Examining folkloric, paranormal & cryptozoological locations in the UK and beyond
Location: Evesham (Worcestershire) - Area around Unipart site, Shinehill Lane
Type: ABC
Date / Time: Spring 2006
Further Comments: A brown, pointed eared cat was spotted on this site by a security guard, the third such sighting at this location.
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Published Media
First added: 2006-05-16
Last updated: 2006-05-16
ID: #6867
Location: Exmoor (Devon) - General area
Type: ABC
Date / Time: Late twentieth century
Further Comments: Police, soldiers, big game hunters... all have staked out the moor at various times over the past thirty years in the hope of catching the big cat that has killed hundreds of sheep. None have succeeded.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-01-15
Last updated: 2003-01-15
ID: #3581
Location: Exmouth (Devon) - Hulham Road
Type: ABC
Date / Time: Early Morning, Winter, 1989
Further Comments: Two sisters spotted what they described as a black panther crossing the top of the field by the hedge line. The creature then gracefully jumped through the hedge and disappeared.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2011-01-02
Last updated: 2011-01-02
ID: #10108
Location: Exmouth (Devon) - Hulham Road, woods (no longer there?)
Type: ABC
Date / Time: Spring 1983
Further Comments: Two women walking close to woodland spotted a large sandy coloured Lynx in a field.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2011-01-02
Last updated: 2011-01-02
ID: #10107
Location: Eyke (Suffolk) - General area
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 2003
Further Comments: The Big Cats of Suffolk website reported two large cats were reported in the village in 2003, one a large sandy coloured cat, the other black in colour.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2024-07-20
Last updated: 2024-07-20
ID: #15540
Location: Farnham (Surrey) - General area
Type: ABC
Date / Time: Eighteenth century to twentieth century
Further Comments: The sightings of a large cat in the neighbourhood are said to date back at least two hundred years.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2003-01-15
Last updated: 2003-01-15
ID: #3579
Location: Farnham (Surrey) - Heathy Park Reservoir
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 16 July 1962, 07:45h
Further Comments: One of the first modern ABC sightings, Water Board worker Ernest Jellett staff spotted a large black cat. Over the following months, others witnessed a cheetah stalking the area - it was never caught.
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Published Media
First added: 2002-06-19
Last updated: 2002-06-19
ID: #1320
Location: Felixstowe (Suffolk) - Exact area unknown
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 1996
Further Comments: Part of a rash of sightings of ABCs in and around the Ipswich area during 1996. The creature was nicknamed 'Paws' by local media.
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Published Media
First added: 2000-08-21
Last updated: 2000-08-21
ID: #266
Location: Fobbing (Essex) - Waterworks Depot
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 12 & 25 August 1982
Further Comments: Seen twice by different people in the same area, this cat possessed a thick coat and left a strong smell of urine from one place where it had lain.
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Published Media
First added: 2000-08-17
Last updated: 2000-08-17
ID: #698
Location: Forres (Moray) - Fields near Dalvey House
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 25 January 2009
Further Comments: While feeding their horses, two women spotted a long tailed black cat emerge from nearby woodland. Several of the horses fled across the field, and when the women approached the black feline, it ran off.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2009-02-07
Last updated: 2009-02-07
ID: #9126
Glen Nevis, Fort William, Scotland.
Location: Fort William (Highland) - Glen Nevis
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 2001
Further Comments: Two witnesses running in the area observed a three metre long cat drinking from the river. One of the witnesses said the creature looked like a tailless tiger with white eyes but no pupils. The creature ran off into a nearby field when it spotted the runners. A few days later local papers reported the deaths of several local sheep in the same field where the creature had run.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2005-08-29
Last updated: 2005-08-29
ID: #6503
Location: Galleywood (Essex) - Exact location not known
Type: ABC
Date / Time: Late 1996
Further Comments: A couple of reports claim ABC sightings in this region, both of brownish cats.
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Published Media
First added: 2000-08-17
Last updated: 2000-08-17
ID: #253
Location: Gatwick (Sussex) - Fields parallel to railway track near the airport
Type: ABC
Date / Time: March 2007
Further Comments: A woman travelling on the train spotted a black cat stalking a herd of cows in a field. She reported that the creature was about half the size of one of the nearby cows.
