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2008

Beast of Blairadam Caught on Camera Dunfermline Press: 5th August 2008
Methils Mystery Prowler Fife Today: 1st August 2008
Big Cat on the Prowl in Glenrothes – Fife. Glenrothes Gazette: 17th July 2008
Big Cat Sighting Forres Gazette: 9th July 2008
Beast Back on the Prowl Dunfermline Press: 19th June 2008
Big Cat on the Prowl at Westhill Evening Express: 19th June 2008
Hissing Big Cat Leaves Anglers in a State of Fear The Northern Scot: 13th June 2008
Webcam Set to Snare 'Beast of Blairadam' Dunfermline Press: 10th June 2008
Webcams Plan to Capture Big Cats Press and Journal: 9th June 2008
Webcams Launch Game of Cat and Mouse for Highland Beast Scotland on Sunday: 7th June 2008
Big Cat Spotted at Fishery Greenock Telegraph: 25th May 2008
Big cat sighted Selkirk Weekend Advertiser: 21st March 2008
Big as a Hound Mearns Leader: 29th February 2008
Return of the Beast Mearns Leader: 22nd February 2008

2007

Big Cat Could Be a Panther Greenock Telegraph: 28th December 2007
A Claws Encounter of the Furred Kind The Greenock Telegraph: Saturday, 15th December, 2007
Motorist Spots Big Cat Dundee Courier: 4th December 2007
Bunker Prints Point to Golf Lynx Dundee Courier 31st December 2007
Big cat sightings on rise in Fife The Courier: 15th October 2007
Nine Sightings of Big Cats Reported to Police Dundee Courier: 13th October 2007
Killer Beast Ripped Sheep to Pieces Paisley Daily Express: 1st October 2007
Puma Seen in Arisaig Area West Word: September 2007
Latest Tail of Tall Black Cat West Lothian Courier: 17th August 2007
Big Cat Sightings - Kirkintilloch Kirkintilloch Herald: 17th August 2007
Big Cat Mystery on the A4 Dumfries & Galloway Standard: 8th August 2007
‘Paws’ for Thought Dumfries & Galloway Standard: 8th August 2007
The Beast is Back . Press & Journal: 8th August 2007
‘Wild Cat’ Anything but Wild. The Courier: 6th August 2007
Big Cat Shock for Dundee Couple Dundee Courier: 4th August 2007
From African Elephants to Pumas in Fife Mark got Eco Warrior Bug in Army The Sun: 31st July 2007
DNA Could Help Scottish Wildcats BBC News: 12th July 2007
Renee Probe Cop Dies Inverness Courier: 30th June 2007
Big Cat Caught on Film The Press and Journal: 19th June 2007
What's up.... Pussycat? Scotland on Sunday: 20th May 2007
On the Prowl The Greenock Telegraph: 18th May 2007
Ayrshire Big Cats Ayrshire Extra: 17th May 2007
Big Cat Story Stirs Memories of Previous Sightings Forres Gazette: 11th April 2007
Cat Was Size of Large Labrador Forres Gazette: 5th April 2007
Sighting of a Big Cat Fuels Debate in Moray Forres Gazette: 4th April 2007
'Cat' Footage Stirs Memories of Previous Beasts Banffshire Journal: 4th April 2007
Is this the Beast of Banff? Banffshire Journal: 28th March 2007
A Terrifying Black Panther is Stalking the Inverclyde Countryside The Greenock Telegraph: 26th March
Big Cat Sighting Spooks Galston Security Guard Kilmarnock Standard: 23rd March 2007
Boy's Big Cat Fears Paisley Gazette: 21st March 2007
Big Cats Paws Get Plastered Daily Record: 21st March 2007
Lyons Track Down Big Cat Daily Star: 21st March 2007
Family Discover ‘Big Cat’ Prints in Garden The Courier: 20th March 2007
On the Prowl - Cops hunt big cats after 185 sightings The Daily Record: 19th March 2007
Big Cat Panic as Police Reveal 185 Sightings Scotland on Sunday: 18th March 2007
Animal Sculptor Reveals Big Black Cat Sighting Banffshire Journal: 14th March 2007
Latest Black Cat Sighting by Sea Campletown Courier: 16th February 2007
Identity of Big Cat Found Dead to be Unveiled Aberdeen Press & Journal: 16th February 2007
‘Big cat’ Sighting Leaves no Doubts The Courier: 9th February 2007
Picture Proof of Big Cat, Claim Couple The Courier: 8th February 2007
New Sightings Fuel Big Cat Mystery Banffshire Journal: 7th February 2007
A Rare Feline Sighting The Campletown Courier: 26th January 2007
Kintyre ‘Big Cat’ man’s Research Goes World Wide The Campletown Courier: 12th January 2007
Paws for Thought The Ayrshire Extra: 11th January 2007
Close Encounter With Big Cat The Scotsman: 5th January 2006

2006

Deadly Viper at Home in Borders The Times: 31st December 2006
Wild Things ! Aberdeen Press & Journal: 30th December
Survey Reveals Over 150 "Big Cats" (+ 2000 ostriches, 500 monkeys and 250 poisonous snakes) in private hands. BCIB Press release
The Beast of Buchan Scotland on Sunday: 24th December 2006
Spot the Leopard Aberdeen Evening Express: 21st December 2006
Big Cat Sighting at Gilvenbank Glenrothes Gazette: 29th November 2006
New Sighting of Big Cat on the Prowl Fife Herald: 24th November 2006
Has the Big Lochyside Puma Come Back for More? Lochaber News: 16th November 2006
On The Prowl: Cupar Gets Another Big Cat Publication Unknown: 26th November 2006
Fresh Beast of Buchan Sighting at Mintlaw Buchan Observer: 21st November 2006
Big Cat Sighted in Aberdeenshire STV News: 16th November 2006
Beast of Buchan Feared on the Prowl Near Farm Press & Journal: 30th October 2006
Is the Beast of Buchan back? The Buchan Observer: 25th October 2006
No Sign of the Beast of Balbirnie Fife Now: 4th October 2006
Police Investigate Plot To Release Wolves Back Into Wild In Scotland The Scotsman: 12th September 2006
New Book on Big Cat Mystery Fife on Line: 23rd August 2006
More Big Cats Are Spotted Outside Town. Paisley Daily Express: 8th August 2006
Cameras to Focus on Elusive Big Cats Fife Today: 28th July 2006
Dog Walker Shocked By Encounter With "Panther" Daily Express: 27th July 2006
Big-Cat Police on Trail Daily Star: 27th July 2006
Is There a Prowler About Town Glenrothes Gazette: 26th July 2006
Are ‘Lampers’ on the Hunt for Big Cats Paisley Express: 18th July 2006
Big Cat Keen on Fish Suppers The Courier: 14th July 2006
Channel 5 Searching for Scotland's Big Cats. Big Cats in Britain Press Release: 11th July 2006
Retired Farmer Tells of 'Panther' Sighting John O’ Groats Journal: 21st June 2006
Big Cat Standing Guard on Perthshire Village Dundee Courier: 17th June 2006
Leopards Spot is Axed. Sunday Mail: 11th June 2006
Big Cat Presence is Confirmed The DundeeCourier: June 2006.
‘100% Sure’ of Sidlaw Hills Big Cat The DundeeCourier.: 27th April 2006.
Grim Find Leads to Beast Fears The Courier: 8th April 2006
Close Encounters With North- Easts Beast. Evening Express: 6th April 2006
Cats That Got the Screams Evening Express: 6th April 2006
Exclusive: I’ll Bag Scots Big Cat Sunday Mail: 19th March 2006
Couple Say Big Cat Visited Their Home Aberdeen Press & Journal: 18th March 2006
Rise in Big Cat Reports Show More on the Prowl Evening Express: 16th March 2006
On the Trail of Big Cat Evening Telegraph: 7th March 2006
Train Of Thought In Big Cat Debate. Greenock Telegraph : 18th February 2006
Big Cat's Back - Again. Campletown Courier: 17th February 2006
Puma-like Beast Startles Taxi Driver Dundee Courier: 16th February 2006
Big Cat Is Really A Pussy. Greenock Telegraph: 15th February 2006
Who Killed Bambi? Greenock Telegraph: 15th February 2006
Pair Left Terrified By Encounter With ‘Panther’. Edinburgh Evening News: 8th February 2006
Big Cat Surprise For Family In Park Fife Courier: 2nd February 2006
The Real Beast of Balbirnie. - “Eliminating a St Bernard from their inquiries, police hunt black leopard” Scottish Daily Mail: 2nd February 2006
Expert Claims Beast Is Big Cat The Herald: 2nd February 2006
Police Say Mystery Beast Could Be A Black Leopard. The Herald: 2nd February 2006
Black Leopard Pawprint Clue to the 'Beast of Balbirnie' The Scotsman: 2nd February 2006
Big Cat Surprise for Family in the Park. Dundee Courier: 2nd February 2006
Print 'Proof' of Big Cat Presence. BBC News: 1st February 2006
The Lynx Effect Press & Journal: 27th January 2006
Black Panther Visit for Greenock Couple. Greenock Telegraph: 21st January 2006
Cuddly Thatcham hound is 'the beast of Balbirnie'. Fife-on-line: 18th January 2006.
Kintrye's Big Cat Sightings On The Increase. Campletown Courier: 13th January 2006
Is Bernard The Beast Of Balbirnie? Fife-on-line: 4th January 2006

