A group set up to investigate big cat sightings has reported a recent cluster in Snowdonia. Every so often, reports circulate of another big cat sighting all over the UK. Many are proven to be mistakes or hoaxes and rarely do they bring with them strong (or any) evidence that there was actually a large predator behind the dark shape in the bushes.
However since April, North Wales Live has reported that three walkers claim to have seen large cat-like animals in the region while a fourth came across a “massive” paw print. One sighting was on Snowdon itself, another nearby. Other reports were made further north, towards Bethesda, and further south, near Blaenau Ffestiniog. The most recent sighting was in the early hours of July 25 as Stephanie Robinson climbed Snowdon’s Pyg track to catch the sunrise. En route she said she encountered a “brown or tawny big cat”.
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