Big Cats in Scotland - Footprint Evidence

The BBC reports on solid evidence that at least one misplaced big cat ("ABC") is alive and well in the Fife area of Scotland.

There have been numerous sightings of a big cat in the Fife area over recent years. Many skeptics have put these sightings down to imagination and mistaken observation.

Now police have solid evidence: the cast of a paw print. It was found by Fife Police's wildlife crime officer, Mark Maylin. Following several ABC reports of the "Beast of Balbirnie" on the Balbirnie Estate near Glenrothes, Maylin found a paw print. He took a cast which has now been identified by experts as being from an 18-month-old exotic large cat.

Maylin believes the beast to be a black leopard.