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2005
Big Cat Spotted On The Greenway. Stratford Herald: 21st December 2005.
More Big Cat Rumours Look Local (North Sheffield) 8th December 2005
'Big Cat' Savaged Dog. Hemel Gazette: 27th November 2005
Big Cats To Be Tracked By Police. The Forester (Forest of Dean): 25th November 2005
Big Cat Sighting. Look Local: 24th November 2005.
Big Cat Sighting in West. Western Morning News: 11th November 2005.
Cedric's Big Cat Spine Chiller This is South Devon: 11th November 2005.
Andy Dixon investigates Lincolnshire’s feared felines. Not yet published: 3rd November 2005.
Cat Sighted. This Is Devon: 3rd November 2005.
The Beast is on the Move! Yorkshire Today: 3rd November 2005
Did Cat Beast Kill My Sheep? Halifax Courier: 1st November 2005
Police Probe Sightings of a Panther-like 'Big Cat' Yorkshire Today: 31st October 2005
Panther Seen on the Outskirts of Cheadle. Leek Post and Times: 30th October 2005
Mystery of the Cat Beast Halifax Courier: 28th October 2005
Nazi Raccoons Invade The Wineland. The Times: October 2005.
What is that Lurking in the Bushes? By Andy Davey. Daily Echo: 23rd October 2005
`Big Cats Stalking West Yorks.' Huddersfield Daily Examiner: 22nd October 2005
Lynx Cat Spotted -
Have You Seen The Beast of Biggleswade? Luton Today: 21st October 2005
Beast of Batchwood Joins Harpenden Panther. Herts Advertiser: 20th October 2005
Hoaxer Starts 'Lynx on Burrows' Rumour. North Devon Gazette: 19th October 2005
Forest Stopover Petrifies Driver. Forest & Wye Valley Review: October 2005
Is there a panther on the prowl? Herts Advertiser: 15th October 2005
Is a panther loose in Harpenden? St. Albans News: 13th October 2005
Is it the Lindsey Leopard? Is it the Wolds Panther? Could it be the Beast of
Binbrook? No, it's the . . .Rasen Racoon. Market Rasen Mail: 12th October 2005
Caught on Film - the Beast. Welwyn & Hatfield Times: 12th October 2005
Is a panther loose in Harpenden? By Ruth Holmes. The Register: 10th October 2005
Humans Prime Suspects in Lynx Extinction -
Should we bring back the wild cats? By Lucy Sheriff. St. Albans News: 13th October 2005
CFZ Press Release: You are the Weakest Linx - Goodbye. The Center for Fortean Zoology: 8th October 2005
More Big Cat Sightings Near Cirencester. Wilts & Gloucestershire Standard: 7th October 2005
Police Warning as Black Panther Nears Cheadle. The Sentinel: 30th September 2005
Panther Seen on the Outskirts of Cheedle. The Sentinel: 30th September 2005
Is This Paw Print of the Monster? Huddersfield Daily Examiner: 24th September 2005
Big Black Cat Seen Near Hedgerow. Westmorland Gazette: 23rd September 2005
Dogs Could be Mystery Beast. By Stephen Sinfield. Ripley & Heanor News: 22nd September 2005
'Beast of Burton Road' is Caught (but only on camera). South Manchester Reporter: 22nd September 2005
Mystery Beast Sighted Behind Housing Estate. Ashbourne News Telegraph: 21st September 2005
Big Cat Seen Near Ashbourne Publication Unknown: 21st September 2005
Sceptic Claims to Have Spotted Big Cat. Oxfordshire News: 17th September 2005
Eight-year-old Boy Scared by Panther Sighting on Lane. Herts & Essex Observer: 15th September 2005
Mystery Predator Strikes Yet Again. By Stephen Sinfield. Ripley & Heanor News: 15th September 2005
Big Cats at large across the UK? Center for Fortean Press Release: September 2005
Big Cat Leaves It's Mark This is Cirencester: 13th September 2005
Big Cats on Loose (Nottinghamshire). This Is Nottingham: 12th September 2005
A Walk on the Wild Side for Big Cats. By Ray Yeoman. This Is Nottingham: 12th September 2005
Panther Cub Spotted in Moorland Hills. The Sentinel: 9th September 2005.