2005

TV Nauturalist Sceptical Over Reports Of Big Cat Sightings. Aberdeen Press and Journal: 31st December 2005.
Third Black Cat Sighting. Campletown Courier: 16th December 2005
"Big Cat" Spotted At Tayinloan. Campletown Courier: 9th December 2005
"Big Cat" Caught On CCTV At Garage Near Lochcarron. West Highland Free Press: 4th November 2005.
Dundee: Pets Eaten. The Dundee Courier: 4th November 2005.
On The Prowl For Big Cat. Press & Journal: 25th October 2005
Motorists Stopped in Their Tracks As Big Cat Goes On The Prowl. By Alan Gorham. Press & Journal: 24th October 2005
Sightings Adding To Cat Tales. Press & Journal: 24th October 2005
Another Sighting Adds To Mystery Of Big Black Cat. East Lothian News: 20th October 2005
'Panther' Seen Again In Dornoch. East Lothian News: 20th October 2005
Mystery Beast of Haddington. The Northern Times: 21st October 2005.
Businessman Tells Of Big-Cat Encounter On Country Road. By Alan Gorham. Press & Journal: 19th October 2005
Sheep Slaughtered. Press Journal: 17th October 2005
Mystery Black Beast Gives Dick Paws for Thought. East Lothian Courier: 14th October 2005
Hunting The 'Beast of Babirnie'. Publication unknown: 12th October 2005
Big Cat, Or Muckle Dog? Fife News: 12th October 2005.
Why The Lynx Could Return To The Highlands. By Vicky Collins. The Herald: 10th October 2005
Discovery could see lynx in the Highlands Again. By Frank Urquhart and Raymond Hainey. The Scotsman: 10th October 2005
Humans Prime Suspects in Lynx Extinction - Should we Bring Back the Wild Cats? By Lucy Sheriff. The Register: 10th October 2005
Big Cat Roaming Scottish Woods. By James Moncur. Scottish Daily Record: 7th October 2005
Paws For Thought As Police Officers Find Big Cat Footprint. Press & Journal: 7th October 2005
Paw Print Find Steps Up Hunt For Lynx Or Puma. By Brian Donnelly. The Herald: 7th October 2005
Balbirnie Paw Print. The Glasgow Herald: 7th October 2005
Police On The trail Of Balbirnie Cat. By Stewart Ross. The Courier: 7th october 2005
Big Cat May Have Eaten Family Pet. The Courier: 6th October 2005
Zoologist Studies 'Big Cat' Print. The Scotsman: 6th October 2005
Police Hunt Mystery Big Cat Spotted In Lothian Town The Scotsman: 6th October 2005
Fife press release: Beast of Balbirnie - Paw Print Found. Fife Police: 6th October 2005
Men Spark Off Renewed Leopard Hunt. Greenock Telegraph: 4th October 2005
Group Wants Reports of Big Cat Sightings In Dundee. Dundee Telegraph: 30th September 2005
Big Cat Sighting In Dundee by Stefan Morkis. Evening Telegraph and Post: 27th September 2005
Big Cat Sighted At Town Park Fife Free Press: 7th September 2005
Expert Steps Up Beast Of Roslin Hunt. Edinburgh Evening News: 14th August 2005
Man With Big cats Preying On His Mind, By Julia Horton. Edinburgh Evening News: 3rd August 2005
Rail Passengers Stunned By Sight Of Puma, By John dewar. Ayrshire Extra: 29th July 2005
Woman Spots The 'Beast Of Roslin' In Her Back Garden. Edinburgh Evening News: 19th July 2005
Is This the Beast of Roslin? By Laura Varney Edinburgh Evening News: 18th July 2005
Big Cat Flap Gives Paws For Thought, By Diane McLean. The Scotsman: 24th June 2005
Wildcat Caught On Film. Campletown Courier: 10th June 2005
Has Kintyre's Black Beast Moved North. Campletown Courier: 3rd June 2005
Don't Kill Big Cat, By Elaine Bowers. Greenock Telegraph: 30th April 2005
Keen To Hear About Sightings Of 'Big Cats'. Dundee Telegraph: 11th April 2005
Big Cat Only A Whisker Away. Kilmacolm Newsletter (free paper): April 2005
'Big Cat' Sightings May Be Case Of Mistaken Identity. Glasgow City Council online: 6th April 2005
Countryside Staff Warned As Big Cat Is Sighted In Glasgow. The Glasgow Herald: 1st April 2005
Survival Instincts Keep The Rabbits Out Of Feline's Way. Publication unknown, Glasgow: 1st April 2005
Crofters' Big Cat Sighting. The Express: 1st April 2005
Panther Shock For Driver. Glasgow Evening Times: 29th March 2005
Hunt For Big Cats In N-East. Press & Journal: 24th March 2005
On The Prowl Soon - For Rare Spring Sightings Of A Big Cat, By Claire Elliott . Press & Journal: 24th March 2005
Warnings After 'Big Cat' Sightings In Suburb, By Karen McVeigh . The Scotsman: 23rd March 2005
Night Vision And A Smart Camera, By Elaine Bowers . Greenock Telegraph: 25th January 2005
Big Cat Spotted Near Village. Greenock Telegraph: 15th February 2005
Big Cat Hunter Catches Beast's Roar On Tape. Greenock Telegraph: 12th February 2005
Terrifying Attack By 'Sleek Black Beastie' Still Haunts Female Victim, By Caroline Page . Press & Journal: 7th February 2005
Bounty On Offer For Big Cat Proof, By Elaine Bowers . Greenock Telegraph: 5th February 2005
Panther Is Spotted By Taxi Driver Outside Town. Edinburgh Evening News: 4th February 2005
'Giant Cat' Sighting In Dunbar Area. East Lothian News: 3rd February 2005
Big Cat Sightings Bring Out Villagers. Greenock Telegraph: 20th January 2005
Cats Out The Bag, By Elaine Bowers . Greenock Telegraph: 19th January 2005
Grampian Big Cats To Be Tracked Using Infrared Cameras, By John Thompson. Aberdeen Press & Journal 18th January 2005
Team Of Big Cat Hunters To Lead Special Mission. Aberdeen Press & Journal 18th January 2005
Puma Spotted By Bus Driver. Greenock Telegraph: 15th January 2005
Villagers Reckon Puma Is On The Loose, By Elaine Bowers . Greenock Telegraph: 12th January 2005
Increase In Big Cat Visits Give Us Paws For Concern, By David Owen . Aberdeen Press & Journal: 10th January 2005
Black Beast Tore Calf In Half Aberdeen Press & Journal 10th January 2005

