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Big Cat Mystery in Foston Couple's Garden
Hutton Cranswick Today: 19th August 2008
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A MYSTERY creature could be lurking in Foston-on-the-Wolds after a
couple reported a sighting of a big cat in their front garden.
Ann and David Curtis, of Foston-on-the-Wolds, have told the Driffield
Times how they were awoken in the early hours of last Tuesday morning
to the sounds of a cat screeching, only to discover that the sound was
coming from something a little more sinister.
Mrs Curtis said: "We were woken in the night, at about 2am, by the
most terrible screeching and cat calling.
"We thought it was a cat or fox which is something we would expect out
here but it was so loud I got up.
"The security lights had been set off and there in our driveway was no
ordinary domestic black cat. At first I just couldn't believe what it was.
"It was as big as a fox but in the glare of the light we could see it
very clearly and it wasn't a fox at all. It was sandy coloured with a
big long tail like a cat's tail but this was striped," Mrs Curtis added.
After recovering from her initial shock Mrs Curtis ran downstairs from
the safety of her upstairs bedroom to find a torch to shed more light
on the bizarre scene.
Mrs Curtis said: "We could see it had fangs when it screeched at us.
It had short hairs and a cat face but it was much bigger than a feral
cat. We shouted and screamed and in the end it finally cleared off."
According to Mr and Mrs Curtis there have been at least three reported
sightings in the area over the last three weeks.
Mrs Curtis added: "I was talking to someone on the farm and said I
thought I saw a linx expecting them to say you were just dreaming but
apparently he had gone into the village pub one night and a woman was
there saying she had just seen a lynx.
"Since then a friend of ours said that a friend of his was fishing on
the beck near Wansford when he was suddenly aware that something was
watching him. He looked up and saw something that he described as like
a puma or something as big as that."
Mrs Curtis firmly believes that this sighting could explain why
wildlife, including ducks, has been disappearing from the couple's
garden in recent weeks.
Do you have any information on the above reports. Were you the person
involved, or are you aware of any more sightings in this area. We would appreciate any information that you could
give us.
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