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Beast of Blairadam Caught on Camera

Dunfermline Press: 5th August 2008

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IT seems our Beast of Blairadam is enjoying a holiday...in the unlikely location of the land of roundabouts - Glenrothes.
The feline, which is as hard to spot as our own Scoop (and less lucrative) was seen in the town recently...or so the photographer of this picture claims.
Here at the Press we are deliberating whether it really is the Kelty-based beast, or merely a speck on the lens.
And in a separate incident on the Kelty to Saline road a witness described her close encounter with a “large and unusually feral” black cat.
The woman, who claims her husband saw a similar cat near Sheildhall in 2003, said, “I was driving to work at around 4.50 am when an animal crossed the road approximately a hundred metres ahead.
“At first I thought it was a black cat but the nearer I got I realised that this was too large for a domestic cat. - it was as large as a dog.
“As I was upon it, it disappeared into the hedgerow on my side. The most striking thing was the size and sturdiness of its tail. It was tall but slender, or perhaps sleek is more apt, its head smallish.
She added, “I know exactly what I saw, but my friends have found it difficult to believe me...maybe it’s fear of the unknown.”
The anonymous person who took the photo said the Beast was unperturbed by anything around it and that “it was not bothered about my presence” as they approached.
Mark Fraser, from Big Cats in Britain, who sent us the photo, said, “It could be anything and it does appear hard to make out.
“Though we get around one sighting a day across the whole of the UK, Fife remains a hotspot.” “We are well under way with our plans to put up a webcam in Blairadam forest, of which the exact location is a secret.”
Watch this space for a link to the webcam from our website dunfermlinepress.co.uk in the coming months.

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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