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Needs Review
First added: 2007-04-09
Last updated: 2026-09-05
ID: #7253
Location: Glemsford (Suffolk) - Cornfield in the area
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 2006, Summer
Further Comments: A witness watched a large black cat as it leapt around in a cornfield, as if hunting. A week later the witness and a friend came across footprints almost the size of dinner plates in the same field.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2015-01-14
Last updated: 2015-01-14
ID: #11707
Location: Glen Prosen (Angus) - Wooded hill in the area
Type: ABC
Date / Time: June, mid 2000s, 15:00h
Further Comments: Disturbed by a loud scream, two walkers looked around and spotted a black cat, around four feet long with a long thick tail and shoulders that were higher than its body. The cat looked at the walkers then disappeared into the bushes. Dogs could then be heard barking in the distance from several directions.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2014-01-07
Last updated: 2014-01-07
ID: #11492
Location: Glenfield (Leicestershire) - Fields in the area
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 2006
Further Comments: Policemen, farmers and walkers have all spotted an unidentified large black cat in the area.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2006-07-23
Last updated: 2006-07-23
ID: #6897
Location: Golcar (West Yorkshire) - Bunny Woods
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 2007?
Further Comments: One witness reported throwing a stone at a large black shape, not realising it was a large cat until it opened its yellow eyes.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2007-08-19
Last updated: 2007-08-19
ID: #7771
Location: Great Milton (Oxfordshire) - Country road
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 30 April 2008
Further Comments: A woman who stopped her car to answer a mobile phone spotted a large black cat crossing the road ahead. The cat stood three feet high and possessed a long black tail that drooped downwards. The sighting lasted for around five seconds.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2008-05-12
Last updated: 2008-05-12
ID: #8596
Location: Great Wigborough (Essex) - Exact location not known
Type: ABC
Date / Time: January 1996
Further Comments: The dark fawn ABC here was believed to be a mountain lion.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2000-08-17
Last updated: 2000-08-17
ID: #254
Location: Greenhithe (Kent) - Bluewater area
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 2000s
Further Comments: A black leopard was reported in the area over a ten-year period. A witness in 2009 initially thought the creature was a large dog, before realising it was a black cat with an exceptionally long tail. When the cat began to head towards the witness, she left.
Source:
Published Media, User Submission
First added: 2026-05-24
Last updated: 2026-05-24
ID: #16597
Location: Greenock (Inverclyde) - Fairrie Street
Type: ABC
Date / Time: January 2006
Further Comments: A Greenock couple were surprised to find a large black cat in their front garden which quickly ran away. It is believed that there is at least one adult ABC and two cubs living in the area.
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Needs Review
First added: 2006-02-19
Last updated: 2006-02-19
ID: #6677
Location: Gunthorpe (Nottinghamshire) - River Trent, riverside road leading to West Stockwith at the end of Commonpiece Lane
Type: ABC
Date / Time: 1890s
Further Comments: This light coloured feline was the size of a pig and was said to have vanished when a local man tried to kick the creature.
Source:
Historical Record, Published Media
First added: 2002-06-20
Last updated: 2002-06-20
ID: #1358
Location: Halifax (West Yorkshire) - General area
Type: ABC
Date / Time: Ongoing since 2005
Further Comments: Dubbed 'catbeast' by local press, this alien big cat would appear to be more than one entity, as descriptions range from 'black panther' to 'tiger'.
Source:
User Submission
First added: 2011-09-24
Last updated: 2011-09-24
ID: #10581
Location: Halstead (Essex) - Fields near town centre
Type: ABC
Date / Time: June 1996
Further Comments: Seen at a reasonably close distance, this cat was charcoal grey in colour.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2000-08-17
Last updated: 2000-08-17
ID: #255
Location: Haltwhistle (Northumberland) - Park Road
Type: ABC
Date / Time: Summer 2006
Further Comments: A woman walking her dog watched as a large black cat crossed the road in front of her before vanishing into bushes.
Source:
Published Media
First added: 2006-10-22
Last updated: 2006-10-22
ID: #7001