2004

 Kintyre’s Big Cat Is Back Campbeltown Courier: December 2004
Dog-walker Records Second Sighting Of Big Cat In Fife, By Rhiannon Edward . The Scotsman: 26th November 2004
Glenrothes Residents On Their Guard After Big Cat Sighting. Scotland Today: 5th November 2004
Pensioner Left Terrified After Spying Fife 'Puma'. Evening News: 4th November 2004
Hunter Spots 'Big Cat' The Size Of A Small Deer, By Alistair Beaton. Aberdeen Press & Journal: 20th October 2004
Big Cat On The Prowl In Galston, By John Dewar. The Extra (Ayrshire): 14th October 2004
Woman Spots Mystery Big Cat For Second Time. Aberdeen Press & Journal: 11th September 2004
Local Couple In 'Big Cat' Sighting. John O' Groat Journal: 27th August 2004
Man Came Face-To-Face With A Puma. This Is Renfrewshire: 16th August 2004
Big Cat Hunters Left Chasing Their Tails. The Herald: 16th July 2004
Big Cat Hunters On The Prowl. Ayrshire Post: 2nd July 2004
Big Cat Experts Set Their Sites On Insch. Aberden Press & Journal: 2nd July 2004
Crocodile Dundee Meets Big Cat In Aberdeenshire, By Catrina McLintock. Aberdeen Evening Express: 1st July 2004
Has The Big Cat's Lair Been Found? By Eitan Grant The Gazette: 30th June 2004
He May Only Be A Whisker Away, By Julia Horton. Edinburgh Evening News: 30th June 2004
Here Kitty Kitty.....By Cameron Simpson The Herald: 29th June 2004
On The Prowl For Big Cats. Paisley Daily Express: 28th June 2004
Coulport Cougar Is On The Loose, By Alistair McKay. Helensburgh News: 25th June 2004
Strangers Are On Our Shores. Press & Journal: 15th June 2004
Pony Mauled To Death On Braes. Paisley Daily Express: 7th June 2004
Big Cat Sighted. Dumfries & Galloway Standard: 2nd June 2004.
Durness Sighting Of 'Cat-Like Creature'. The Northern Times: 13th May 2004.
North- East Is Still Top Location For Big Cat Sightings, By Claire Elliott. Evening Express: 20th April 2004.
'Big Cat' Is A Pet Dog, By Kevin Lowry. Press & Journal: 22nd January 2004.
Man Tells Of Big Cat Encounter In The Forest. Press & Journal: 16th January 2004.
Panther Made Me Run Faster. Daily Record: 16th January 2004.
Big Cat Sighting At St Fergus. The Buchan Observer: 14th January 2004.