Big Cat Blamed for Farm Slaughter. Andover Advertiser: 9th September 2005
Big Cats on the Loose. Hertfordshire Mercury: 9th September 2005
Something Wicked This Way Comes. Belper News: 7th September 2005
The Beast is Back. Welwyn & Hatfield Times: 7th September 2005
A Big Cat in Their Headlights. Welwyn & Hatfield Times: 7th September 2005
Evidence of Panthers is Piling Up. By Adam Blakeman. The Sentinel: 7th September 2005.
Scratch Marks on Tree are Beast's Calling Card. Welwyn & Hatfield Times: 7th September 2005
More Sightings in the Diss Area. Diss Express: 6th September 2005
Twenty Different UK Big Cat Sightings in August Alone. CFZ September 2005
Has the Beast Struck Again? By David Jackman. The Guardian: 5th September 2005
CCTV Footage, Cirencester. Western Daily Press: 5th September 2005
I Saw Big Cat Behind My House. Cirencester News: 3rd September 2005
Evidence of Panther is Piling Up The Sentinel: 2nd September 2005
Black Cat Spotted in Garden The Westmoreland Gazette: 2nd September 2005
CCTV Footage in Cirencester. Wilts & Gloucestershire Standard: 2nd September 2005
DEFRA to Look at ‘Big Cat Attack’ Claims. Farmers Weekly: 2nd September 2005
Something is on the Loose and Preying on Animals in Denby. Ripley & Heanor News: 1st September 2005
Conditions Here Are Perfect for Panthers. Welwyn & Hatfield Times: 31st August 2005
The Beast is Back! Welwyn & Hatfield Times: 31st August 2005
In Pursuit of UFOs (Unidentified Furry Objects). This Is Devon: 27th August 2005.
New Sighting of Panther. The Leek Post: 26th October.
Mystery of Beast Sighting. Northampton Chronicle and Echo: 26th August 2005
Villagers Sightings of Big Cats Flood In. This is Kent: 25th August 2005
Tourists Report Another Local Sighting of Mystery Beast. Ashbourne News Telegraph: 24th August 2005
Warning After Big Cat Sighting. BBC News: 24th August 2005
Clues to big cat mystery - Barely a year goes by in Shropshire without reports of mysterious Big Cats The Shropshire Star: August 18th 2005
Feline Capers. The Champion News (Southport): 17th August 2005
`Big Cat' Moves in For the Kill. Ashbourne News Telegraph: 17th August 2005
Give Cat a Chance. Leek Post: 16th August 2005
What's Cat? Preston Today: 12th August 2005
Wrong Quarry. The Leek Post: 12th August 2005
Blackdown Beast is Stolen. Devon Today: 9th August 2005
Marksmen Out to Catch Panthers. By Roberto Rodriquez. The Leek Post: 5th August 2005
Another Big Cat Sighting, By David Harpur. Western Morning News News: August 2005
Second Cat Sighting. Hexham Courant: 2nd August 2005.
Big Black Cat Spotted. North West Evening News: 1st August 2005
Moorland Beast? No, It's Teacher's Overweight Pet. This Is Devon: 1st August 2005
Revealed: The Beast of Dartmoor. The Sunday Independant: 30th July 2005
Puss is Monster Moggie. The Sun: 29th July 2005
Large Beast Seen in My Back Garden. Ivybridge News: 29th July 2005
It’s a Purr Cop. The Mirror: 29th July 2005
Rail Passengers Stunned By Sight Of Puma The Ayrshire Extra: 28th July 2005
CFZ Press Release: While the Cats Away. CFZ Publishing: July 2005
On the Scent of the Big Cats The Northern Echo: 22nd July 2005
The Cat Came Back. Ivybridge News: July 2005
Medieval Lion Skulls Reveal Secrets of Tower of London "Zoo" 11th July 2005: Source unknown
Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind - Update! Leeds United.com: 6th July 2005
Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind! Leeds United.com: 5th July 2005
More London Sightings.
