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Panther loose in Derbyshire.

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IncompleteSenten · 17/05/2024 22:25

Rumours for years but apparently now dna evidence https://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/news/environment/derbyshire-big-cat-recent-sightings-in-the-county-as-dna-confirms-there-is-a-big-cat-in-the-uk-4633229

I wonder if this means there is a chance there is a small colony after all? Since the rumours go back decades.

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Botanica · 19/05/2024 03:57

@PiranhaPeaches I don't get your point. No one is stopping anyone finding evidence.

The UK is a huge country with many rural areas getting very little footfall from your average person. Those farming, living more remotely, or even poaching or obviously better placed.

Even then, how many everyday people honestly know what they're looking for and would even notice, never mind recognise an incision bite of a certain width or tooth depth on a decomposing sheep skull, the difference between badger hair and cat hair on a barbed wire fence, the gait length when you see soil scrapes, the difference between claw marks at the right height vs deer antler scratches on the bark of a tree, the difference between cat, fox and owl scat...

It seems if one didn't walk out in front of you in broad daylight on a busy A road you happen to frequent from time to time, or strolled right past your family on your monthly visit to the nearest country park then they clearly don't exist.

I honestly have no care for what anyone else wants to believe. But assuming that everything makes its way directly to the tabloid press is naive and lacking in understanding of the breadth of motivations and agendas of people who may have had encounters in one form or another.

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