2003

Big Cat Mystery Deepens. Evening Telegraph: 19th December 2003.
Big Cat Seen Again Campbeltown Courier: 12th December 2003
Sheep Camouflaged To Confuse Big Cats. Annova: 11th December 2003.
Hide And Sheep, By Calum McDonald. Daily Record: 11th December 2003
We Saw Leopard In Our Garden. This Is Renfrewshire: 11th December 2003.
Group Offers £100 Reward To Keep On Big Cats Trail, By Caroline Page. Press & Journal: 10th December 2003.
Leopards Lair. Johnstone Gazette (?): 8th December 2003.
Leopard On The Loose: Is this the first photo? The Gazette (Greenock): 3rd December 2003.
Panther? or Kellas Cat? Dunoon Observer and Argyllshire Standard, 28th November 2003
Cowal’s Big Cat – New Evidence on Loch Eck Dunoon Observer 28th November 2003
"Big Cat" Spotted Near Station. Dundee Courier: November 25th, 2003.
I Fled From Big Leopard. Paisley Daily Express: 25th November 2003.
Shock For Dog Walker As He Spots Giant Cat. Paisley Daily Express: 18th November 2003.
Kids Cat Alert. The Sun: 14th November 2003
Big Cat Scare At Air Base. Daily Record: 14th November 2003.
Alert To School Kids: Leopard Spotted / Playground guard as police launch search for beast, By Robert McAuley. Daily Record: 14th November 2003.
Renfrewshire Villagers On Lookout For Mystery Big Cat. icRenfrewshireonline: 13th November 2003
Further Sighting's Of Hungry Leopard. Paisley Daily Express: 13th November 2003.
Renfrewshire Big Cats. Paisley Daily Express: 12th November 2003.
Prowling with the Panther on 'Scotland's Serengeti Glenrothes Gazette: 12th November 2003
Leopards On The Loose. Paisley Daily Express: 12th November 2003.
Big Cat" Reports Rise, By Michael Alexander. Tayside & Fife: 8th November 2003.
Westhill Sounds Alarm Over Five Big Cat Sightings, By Claire Elliott. Press & Journal: 6th November 2003.
Hot on the Tails…. Dunoon Observer: November 2003.
Another Big Cat Sighting In Field. The Dundee Courier: 4th November 2003.
Big Cat Hunt At RAF Base. The Sun: 29th October 2003.
Mystery Cat Sighted Again. Press & Journal: 13th October 2003.
Trucker Startled By Beast Sighting. Evening Express: 9th October 2003.
Pals 'Feline Fine After 'Panther' Sighting. Evening Express: 2nd October 2003.
My Encounter With Big Black Cat. Evening Express: 1st October 2003.
'Big Cat Spotted Twice By Holiday Makers, By John Thompson. Press & Journal: 27th September 2003.
Thought Big Cat Sighting's Were Rubbish....Than I Saw One, By Mike Fairgrieve. Evening Express: 27th September 2003.
New Big Cat Alert On Black Isle. The North Star: 26th September 2003.
Purr-Fect Way To Speed Up. Evening Express: 23rd September 2003.
Chance Of Big Cat Pretty Slim. Evening Express: 22nd September 2003.
Get The Feline Your Being Watched. Evening Express: 22nd September 2003.
Cat The Size Of Collie Dog Spotted Near Nairn. Press & Journal. 21st September 2003.
Mystery Beast Sighting At Auldearn, By Sue Restan. Press & Journal: 20th September 2003.
Panther-Like Creature Strikes Again At Beauty Spot. Evening Express: 20th September 2003.
Panther Fear After Sighting. Daily Express: 18th September 2003.
Beastly Encounter - Couple Come Face To Face With Big Cat On Country Road. Greenock Telegraph: 18th September 2003.
Girls In Panther Ordeal. Daily Star: 18th September 2003.
Government Officials Saw Big Cat In Stathern. Melton Times: 18th September 2003.
Another Big Cat Sighting Near Peterhead, By Jamie Buchan. Press & Journal: 16th September 2003.
The Purr-fect Place To Spot A Big Cat. Cumnock Chronicle: 13th September 2003.
Inverness Man Reports Puma-Like Sighting. Nessie's Loch Ness Times: 8th September 2003.
More Big Cats Please. Cumnock Chronicle: 15th August 2003.
Big Cat Alert Widens, By Amanda Smith. Cumnock Chronicle: 8th August 2003.
Wild Cat Spotlight Hits Region Again. Dumfries & Galloway Standard. 4th August 2003.
Police Issue Warnings After Big Cat Sightings, By Frank Ryan. The Scotsman. 3rd August 2003.
Paw Prints Found at Carradale Campbeltown Courier: 1st August 2003
Black Beast In The Prowl Startles Insch Golf Course Worker. Press & Journal: 31st July 2003.
Big Black Cat On The Prowl. Aberdeen Evening Express: 31st July 2003.
Worker Spots Big Cat Roaming Aberdeenshire Golf Course. Aberdeen Evening Express: 31st July 2003.
Melrose Sighting Of Leopard-Like Big Cat, By David Rinaldi. Border Telegraph: 30th July 2003.
Face-to-Face With Big Cat, By Doug Archibald. Dumfries & Galloway Standard: 29th July 2003.
Another Big Cat Sighted. Press & Journal. 26th July 2003.
Woman's Big Cat Scare. Press & Journal. 26th July 2003.
Family Use Camcorder To Catch Big Cat On The Prowl, By Clive Dennier. Press & Journal. 25th July 2003.
Big Cat Sighting Shock. Dumfries & Galloway, 4th July 2003.
Big Leopard On The Lurk. Irvine Times, 4th July 2003.
Machars Mystery Cat. Dumfries & Galloway Standard: 26th June 2003.
Tragedy Hits Galston Family As Second Big Bird Is Killed. Kilmarnock Standard: June 2003.
Cat Makes Appearance Campbeltown Courier: 20th June 2003
Kintyre’s Big Cat Is Back Campbeltown Courier: 23rd June 2003
Lambs Killed By Big Cat. The Galloway News, 13th June 2003.
Cyclist Claims To Have Snapped Prowling Black Cat. Press & Journal, 9th June, 2003.
Beast Of Braemar, By Heather Greenaway. Sunday Mail, 8th June, 2003.
More Buddies Spot The Mystery Big Cat. Paisley Daily Express, 29th May 2003.
Mystery Big Cat Is Spotted. Paisley Daily Express, 20th May 2003.
Killer Cat Alert In Galston, By Alex Milligan. Kilmarnock Standard: 16th May 2003.
Alert Over Big Cat After Pet Bird Is Found Dead, By Martin Williams. The Herald: 16th May 2003.
Big Cat Kills Chris Rhea. Daily Record: 16th May 2003.
Big Cat Spotted Again Near Dornoch. The Northern Times. 10th May 2003.
Vet Convinced That His Discovery Offers Conclusive Proof Of Big Cat Existence, By Raymond Shewan. Press & Journal: 15th April 2003.
Footprint Evidence Discovered. Dundee Courier. 9th April 2003.
New Sighting Sparks fresh Cat Flap, By Alison Jack. Falkirk Herald. 3rd April 2003.
Big Cats On The Prowl. Fortean Times: March 2003
'Big Cat' Sighted In Leven. Fife on-line 27th March 2003.
Big Cat Sightings. The Scotsman 26th March 2003.
Big Cat Seen On Prowl In City's Kingswells, By Geoffrey Bew. Press & Journal: 24th March 2003
Return Of The Missing Lynx. Sunday Mail: 23rd March 2003
Something Stirring In Strathyre. Stirling Observer 21st March 2003.
Big Cat Sighting Knocks Spots Off The Rest, By Mark Drever. Press & Journal. 15 March 2003.
ABC Probe After Giant Paw Print Find In Renfrewshire. Paisley Daily Express, 5th March 2003.
Man Spots Wildcat In Scottish Street. Dundee Courier March 3rd.
Kintyre’s Beast is Back. Campbeltown Courier: 28th February 2003
Big Cat May Still Be On The Prowl. The Paisley Daily Express: February 18th, 2003.
Big Cat Country. Rampant Scotland NO: 202 February 2003.
Local Cat Was Wild About Deer. Edinburgh Evening News: 24th January 2003.
Sheep Deaths Lead To Hunt For Big Cat. The Herald 24th January 2003.
Mutilated Sheep Blamed On Big Cat. Daily Record: 24th January 2003.
Claws For Concern As Big Cat Moves In. Edinburgh Evening News: 22nd January 2003.
Watch Out For The Big Cats. Kilmarnock Standard: 17th January 2003.
On The Prowl, By Lorraine Howard. Irvine herald & kilwinning Chronicle: January 16th 2003).
Mystery Over Massive Moggy. Ayrshire Leader: 16th January 2003.
Cat Scan, By Alan Campbell. Ayrshire Post: 15th January 2003.
Big Cat Sighted Again. Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald: 13th (apprx) January 2003.
Mystery Big Cat Is Captured On Video, By Mark Aitken. The Mail On Sunday: 12th January 2003.
Encounter With 'Mountain Lion' At Kintore. Dundee Courier: 10th January 2003.
Woman Stalked By Lion. The Sun: 10th January 2003.
Woman Encounters Big Cat In Northern Scotland, By Gayle Ritchie. Aberdeen Evening Express: 9th January 2003.
Welcome To Kint Roar, By Gayle Ritchie. Press and Journal: 9th January 2003 .
Angus Is Big Cat Hot Spot. Dundee Courier: January 3rd, 2003.
An Unusual Sighting. Round & About: (Mull Newsletter) January 2003.