This is local London: 5th July 2005
Prints Found in Hampshire. Hampshire News: 2nd July 2005
Puma Spotted in Hampshire Field.
Hampshire News & Colin Lacey: 1st July 2005
More Standard Readers See Big Cat on the Prowl. By Tom Shepherd. Wilts & Glos Standard: 1st July 2005
New Sightings of the Panther. The Leek Post: 24th June 2005
Panther Prints Mystery Solved.
Diss Express: 24th June 2005
Big Cat Sightings in the Cotswolds. Wilts & Glos Standard: 23rd June 2005
Big Cat Claim by County Family. Shropshire Star: 22nd June 2005
Big Cat in Bexley. News Shopper: 21st June 2005
A Monster may be on the loose in Amber Valley. By Richard Woolley. Ripley Today: 16th June 2005
Mystery Injuries to Horse and Goose.
Shropshire Star: 8th June 2005
Gentle Giants Might be Mistaken for Panther. Huddersfield Daily Examiner: 6th June 2005
Fortean Times Review: Chris Moiser & Mystery Cats of Somerset. Fortean Times: June 2005
Black Cat Expert Unphased by 'X Files' Revelation The Westmoreland Gazette: 3rd June 2005
Over 30 Sightings of a Big Black Cat. Tamworth Herald: 2nd June 2005
Cow Attacked. Western Morning News: 2nd June 2005
Big Cat Blamed After Cow Attack. BBC News: 1st June 2005
Could Big Cat be Key to Mystery Men? By Linda Piper. News Shopper: 1st June 2005
Big Cat Loose in Norfolk. Linn News: 31st May 2005
Return of the Beast. By Linda Piper. News Shopper (London): 26th May 2005
Lynx Mob Spreads With New Sighting in Preston.By James Tourgout. Dorset Echo: 25th May 2005
Now Do You Believe There Are Big Cats Living in the Surrey Countryside? Surrey Advertiser: 23rd May 2005
Big Cat Spotted Prowling in Field. Huddersfield Daily Examiner: 23rd May 2005
The Lynx of Casterbridge? By Martin Lea. Dorset Echo: 21st May 2005
New Sightings Of Mystery Beast. Huddersfield Daily Examiner: 20th May 2005
'Swan Was Shot, Not Mauled by a Big Cat'. By Steve Holland. Borehamwood Times: 20th May 2005
Is This the Furry Face of Weymouth Wildcat. By Harry Walton. Dorset Echo: 16th May 2005
Fears of a Big Cat Loose After a Swan is Found in a Tree. This Is Local London: 12th May 2005
Monster of Meltham. Huddersfield Daily Examiner: 12th May 2005
Face to Face With 'Beast' in the Woods.
Northampton Chronicle: 12th May 2005
Sighting of Prowling 'Big Cat'. By Eve Parish. Kent Messenger: 11th May 2005
The Lynx Effect. By Harry Walton. Dorset Echo: 11th May 2005
People with Big Cat Tales to Tell. Gloucestershire Echo: 11th May 2005
Beast of Lytham. By Jaya Narain. Daily Mail: 6th May 2005
Big Cat is Blamed for Savage Death of Young Calf. Publication unknown (Somerset): 6th May 2005
What is That Beast? - Lynx-like animal spotted in town centre. By Ben Glass. Dorset Echo: 2nd May 2005
Farmers are Left Shocked as Mystery Beast Strikes. Western Daily Press: 2nd May 2005
Strange Beast Prowls Beauty Spot. Lytham Today: 29th April 2005
Witnesses Report More Big Cat Sightings in Liss.
Daily Mail: 29th April 2005
Ex-game Hunter on Trail of Beast. Oxford Mail: 28th April 2005
Mystery of the Big Cat Deepens. Petersfield Post: 27th April 2005
Panther Blamed for Beheading Goose.
This Is Oxfordshire: 25th April 2005
Monster Moggy Sightings. North-West Evening Mail: 23rd April 2005
`Lynx' Type Cat Seen. Westmoreland Gazette: 22nd April 2005
Big Cat Sightings on the Increase. Daily Mail: 20th April 2005
Big Cat Fear.
