Big Cat Sighting in Otways

Big Cat Sighting in Otways
By Danny Lannen
LORNE visitor Simon Raik-Allen said he would think twice about hiking in Otway forest after having seen a puma-like cat near Erskine Falls.
Mr Raik-Allen said he was startled by the sighting 100 metres away in clear conditions on Erskine Falls Road at 5.30am.
``When I saw it I thought what the hell is a panther doing in Australia,'' Mr Raik-Allen said.
He estimated the cat, with long looping tail, was about 1.5 metres long and half a metre high.
1st January 2008L Geelong Advertiser