2002

 Zoo Chiefs Rubbish Big Cat Theory, By Martin Murray. Evening Times: December 30th 2002.
Experts Probe Big White Cat Sightings, By Robert Fairburn. Daily Record: December 28th 2002.
Fresh Sightings Of Ardrossan Big Cat. The Herald: 27th December 2002.
Ardrossan Big Cat Could Now Be Miles Away, By James Freeman. Glasgow Herald: December 26th, 2002.
Police Saw Mystery Big Cat. Irvine Herald And Kilwinning Chronicle: Tuesday 24th December.
Cardrona Big Cat Mystery Unsolved As Experts Fails To Identify Creature. Southern Reporter: 24th December 2002.
Warning As Police Spot Big Cat On The Prowl, By David McDonald. Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald: 24th December, 2002.
Police Warning As More Big Cats Are Sighted In Scotland, . Press & Journal: 24th December 2002.
Puma On The Prowl Perplexes Police, By James Doherty. The Scotsman: 24th December, 2002.
Call Of The Wildcat, By Nichola Workman. Daily Mirror: 24th December 2002.
Find The Phantom Menace, By Stephen Ventura. Daily Record: 24th December, 2002.
Mystery Beast Warning After Cops Spot Giant Cat, By Martin Murray. Glasgow Evening Times: 23rd December, 2002.
Cops Fear Mystery Beast Is Wild Puma, By Martin Murray and John Kerr . Glasgow Evening Times (early edition): 23rd December 2002.
Police Sight Mystery Creature. BBC News: 23rd December, 2002.
Missing Big Cat Recaptured. Daily Record, 16th December 2002.
Return Of The Missing Lynx. The Scotsman, 14th December 2002.
Missing Lynx Recaptured. BBC Scotland News, 13th December 2002.
Missing Lynx Found Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary: 13th December 2002
Minister Meets Mystery Animal Campletown Courier: 13th December 2002
Missing Big Cat Recaptured. Ananova, 13th December 2002.
Fears Grow For Safety Of Lynx, By Lee Kerr . Galloway News, 9th December 2002.
Wild Cat Spotted. Dumfries and Galloway Standard, 4th December 2002.
MEE-OUCH - Postie Faces Lynx Then Is Bitten By Moggie, By Gerry Duffy . The Sun: 30th November, 2002.
The Missing Lynx. Galloway News, 29th November 2002.
University Acquires Big Cat For Display, By Geoffrey Bew . Press And Journal: 28th November 2002.
Police Alert Over Missing Big Cat. Daily Mail, 27th November 2002.
Lynx In Dash For The Hills After Park Break-Out. The Herald, 27th November 2002.
Police Warning Over Missing Lynx. The Scotsman, 27th November 2002.
Advice To The Public - Lynx Escaped From Wildlife Park Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary: 26th November 2002
Search For Missing Lynx. BBC Scotland News: 26th November 2002
Lynx Escapes From Wildlife Park. Ananova, 26th November 2002.
Lynx escapes in Dumfries and Galloway Teletext ITV: 26th November 2002.
Hunt For The Missing Lynx / Dangerous Big Cat Escapes Park, By Karen Bale . Daily Record: November 11th, 2002.
Kintyre’s Mystery Sheep Killer Strikes Again Campletown Courier: 8th November 2002
A Big Cat In Road, By Stuart McDonald. Irvine Times: Friday November 8th, 2002.
Another Big Cat Sighting In Fife. The Evening Telegraph: November 4th 2002.
Locals Believe Big Cat Is Responsible For Killing Lambs. Scotland Today: November 4th 2002.
Riddle Of 60 Dead Sheep. Sunday Mail: 27th October, 2002.
Mystery Sheep Murders in Southend Campletown Courier: 25th October 2002
Big Cats Now On The Net. Peebleshire News, 11th October 2002.
Couple Are Now Big Cat Believers. Dundee Courier, 10th October 2002.
Large Brown Cat Seen At Ancrum. Border Telegraph, 1st October 2002.
Big Cat Stalker, Alan Campbell. Ayrshire Post: 27th September 2002.
Couple's Late-Night Encounter With 'Big Cat', Ralph Barnett. Dundee Evening Telegraph / September 24th 2002.
Police Officers Big Cat Sighting. Dundee Courier / September 23rd 2002.
'Big Cats Sighted'. Dunoon Observer: 20th September, 2002.
On The Prowl, Chris Marks. Daily Mail, 9th September 2002.
Big Cat Sightings Soaring. The Southern reporter, 5th September 2002.
Scotland’s 1,000 Big Cat Sightings The Scotsman: September 2nd, 2002.
Aberdeenshire Is UK's 'Hotspot' For Big-Cat Sightings. Aberdeen Press & Journal: 28th August 2002.
Big Cats 'Established' In Scots Countryside. The Herald: 28th August 2002.
North-East Revealed As A Big Cat Hideaway. The Evening Express: August 28th 2002.
Big Cats Stalk Every County. Scottish Daily Mirror: 28th August 2002.
Big Cat Sighting's Reach 'Record Levels'. PA News. 28th August 2002
American Feline Is Big Clue. Southern Reporter 9th August 2002.
Seen Any Big Cats Lately. The Irvine Herald: 2nd August 2002.
NE Man Comes Within A Whisker Of A Big Cat, By Sally McDonald. Aberdeen press and journal: 29th July 2002.
Big Cat On Prowl Again Says Startled Man, By Neil Moir and Angela Taylor. Aberdeen Press & Journal. 29th January 2002.
Mysterious Black Cat Still On The Prowl In Fields And Farmland, By Frank Beattie. The Kilmarnock Standard: 26th July 2002.
Wildcat Clue To The Beast Of Gala Hill, By Bob Burgess. The Southern Reporter: 26th July 2002.
Mystery Cats- Blame The Kellas. Southern Reporter, 18th July 2002.
N-East Is Hotspot For Beast Sightings. Evening Express, 25th July 2002.
Mystery Over 5 Missing Gala Cats. Southern Reporter, 17th July 2002.
Another Big Cat Seen / Beast On The Prowl. Inside Scotland, Renfrewshire / Scotland.6th July 2002.
Armed Cops Hunt Wild Puma Beast, By Derek Parker. Paisley Daily Express ~ Friday July 5th 2002.
Out on the Prowl with Scotlands Big Cats, By Matt Bendoris. The Scottish Sun, Friday July 5th 2002.
Sharpshooters In Hunt For Big Cat. Daily Record: 4th July, 2002.
Big Cat Search In Hospital Grounds. BBCS News Online: 3rd July 2002.
Out On The Wildlife Beat With PC Mike Middlehurst. Press & Journal: 3rd July 2002.
Reports Of Big Cat Sightings. Aberdeen Press & Journal: 15th June 2002.
Golfers Report Big Cat. Press & Journal: 15th June 2002.
On The Prowl (feature) Candise Magazine June 2002.
Farmers On Guard After Big Cat Sighting, By Trudi Fraser. Inverurie Advertiser: 7th June, 2002.
More Sightings Of Monikie Big Cat. 5th June 2002, Publication unknown.
Angus Student Tells Of Big Cat Encounter. Dundee Courier: 4th June 2002.
New Sightings As Big Cats Mystery Deepens, By Frank Beattie. Kilmarnock Standard: 17th May 2002
Grandad Fears After Sighting Of 'Big Cat'. East Lothian Courier: 10th May 2002.
Big-Cat Author Wants To Dig Up Mystery Creature For Dna Tests. Press & Journal: 3rd May 2002.
Theories Abound Over Big Cat Found Dead In Buchan Countryside. Press & Journal:2nd May 2002.
No Purr-fect Answer To Mystery Of Big Cat, By Nicole Luck. Peterhead Gazette: 2nd May 2002.
Big Cat's Identity Divides Experts, By Billy Youngson. Press & Journal: 2nd May 2002.
Discovery Of A Giant Cat’s Body Leaves Experts At Loggerheads, By Billy Youngson. Press & Journal: 1st May 2002.
Big Cat Body Puzzles Experts, By Andrew Kellock . Press & Journal: 1st May 2002.
Farmer finds Big Cat Body. ITV Teletext: 1st May 2002.
Big Cats On The Prowl In Aberdeen. Dead Of Night Magazine by Lee Walker / May 2002
Discovery Of Big Cats Body Poses New Riddle, By Billy Youngson. 1st May 2002 / Press & Journal.
Golfers Ignore Ashludie ‘Big Cat’. The Evening Standard: 31st March 2002.
Police Wildlife Expert Sceptical over Big Cat, By Ralph Barnett . Dundee Courier: 30th March 2002.
Golfers Warned Of "Wild Beast", By Emma Seith . Courier: 29th March 2002.
Attack By Mysterious Beast Inspires Poetic Victim To Put Pen To Paper, By Neil Moir. Aberdeen Press & Journal.
Cats Of 99 Tales And More, By Morag Lyndsey. Press & Journal: 5th March, 2002.
Five sightings of a Large Black Cat Near Dunbar. East Lothian Courier: 1st March 2002.
Bus Driver Tells Of Close Encounter With Beast Of Bennachie, By Alistair Beaton . Press & Journal: 23rd February, 2002.
Driver In New Beast Sighting. Press & Journal: 23rd February 2002.
Stevens Big Black Cat Scare. Press & Journal: 22nd February, 2002.
MSP Calls For Official Big Cat Investigation. Press & Journal: Friday 22nd February 2002.
Stevens Frightening Big Cat Close Encounter, By Alistair Beaton . Press & Journal: 22nd February.
Country Guerrillas Unleash The Lynx Weapon, By Stephen Khan. The Observer: Sunday February 17th, 2002.
Beasts On The Prowl, By Jim Gilchrist . The Scotsman: February 3rd 2002.
Beast Of The Mound Spotted Again. The Northern Times: Exact date unknown.
Large Black Cat On Prowl. Grampian TV Teletext: 27th Jan 2002.
Big Cat Hunter - Daredevil Jim On Trail of beasts that roam Scotland, By Andrea Vance . News of the World: 27th January 2002.
Beast Victim Relives Her Ordeal, By Neil Moir . Aberdeen Press & Journal: 25 January 2002.
Cat Reports Give Paws For Thought, By Neil Moir . Aberdeen Press & Journal: 25th January 2002.
I Was Bitten By The Big Cat In Big Yin Country, By Ken Adams. . News of the World: January 20th 2002.
The Big Cats Are Out There - All 150 Of Them, By James Millar. Sunday Herald. 20th January 2002.
'Whatever It Was I Don't Know. But This Was No Pussycat', By Alan Crawford. Sunday Herald: January 20th 2002.
Cameras Focus On Big Cat Sightings, By Neil Moir. Aberdeen Press & Journal 2002.
Insch Woman Continues Efforts To Identify Beast That Attacked Her, By Neil Moir. Press & Journal:18th January 2002.
Woman Relives Attack By Mystery Beast, By Angela Taylor. Press & Journal: 17th January 2002.
Experts Call For More Evidence To Identify Mystery ‘Black Beastie’, By Neil Moir. Press & Journal:17th January 2002.
Crofter Is Mauled By Wild Cat, By Bob Dow. Daily Record: Tuesday January 15th 2002.
Woman Bitten By Mystery 'Black Beastie' Annova. Monday 14th January 2002.
Crofter Is Attacked By Big Cat / 'Black Beast' Mauls Woman. The Daily Recod: January 14th 2002.
Woman Is Atacked By 'Big Cat'. The Press & Journal: January 14th 2002.
Woman Recovers After Black Beast ‘Attack’, By Kim Munro. PA News:14th January 2002.
Big Cat Fear As Mystery Beast Bites Woman, By Laura Grant. The Press & Journal: January 14th 2002.
'Black Beast' Mauls Woman. The Daily Record: January 14th 2002.
Black Puma-Like Creature Seen Again, By Marilyn Henderson. The Oban Times: January 14th 2002.