By Jolene Hill.This Is Local London: 20th April 2005
Did a 'Devil Bear' Kill 12 Lambs? By Tom Kelly. Daily Mail: 18th April 2005
Dismembered Carcass Renews Big Cat Fears.
Pocklington Today: 16th April 2005
Diss Big Cat Report / Follow-up. Diss Express: 12th April 2005
Langenhoe: 'Beast Of Essex' Strikes at Farm. Evening Gazette: 8th April 2005
'Big Cat' Spotted Again. Stratford-upon-Avon Herald: 6th April 2005
I've Seen the Big Cat Four Times. The Bromley Times: 6th April 2005
Tracing the Lynx in Valley Beast Cases. By Chris Smith. Ellesmere Port Pioneer: 6th April 2005
Vicar Spots Black Panther Prowling. Eastbourne Herald: 5th April 2005
Panther' is Seen Prowling Around Mere. Diss Express: 4th April 2005
Gazelle's Gory Killing Triggers Hunt For Wildlife Park Big Cat.
Western Daily Press: 30th March 2005
A Field Guide to the Mystery Beasts of the British Isles.
The Independant: 26th March 2005
Why Do Thousands of us Think We've Seen Big Cats Every Year?
By David Randall and Tom Anderson. The Independant: 25th March 2005
Close Encounter of the Furred Kind ...
... or how one man came face to face with a black panther -
By Kelly Sherbird. Greenwich Mercury: 25th March 2005
Expert Arrives For Big Cat Quest.
Publication Unknown: 25th March 2005
Mystery Big Cat Sighted at Heyshott. Midhurst & Petworth Observer: 24th March 2005
Walker Confronted by 'Beast of Castor'. Peterborough Evening Telegraph: 24th March 2005
Mystery Big Cat Sunderland Today: 24th March 2005
Big Cat Society Calls For Calm After Big Cat Encounter in London. BBCS Press Release: 23rd March 2005
Fear Stalks the Streets of Sydenham After Resident is Attacked by a Black
Cat the Size of a Labrador.
The Guardian: 23rd March 2005
Big Cat Attack in London. Daily Mail: 22nd March 2005
Hunt For 'Beast of Sydenham'.
By Justin Davenport. Evening Standard: 22nd March 2005
'Big Cat' Attacks Man in Garden. BBC News: 22nd March 2005
Beast of, er... Sydenham.
By James Clench. the Sun: 22nd March 2005
Giant Cat Loose in Suburbs. Khaleej Times, Agence France-Presse: 22nd March 2005
Bounty and the Beast.Exact date and publication unknown, March 2005
Feline brave: Then have a go at catching the `Beast of Burford'.
By Whitney - staff reporter. This is Oxford: 21st March 2005
£5,000 Reward. BBC News: 17th March 2005
Of Wolf and Man.
Date & Publication Unknown
Cyclist's Meeting With 'Big Cat'. BBC News: 17th March 2005
Big Cat is Spotted Killing Deer as Search For Wild Puma Goes On.
By Gavin Harvey. This Is North East: 11th March 2005
Beast' of Shap Sighting. Westmoreland Gazette: 9th March 2005
Sevenoaks Puma. Sevenoaks Chronicle: 3rd March 2005
Train Driver Spots Big Cat Near Tracks. Herts & Essex Observer: 3rd March 2005
Wild Beast of the West Returns. Dorset Echo: 25th February 2005
Is There Really a 'Large Cat' On the Loose? Eastbourne Herald: 24th February 2005
Is There a 'Beast of Hailsham'? Eastbourne Today: 15th February 2005
Seeking to Solve a Big Cat Mystery The Northern Echo: 7th February 2005
Zoologist Spots 'Big Black Cat' Near Town.
Yorkshire Evening Press: 2nd February 2005
Panther is Back. Horncastle News: 2nd February 2005
Big Cat Hunt Story. Harrogate Advertiser: 28th January 2005
Big Cat on Prowl in Town. Shropshire Star: 11th January 2005
In Search of Black Beast.
By Hannah Davies. Burton Mail (Staffordshire) 8th January 2005