128. Putting the ‘cat’ in Catford! The recent ‘Palace puma’ and ‘Sydenham beast’ fiascos had kind of given reports of large, exotic cats a bad name. Firstly there were the media inaccuracies of the former – there was no puma – meanwhile the latter saw …
123. The Crystal Palace ‘Puma’ The huge, dinosaur models outside Crystal Palace are not the only monsters present around Crystal Palace. The press just cannot resist lapping up some stories and turning them into inaccurate legends. And so on 8th August 2009 the ‘Palace puma’ …
113. The Tiger of Edgware Edgware, situated in north-west London, is not ‘big cat’ capital. It never has been. We’ve all seen news clips on television and read newspaper articles of police hunts for alleged monstrous felids on the moors, in back gardens and local …
Photo by law_keven on flickr. 102. African Big Cats In London? For more than twenty years I have researched sightings of mystery animals across London, Kent and Sussex. I am the UK’s only full-time ‘big cat’ researcher. And yet never, in all my moments of …
54. Something Strange In Southwark On the morning of Tuesday 22nd April 2008 I met up with Paul Ross and JoAnne Good on their BBC Radio Breakfast Show to discuss sightings of mysterious creatures roaming the capital. After the talk, which was very well received, …
50. The Lioness Of Winchmore Hill On Tuesday 22nd April I appeared on BBC London Radio with JoAnne Goode and Paul Ross to discuss mystery big cats around London, so what better way to celebrate reaching the fiftieth Saturday Strangeness installment than with another ‘big …
