 2002.
Wildcat Clue To The Beast Of Gala Hill, By Bob Burgess. The Southern Reporter: 26th July 2002.
Mystery Cats- Blame The Kellas. Southern Reporter, 18th July 2002.
N-East Is Hotspot For Beast Sightings. Evening Express, 25th July 2002.
Mystery Over 5 Missing Gala Cats. Southern Reporter, 17th July 2002.
Another Big Cat Seen / Beast On The Prowl. Inside Scotland, Renfrewshire / Scotland.6th July 2002.
Armed Cops Hunt Wild Puma Beast, By Derek Parker. Paisley Daily Express ~ Friday July 5th 2002.
Out on the Prowl with Scotlands Big Cats, By Matt Bendoris. The Scottish Sun, Friday July 5th 2002.
Sharpshooters In Hunt For Big Cat. Daily Record: 4th July, 2002.
Big Cat Search In Hospital Grounds. BBCS News Online: 3rd July 2002.
Out On The Wildlife Beat With PC Mike Middlehurst. Press & Journal: 3rd July 2002.
Reports Of Big Cat Sightings. Aberdeen Press & Journal: 15th June 2002.
Golfers Report Big Cat. Press & Journal: 15th June 2002.
On The Prowl (feature) Candise Magazine June 2002.
Farmers On Guard After Big Cat Sighting, By Trudi Fraser. Inverurie Advertiser: 7th June, 2002.
More Sightings Of Monikie Big Cat. 5th June 2002, Publication unknown.
Angus Student Tells Of Big Cat Encounter. Dundee Courier: 4th June 2002.
New Sightings As Big Cats Mystery Deepens, By Frank Beattie. Kilmarnock Standard: 17th May 2002
Grandad Fears After Sighting Of 'Big Cat'. East Lothian Courier: 10th May 2002.
Big-Cat Author Wants To Dig Up Mystery Creature For Dna Tests. Press & Journal: 3rd May 2002.
Theories Abound Over Big Cat Found Dead In Buchan Countryside. Press & Journal:2nd May 2002.
No Purr-fect Answer To Mystery Of Big Cat, By Nicole Luck. Peterhead Gazette: 2nd May 2002.
Big Cat's Identity Divides Experts, By Billy Youngson. Press & Journal: 2nd May 2002.
Discovery Of A Giant Cat’s Body Leaves Experts At Loggerheads, By Billy Youngson. Press & Journal: 1st May 2002.
Big Cat Body Puzzles Experts, By Andrew Kellock . Press & Journal: 1st May 2002.
Farmer finds Big Cat Body. ITV Teletext: 1st May 2002.
Big Cats On The Prowl In Aberdeen. Dead Of Night Magazine by Lee Walker / May 2002
Discovery Of Big Cats Body Poses New Riddle, By Billy Youngson. 1st May 2002 / Press & Journal.
Golfers Ignore Ashludie ‘Big Cat’. The Evening Standard: 31st March 2002.
Police Wildlife Expert Sceptical over Big Cat, By Ralph Barnett . Dundee Courier: 30th March 2002.
Golfers Warned Of "Wild Beast", By Emma Seith . Courier: 29th March 2002.
Attack By Mysterious Beast Inspires Poetic Victim To Put Pen To Paper, By Neil Moir. Aberdeen Press & Journal.
Cats Of 99 Tales And More, By Morag Lyndsey. Press & Journal: 5th March, 2002.
Five sightings of a Large Black Cat Near Dunbar. East Lothian Courier: 1st March 2002.
Bus Driver Tells Of Close Encounter With Beast Of Bennachie, By Alistair Beaton . Press & Journal: 23rd February, 2002.
Driver In New Beast Sighting. Press & Journal: 23rd February 2002.
Stevens Big Black Cat Scare. Press & Journal: 22nd February, 2002.
MSP Calls For Official Big Cat Investigation. Press & Journal: Friday 22nd February 2002.
Stevens Frightening Big Cat Close Encounter, By Alistair Beaton . Press & Journal: 22nd February.
Country Guerrillas Unleash The Lynx Weapon, By Stephen Khan. The Observer: Sunday February 17th, 2002.
Beasts On The Prowl, By Jim Gilchrist . The Scotsman: February 3rd 2002.
Beast Of The Mound Spotted Again. The Northern Times: Exact date unknown.
Large Black Cat On Prowl. Grampian TV Teletext: 27th Jan 2002.
Big Cat Hunter - Daredevil Jim On Trail of beasts that roam Scotland, By Andrea Vance . News of the World: 27th January 2002.
Beast Victim Relives Her Ordeal, By Neil Moir . Aberdeen Press & Journal: 25 January 2002.
Cat Reports Give Paws For Thought, By Neil Moir . Aberdeen Press & Journal: 25th January 2002.
I Was Bitten By The Big Cat In Big Yin Country, By Ken Adams. . News of the World: January 20th 2002.
The Big Cats Are Out There - All 150 Of Them, By James Millar. Sunday Herald. 20th January 2002.
'Whatever It Was I Don't Know. But This Was No Pussycat', By Alan Crawford. Sunday Herald: January 20th 2002.
Cameras Focus On Big Cat Sightings, By Neil Moir. Aberdeen Press & Journal 2002.
Insch Woman Continues Efforts To Identify Beast That Attacked Her, By Neil Moir. Press & Journal:18th January 2002.
Woman Relives Attack By Mystery Beast, By Angela Taylor. Press & Journal: 17th January 2002.
Experts Call For More Evidence To Identify Mystery ‘Black Beastie’, By Neil Moir. Press & Journal:17th January 2002.
Crofter Is Mauled By Wild Cat, By Bob Dow. Daily Record: Tuesday January 15th 2002.
Woman Bitten By Mystery 'Black Beastie' Annova. Monday 14th January 2002.
Crofter Is Attacked By Big Cat / 'Black Beast' Mauls Woman. The Daily Recod: January 14th 2002.
Woman Is Atacked By 'Big Cat'. The Press & Journal: January 14th 2002.
Woman Recovers After Black Beast ‘Attack’, By Kim Munro. PA News:14th January 2002.
Big Cat Fear As Mystery Beast Bites Woman, By Laura Grant. The Press & Journal: January 14th 2002.
'Black Beast' Mauls Woman. The Daily Record: January 14th 2002.
Black Puma-Like Creature Seen Again, By Marilyn Henderson. The Oban Times: January 14th 2002.