2001

Huge Cat Sighted. Nessie's Loch Ness Times: 22nd December 2001.
Sightings Of Big Cats In Moray. The Northern Scot: 20th December 2001.
Non-Native Cat Sightings. Hawick News, 30th November 2001.
Fife May Be The Big Cat Capital Of Scotland. November 26th. Dundee Evening Telegraph.
Big Cats Are Alive And Well. Northern Scot: 24th November 2001.
Puma-Type Animal Was Seen. Northern Scot: 24th November 2001.
Big Cat In Hawick. Hawick News: 24th November 2001.
British Big Cat Society Asks For Reports Of Sightings. Hawick News: 24th November 2001.
Big Cat Sightings Wanted. The Northern Scot: 22nd November 2001.
Angus Man Comes Face-to-Face With Big Cat. Sunday Post 18th November 2001.
Panther" Goes To Ground. Hawick News: 16th November 2001.
Author Sights Big Cat Near Abbey. Northern Scot.
'Beast' Is Spotted At Monkrigg Place. East Lothian Courier: 9th November 2001.
Panther Fever. Hawick News: 2nd November 2001.
A Walk on the Wild Side? Dunoon Observer: 27th October 2001
People Spooked By Eerie Cat Sightings. Kilmarnock Standard 19th October 2001.
Crofters In Big Cat Alert. Grampian TV Teletext: 11th October 2001.
Witnesses Wanted Kilmarnock Standard: September 2001
Inverness Man Reports Puma-Like Sighting. Nessie's Loch Ness Times: 8th September 2003.
Another Sighting Of Big Cat In Angus Hot Spot. Dundee Courier, 25th August 2001.
Security Guard Spots ‘Big Cat’. The Edinburgh Evening News: 30th July 2001.
Second 'Big Cat' Sighting At Farm. East Lothian Courier, July 27th 2001.
Villager's Fear Over 'Big Cat' \ 'Don't Approach It' Say Police. East Lothian Courier: 27th July 2001.
Warning After 'Big Cat' Confronts Walker. Edinburgh Evening News: July 20th 2001.
‘Big Cat’ Spotted On The Prowl In Monteith. Dundee Evening Telegraph: 18th July 2001.
Big Cat Sighting On Charity Ride. Grampian TV Teletext 17th July 2001.
‘Foaming-Jawed’ Beast Attacks Pet Dog In Back Garden, By Michael Alexander. Dundee Courier:13th July 2001.
Dog Attacked By Mystery Beast With 'Foaming Jaws'. Ananova, 13th July 2001.
Baby Look at That Black Cat. Oban Times: 5th July 2001
Another Fife 'Big Cat' Sighting, By Michael Alexander. Dundee Evening Telegraph, 19th June 2001.
Big Cat Spotted Beside Carcass Of Deer. Dundee Evening Telegraph: 18th June 2001.
Angus And Fife “Big Cat” Hot Spots. Dundee Evening Telegraph 24th May 2001.
Mabie Mystery Caught On Camera. Dumfries and Galloway Standard: May 18th 2001.
Big-Cat Sighting Still Remains A Mystery, By Hazel Lawson. Aberdeen Press & Journal: May 15th 2001.
Big Cat Spotted Three Times Within A Week, By Neil Moir. Aberdeen Press & Journal: May 12th 2001.
Man Reports Second Sighting Of Big Cat, By Simone Sinclair. The Press & Journal: May 8th 2001.
Woman Reports Latest Puma Sighting In Woodland At Culter, By Melissa Watosn. Aberdeen Press & Journal: May 7th 2001.
In Search Of The Big Cats, By Fergus McNeill. Press & Journal, 30th April 2001.
Scotland Top In Britain For Alien Big Cat Sightings. Dundee Courier: 19th April 2001.
Scotland Is Hot Spot For Big Cat Alerts Ananova: 18th April 2001.
Mysterious Beast Roaming In Highlands. BBC Ceefax, 15th April 2001.
Close Encounter In The Glen. Nessie's Loch Ness Times: 3rd March 2001 Issue No 22.
Police Investigate Latest Sightings of ‘Big Cat’. Dundee Courier: 2nd March 2001.
Big Cat Diary Ayrshire Leader: 1st February 2001
Big Cat Hunter On The Wrong Track. Aberdeen Press & Journal: January 31st, 2001.
Big Cat remains elusive but fan speaks out. Northern Scot January 26th 2001.
Winter Leap For Big Cats. Sunday Mail: January 21st: 2001.
Jury Still Out On Big Cat 19th January 2001.
Mutilated Swan Adds To Fears Of Big Cat. Dundee Courier: 18th January 2001.
Angus Big Cat Seen Again. Dundee Evening Telegraph: 15th Jan 2001.
Big Cat Mystery Baffles Boffins, By Marc Horne. The Press & Journal: January 11th 2001.
Grim Find By Farmer Renews Fears Of Big Cat, By Alan Gorham. The Press & Journal: January 11th 2001.
Lamb Injured By Puma. From the Grampian TV News, 10th January 2001.
Big Cat Suspected of Killing. Grampian TV News, 10th January 2001.
Big Cat Attack Fears, By Marc Horne. The Press & Journal: January 10th 2001.
Spot The Cat. News of the World: January 7th 2001.
New Sighting adds to Fears of Big Cat. Dundee Courier, 3rd January 2001.
Puma Ate My Pet Rabbits. Daily Record: Wednesday, January 3rd, 2001.
Black Cat Paw Print "Evidence" on Video. Dundee Courier, 3rd January 2001.

