For thinking that this is just a bloody cat?

[TheGMF]

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30035666

A women says she saw a tiger in supermarket car park near Paris.

a) no one else saw it.
b) no tigers have been reported missing.
c) it looks like a cat.

Looks like a moggie to me but it's hard to tell because there is nothing that gives you an idea of scale.

Although the report does say the tracks have been identified as those of a young tiger, so who knows.

I disagree that it looks like a cat, it looks far too thick/heavy around the neck IMO.

It does look pretty heavy around the neck.

If you owned an illegal tiger would you report it missing? I think not...

To me it looks like a fairly chunky tom cat.

It could just have its fur puffed up like they do when they're trying to scare something/someone off. But then I think the ears would be pricked.

You cant really tell from the pic one way or the other

There have been several witnesses and tracks picked up. Might be a smaller big cat but I don't think it is a domestic cat.

I think if you're going to go about saying you've seen a tiger then the least you can do is get a decent pic of it!

I think the lack of a visible tail makes it look less domestic too.

Domestic cats generally walk with their tails up, big cats not so much.

That is a cat. She's attention seeking/a fool.

They've decided it is not a tiger but another big cat. I think it's ears are too pointy to be a tiger. Maybe a cougar? Definitely an escaped exotic pet.

The ears look more rounded like a tiger's. Difficult to tell without an idea of scale but surely the tracks make for compelling evidence.

Xpost winter! I think the ears are too rounded for a domestic cat!

Looks like my mum's moggy, but they don't live in France. It looks like the same build as a British Blue.

Very difficult to see, poor lighting and no sense of scale. I did see a tiger in a French Supermarket car park once but it was in a cage and part of a circus

I don't know, it's very husky looking for a housecat.

Its a cat.

I think it is a lynx, weren't they reintroduced to France and Germany? It could have crossed borders. Not to mention illegal hunts that put them there. I also think it's ears aren't rounded enough to be a tiger.

Looks like a cat to me.

If you look at a larger picture its more tiger like. The "cat" is actually looking away from the camera and its the back of the head you are looking at.

It's just like the Essex lion story, and picture isn't it? roar, bruv

And that turned out to be a... cat.

It's the new Bete du Gevaudan. Obviously. Soon, we will have shepherds dropping like flies.

It's too big for a cat and too thick in the neck. It looks a bit like an Ocelot or one of the smaller "big cats." They've said it's not a domestic moggie anyway, the tracks are too big.

Ooh supposedly it has crossed a motorway and is 'heading straight for Paris'. But it's no longer a Tiger, it is another big cat.