Big Cat Spotted

[pesky1972 5,334]

I've watched the Faslane footage a few times now and admit it looks big for a domestic cat, but not leopard sized. My guess would be a wildcat hybrid.., or maybe the mythical 'Kellas' cat?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kellas_cat

 

I've never seen a wildcat in the wild, but I do believe I've seen a hybrid. It was a big fcuking thing..., ginger & white (not black?) and with a thick banded tail like a wildcat. I watched it from about 30 yards away stalking rabbits. I was a kid at the time but I remember being struck not only by the size of it, but also how it moved. Not like any cat I'd seen before or since.

[Nik_B 3,790]

Slightly different subject but there are wild wallabies in the UK. They escaped during a bombing raid by the Germans in the war. I've seen them but it's rare to hear about them or see stuff on the Internet even. Maybe the bug cats are similar?

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

Slightly different subject but there are wild wallabies in the UK. They escaped during a bombing raid by the Germans in the war. I've seen them but it's rare to hear about them or see stuff on the Internet even. Maybe the bug cats are similar?

Lads have caught them with dogs. Pre ban obviously. And not posted about it on here.

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

 

 

 

https://www.(!64.56:886/karl.olsen.7146/videos/623024967857120/

 

TC

This is definitely footage of a big cat..., a big black domestic moggy. The distance plays tricks with the eyes and perpective of size. Same as footage shot near the Faslane naval base a few years back.

Last time I put that video up I was told it was only the size of a normal house cat. They must have some bloody big pet cats then.

 

The problem with videos is people will see what they want to see.

 

TC

Like you have said TC, the distance doesn't matter. We know the size of a railway track and can gauge the size of the animal based on that.

 

If that's a domestic moggy it's been on steroids. Lol

[keepdiggin 9,561]

Think the wallaby population has died out according to wikipedia

[Nik_B 3,790]

Think the wallaby population has died out according to wikipedia

Oh that's a pisser I camped there with the scouts years ago, it was a brilliant trip apart from my dad giving me one of those bloody horrible A-frame rucksacks that looked like it was made by the Victorian it weighed a tonne lol not fun for a 10 mile walk! We got up at the crack of dawn and I still have photographs of them.

[Welsh_red 4,712]

 

 

 

 

That's just another domestic cat tc,,, notice what colour it is,,,lol

 

How come there are no normal coloured leopard or jaguar filmed,,,,are we to believe the only escapes of proper big cats are black,,,,seemingly the black ones have a real panache for escaping,,,lol

By the same token how come they are never tabby or ginger? In that video pesky put up. It has been said that distance is deceiving, yet the constant in that video is the railway lines. From sleeper to the top of the rail is around 8" so when you compare the hight of the animal to the height of the rail it is a bloody big moggy who is three times the height of the rail approx two feet to the shoulder.

 

TC

Did they measure the tracks to get a measument of it ?

No need to measure the track, unless of course it is a small gauge railway. Tracks are a standard size that is how they are a constant, even though they look smaller as they get further away from the camera they are always the same height 7" for the rail and 1" for the holder that holds the rail above the sleeper. So contrary to the comments on distance there is a constant feature for reference to size.

 

TC

With that being said has anybody worked out the dimentions of the cat from that video ?

[waltjnr 6,989]

 

 

 

 

 

That's just another domestic cat tc,,, notice what colour it is,,,lol

How come there are no normal coloured leopard or jaguar filmed,,,,are we to believe the only escapes of proper big cats are black,,,,seemingly the black ones have a real panache for escaping,,,lol

By the same token how come they are never tabby or ginger? In that video pesky put up. It has been said that distance is deceiving, yet the constant in that video is the railway lines. From sleeper to the top of the rail is around 8" so when you compare the hight of the animal to the height of the rail it is a bloody big moggy who is three times the height of the rail approx two feet to the shoulder.

 

TC

Did they measure the tracks to get a measument of it ?

No need to measure the track, unless of course it is a small gauge railway. Tracks are a standard size that is how they are a constant, even though they look smaller as they get further away from the camera they are always the same height 7" for the rail and 1" for the holder that holds the rail above the sleeper. So contrary to the comments on distance there is a constant feature for reference to size.

 

TC

What's the width of the tracks? That animal looks pretty long.....supple and athletic as well......

 

For a standard gauge track in this country it is 4' 8 1/2" between the inside of each rail.

 

TC

 

Bloody train spotter!! lol

[jiggy 3,209]

 

 

That's just another domestic cat tc,,, notice what colour it is,,,lol

 

How come there are no normal coloured leopard or jaguar filmed,,,,are we to believe the only escapes of proper big cats are black,,,,seemingly the black ones have a real panache for escaping,,,lol

By the same token how come they are never tabby or ginger? In that video pesky put up. It has been said that distance is deceiving, yet the constant in that video is the railway lines. From sleeper to the top of the rail is around 8" so when you compare the hight of the animal to the height of the rail it is a bloody big moggy who is three times the height of the rail approx two feet to the shoulder.

 

TC

if you can show me a pet cat 24 inchs to the shoulder ill show you a liar.

[J Darcy 5,871]

 

Think the wallaby population has died out according to wikipedia

Oh that's a pisser I camped there with the scouts years ago, it was a brilliant trip apart from my dad giving me one of those bloody horrible A-frame rucksacks that looked like it was made by the Victorian it weighed a tonne lol not fun for a 10 mile walk! We got up at the crack of dawn and I still have photographs of them.

 

Don't always believe wikipedia......

[Greyman 28,899]

Think the wallaby population has died out according to wikipedia

. I have some pics of a wild beaver, taken on the Cotswolds a few years back, which is quite amazing as they don't exist either, I will try and get them across to my iPad so I can stick em up if anyone is interested, and know it's not just some fat bird from Gloucester with her growler out, it's a real life wild beaver,

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

 

Think the wallaby population has died out according to wikipedia

. I have some pics of a wild beaver, taken on the Cotswolds a few years back, which is quite amazing as they don't exist either, I will try and get them across to my iPad so I can stick em up if anyone is interested, and know it's not just some fat bird from Gloucester with her growler out, it's a real life wild beaver,

Haha I've seen a few nasty beavers but not got any pics. Lol.

[mackem 27,378]

Perspective...............think of the worlds rarest mammal..........google it.........look at the pin sharp pic of it online.......the pic wasnt taken in a first world country where every man and his dog has a cam-phone,yet there are proof positive pics ofmsaid mammal precariously balancing on the arrete of extinction.

[tilimangro 1,013]

d so I can stick em up if anyone is interested, and know it's not just some fat bird from Gloucester with her growler out, it's a real life wild beaver,

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Not interested then lol

[keepdiggin 9,561]

beavers been recently released back in to the british countryside.

 

Heard theres a breeding population on raccoons in yorkshire and the north east.