2000

Giant Black Cat Seen By Beaters And Perthshire Shooting Party. The Herald, 28th December 2000.
Farmer Backs Big Cat Theory After Killing, By Jamie Buchan. Aberdeenshire Press & Journal. 6th November 2000.
Latest Big Cat Sighting Near Carnoustie, By Colin Hogarth. Dundee Courier: 28th October 2000.
Royal Marine sights Big Cat. Dundee Courier: 21st October 2000.
Big Cat Sighting possibly a Lynx. Dundee Courier: 20th October 2000.
Big Cat Spotted. Fife Herald 6th October 2000.
Breeding Fear Over Scots Big Cats. The Sun: Wednesday October 4th 2000.
Multiple Sightings Of Puma-Like Creature. Dundee Courier 4th October 2000.
Big Cat Spotted In Fife Again. Strachan and Livingston: 7th September 2000.
On The Golf Lynx, By Martin Murray. Scottish Daily Record, September 6th 2000.
Beware Of The Big Cats, By Adam Armstrong. 5th September, 2000: Publication Unknown.
Big Cats - Where They Are On Loose. 26th August 2000: Publication Unknown.
Driver Spots Puma. 27th August 2000: Publication Unknown.
Panther Back On The Prowl. Scottish Daily Record August 18th 2000.
Panther Savages Sheep. News of the World, 16th July 2000.
Boblainy Beast Strikes. Kiltarlity News, July 2000.
Panther Threat. Mirror: 3rd May, 2000.
Big Cat Fear After Sheep Found Dead In Field, By Neil McPhail. Press and Journal: May 3rd 2000.
Big Cat Sighting Sparks Lambing Time Alert, By Calum McLeod. Inverness Courier: May 2nd 2000.
Big Cat Seen At Rogie Falls. Fortean Times: April, 2000.
Elusive Wildcat Snaps Itself. BBC Scotland: March 15th 2000.
Galston Area Is Home To Two Mystery Beasts, says 'Big Cat' Expert. The Kilmarnock Standard: 10th March 2000.
Beware Of The Beast. Daily Record: 31st January 2000.
Claims Of Big Cat Sighting Dundee Courier: 27th January 2000.
The Terrible Secret Is Out . . The Beast Of Keith Is On Prowl, By Hilbre White and Stephen McGinty. The Times: January 23rd 2000.
Big Cats, By Paul Sieveking. The Sunday Telegraph: 21st January 2000.
'Big Cat' Prints Found On Farm. Kilmarnock Standard: January 14th 2000.
Man Out Walking Reckons He Saw Tiger On The Prowl. Kilmarnock Standard: January 7th 2000.

1999

Another Big Cat Seen Prowling At Fenwick. The Kilmarnock Standard: December 24th, 1999.
Puma Warning. The Mirror: November 29th 1999.
Big Cat's Paw Print Found? Fife Advertiser 18th September 1999.
Alford's Ferrous Feral Feline. The Press & Journal: September 17th 1999.
Big cat shock for Moray woman. http://www.yowiehunters.com/ 4th September 1999.
Milkman Sights Pitcaple Panther. Date & Publication Unknown.
'Puma' Sighted. Sunday Herald, 11th July, 1999.
Lurking Menace Of The Big Cats, By Nic Otterside. Aberdeen Press & Journal: 7th July 1999.
Puma On The Loose / Farmer backs big cat theory after killing, By James Buchan. June: 1999: Aberdeen Press & Journal.
Tourist Turns Tail After Early Morning Big Cat Encounter. Dundee Courier 4th June 1999.
Post Mortem Inconclusive. Fife Herald 4th June 1999.
Three Big Cat Sightings In Fife. 6th May 1999.
Divided Opinions Over Dunino Puma. Dunino Gazette Number 5th May 1999.
Fishery Sighting Add To Black Cat Mystery, By Michael Alexander.. The Courier and Advertiser, Tuesday, April 20th, 1999.
Cat Sightings Prompts Warning to Ramblers, By Michael Alexander. The Courier and Advertiser, Saturday, April 17th, 1999.
Sheep Savaged. The Sun: March 26th 1999.

1998

Death Of Man Who Caged Wild Puma. Inverness Courier: 15th December 1998.
Scaredy-Cat Puma. Daily Mirror: 4th December 1998.
Large black cat sighted near Colinsburgh.Dundee Courier: 14th October 1998.
Black Cat Spotted On Golf Course. Dundee Courier: 14th October 1998.
Black Panther. Dundee Courier: 6th October 1998
Mystery Animal 100 Yards From Homes \ Big Cat Prowls Beside Village, By Mark Auld. Date and Publication unknown
Bill In Big Cat Scare. The Sun: 29th September, 1998
Is This The Mark Of Rogue Scots Puma. Date and publication unknown:
Snarling Puma Leaves Farmer Frozen In Fear. Daily Record: 28th September 1998
Still No Proof Of The Elusive Black Cat. The Courier and Advertiser, Friday, September 25th, 1998
Throats Ripped Out. Dundee Evening Telegraph: September 8th, 1998.
Big Cat Sighting North Of Fife. Dundee Evening Telegraph: September 8th 1998
Big Cat Sighted By Driver. The Herald: 7th July, 1998
Big Cat Club Formed. The Inverness Courier: 19th of June, 1998
Another Big Cat Sighting Reported. Dundee Courier 30th April 1998
Big Cat Chasing Sheep. Dundee Courier: April 24th 1998
Post Mortem. The Scotsman: 29th February 1998
Big Cats Could Await Big Yin, By Kirsten Binnie. Aberdeen Press & Journal: 27th February 1998
Falcon chicks being snatched, By Raymond Duncan. The Herald: February 26th, 1998
Expert Says Big Cats Theory As Likely As Loch Ness Monster, By Christopher Cairns. The Scotsman: February 26th, 1998
Big Cats Roaming On Our Hills Are As Real As Nessie, By Stan Arnaud. Daily Mail: 26th February 1998
Police On Track Of Big Cat Sightings. Times: February 24th, 1998
Big Cat Blamed For Spate Of Farm Killings, By Bob King.. The Aberdeen Press & Journal: 20th February 1998
Big Cat Is Prime Suspect In Mysterious Sheep Mutilations, By Nicola McAlley.. The Scotsman: February 20th, 1998
'Big Cat' Suspect In Sheep Deaths. The Inverness Courier: 20th February 1998
Goose Death Fuels Big Cat Fears. February 19th, 1998
Big Cat On The A92. Dundee Courier: 9th February 1998
Big Cat Sighting Possibly A Puma. Dundee Courier: 8th, February 1998
Big Cat Seen Near Montrose Dundee Courier: 6th February 1998
The Cats Wild For A Taste Of Meat On Two Legs Menu, By Ed Johnson.. Daily Mail: 5th February 1998
Cat The Size Of A Labrador. Dundee Courier: 26th January 1998
Big Game Might Help Keep The Scottish Deer Population Down, But They Also Have A Taste For Human Flesh. Edinburgh Evening News: 12th, January 1998
Expert Warns Of Big Cats Stalking Britain. Herald: 6th January 1998.
Big Cat Prints Found On Farm. Kilmarnock Standard: 14th January 1998.

1997

Mystery Cat Sighted. The Evening Telegraph / Dundee - Dec 18 1997
Beast Of Balmoral Blunder. Daily Mail: 15th December 1997
Beast Of Tayside. The Evening Telegraph / Dundee: December 10th 1997
'Puma' Sighting Reinforces Highland Reports. The Inverness Courier: 21st, November, 1997
'Big Cat Vid. The Courier On-line - November 19th 1997
Killed 12 Sheep. The Sun: 18th November 1997
Beast Of Fife. The Sun: 17th November 1997
Cops Close In On Kitty. The Mirror, November 17th 1997
Video Clue In Big Cat Hunt. Daily Record, November 17th 1997
Is This The Cougar Of Cupar, By Charles Morton.. Daily Mail: 17th November 1997
The Big Cat Of Cupar Is Finally Caught In The Frame, By Martin Hannah.. The Scotsman: November 17th, 1997
Puma-Like Creature Caught On Video Camera, By Raymond Duncan. The Herald: 17th November 1997
Ayrshire Big Cat Caught On Video. The Kilmarnock Standard: 7th November 1997
Big Cats Roam Rural Scotland. Sunday Post: 26th October 1997
Stonehaven Panther. Evening Express, (Aberdeen) 17th October 1997
Workers Spark Panther Hunt, By Dougie Millar. The Sun: 26th September 1997
Mystery Beast. Aberdeen Press & Journal: 25th September 1997
Diana The Huntress Closes In On Beast Of Banffshire, By Mat Bendoris. The Sun: 24th September 1997
Keeping Track Of Big Cats. The Inverness Courier: 5th September 1997
Paul Sievkings 1996 Round-Up of Scottish Cat Sightings. Fortean Times 10: August 1997
Hunt For Big Cats Continues. The Edinburgh Evening News, July 9th 1997
Motorist Cleared Of Careless Driving. Inverness Courier: 29th July 1997
The Beast of Lammermuir Wounded and Dangerous? Publication unknown: July 18th 1997
The Beast Is Out There .. And I'm Going To Prove It, By Brendan McGinty . The Edinburgh Evening News: July 9th 1997
Big Game Hunter Brian's Panther Patrol. Edinburgh Evening News: Exact date unknown.......1997
Couples Report 'Puma' Sightings. Dumfries & Galloway Standard: July 1997
Panther In Alert NO. 3. Sunday Mail: 15th June 1997
Big Cat Fears Are Calmed. Press & Journal: June, 1997
Farmer Spots Big Cats. Aberdeen Evening Express: 10th June, 1997
Panther Back On The Prowl. Sunday Mail: 1st June 1997
City Jogger Has Run In With 'Panther.' Edinburgh Evening News: 29th May 1997.
Big Cat's Catch. Sunday Mail: 25th May 1997
Search For Buchan Beast. Publication unknown: 24th May 1997
Puzzle Of The Big Cats That Kill And Vanish, By Duncan Roberts. Edinburgh Evening News: 7th, April 1997
Black Puma Prowls The Pentlands, By Nick Meo. Paper unknown: March 1997
Search Is On For 'Panther'. The Sun: 8th March 1997
Panthers And Pumas Beware, Humans Are Watching, By David Henderson. Scotland On Sunday: 12th January 1997
Track Down The Beast', By Leslie Wright. Lothian Courier (?) January 1997
Big Cat Fears Are Calmed. Aberdeen Press & Journal: 1997

1996

Puma Spotted In Port. Greenock Telegraph : 30th October 1996
Big Cat Left Prints In Snow. The Kilmarnock Standard 25th October 1996
We've Seen The Phantom Puma Of Dundonald. Kilmarnock Standard: 18th October 1996
Big Cats Are On The Prowl. Kilmarnock Standard: 24th September 1996
What's Being Beastly To Blairgowrie...Big Cat Watchers Report That Something Black And Snarling Is Prowling. Daily Mail: September 19th, 1996
Are Big Cats Stalking The Roads Around Town? The Kilmarnock Standard: 13th September 1996
Cat Beast Purr-suess Princess. News of the World: 8th September 1996
Big Cats. The Inverness Courier: 22nd August, 1997
Paul Sievking Compiles A Survey of 1995 Scottish Cat Sightings For The Fortean Times. Fortean Times 8: July 1996
Mystery Animal Is Still On The Prowl. Cupar\Fife: July 1996
Keeping Your Eye's Peeled. Publication Unknown: July 1996
Big Cat Sighting. Encounters Magazine: Issue 9, July 1996
Big Cat Alert For Farmers. Sunday Mail: 12th April 1996
Beast Mauls Dozen Lambs. The Sun: 27th March 1996
Big Cat Alert For Farmers. Daily Record: 21st March 1996
Big Cat Seen Near Rosarie Forest. Keith Newsletter March 1996
Danger Cats Loose. Sunday Mail: 3rd March 1996
Big Cat Could Be A Rotweiller. Aberdeen Press and Journal
Big Cat On Broughty Ferry Esplanade. Dundee Evening Telegraph: January 19th 1996

1995

Still On The Trail Of Killers. The Inverness Courier: 1st December 1995
50 Jungle Felines May Be At Large In Great Britain, By Nic Otterside. . The Scotsman: Date unknown
Don't Laugh Its A Hyena. Sunday Mail / 19th November 1995.
Motorist Has A Briech Encounter. Lothian Courier: 12th October 1995
Big Cat Seen. Publication unknown: 1st October 1995
Startled. Aberdeen Press & Journal: 15th August, 1995
'Big Cat' Sighting. Publication unknown: 3rd August 1995
Something Unusual Is Out There, By Gavin Bell. Publication unknown: 25th July 1995
Highland Livestock Attacked. Publication unknown: 20th July 1995
'Cat' Sighting. Inverness Courier: 30th June 1995
Black Cat On Road. Aberdeen Press & Journal: 27th June, 1995
Paws For Thought. Publication unknown: 20th June, 1995
Warnings. The Courier & Advertiser: 18th May 1995
Big Cat Spotted in Argyll Press & Journal: 17th May 1995
Sightings Of Cat- Like Beast Mount. Dundee Courier: 06/05/1995
Man’s Shock At Seeing Big Cat. Dundee Courier: May 1st 1995
New Monster. Publication unknown: 21st April, 1995
Big Cat Sighted Near Houses. Dundee Courier 30th March 1995
Black Panther Shot at Alves. Aberdeen Press & Journal: 16th March, 1995.
Ben Venue Sighting Of 'Puma' By Cameron Simpson. Publication unknown: 16th March 1995
Mystery Creature, Like A, Puma' On Esplanade. Dundee Courier: 4th March 1995
Photographers Caught Napping By A Beast Not Too Keen On Exposure. Publication not known: 18th February 1995
Paws For Thought In Moray Garden. Press and Journal: 10th February 1995
'Puma' Spotted At Lochside. The Inverness Courier: 3rd February 1995
Hunt Is On For The Night Stalkers, By Ian Sutherland. The Herald: 9th January 1995
Renewed Fear Of 'Big Cat' Roaming Free. Dundee Courier 4th January 1995

1994

Retired 'Tec Still On The Trail Of A Killer In Black. The Inverness Courier: 30th December 1994
Hunt For 'Big Cat' After Sheep Is Torn Apart. Publication Unknown: 16th December 1994
Army Stalks Big Cat. News of the World 1994
Black Panther at Crathie News of the World: 24th April, 1994

1993

Huge black cat in Glen Urquhart. Aberdeen Press & Journal: 13th December, 1993

1992

Mystery Beast on the Prowl. Campbletown Courier: 12th April 1992

1988

Lynx Seen Near School Chrildren's Trail! Fife Herald: 24th June 1988.
Close Encounter With Lynx. Fife Herald: 17th June 1988.
The Letham Lynx Spotted Twice?Fife Herald: 10th June 1988.
Major Investigation Into Big Cat Sighting.Fife Herald: 3rd June 1988.
A Mysterious Big Cat Spotted In The Wormit Area May Be a A European Lynx. Fife Herald: 27th May 1988.

1985

Mystery Of The Big Black Cats. Paper Unknown: 17th June 1985
Stuffed Enigma March 1985: BBC New
Will Snow Trap the Scots Puma? 13th March 1985: Publication Unknown

1984

New Hunt for Argyll Puma The Scotsman, December 15th 1984
Beast Identified As Wildcat, By Gordon Dean. The Scotsman, December 15th 1984
Black Panthers on the Prowl Again Publication Unknown: May 1984

1982

Sheep Stalking At Garvald. Publication Unknown: June 1982

1979

Puma Returns To Ayrshire Haunt. Glasgow Herald: 6th August, 1979
Large Black Cat Seen Twice. Sunday Post: 11th February 1979

1978

Puma Spotted. Aberdeen Press and Journal: 1st December 1978
Three Sheep killed Near Lairg. Glasgow Herald: 30th November 1978.
Sheep Was Killed By Big Cat. Press and Journal, 8th February 1978
Lioness Or Puma Spotted Near Dingwall. Fortean Times: 7th February 1978
Large Dog-like Animal. Press and Journal: 7th February 1978.

1977

The Scottish Lioness. Aberdeen Press and Journal: 15th December 1977
Third Sighting Of Big Cat In Caithness. Aberdeen Evening Express 14th December 1977
Lioness And Two Cubs Spotted. Daily Telegraph, 1st October 1977

1976

Lynx In Garden At Glenfarg. Sunday Post: 15th August 1976

1927

Mystery 'Tiger of the North'. Daily Express, 14th January 1927.