Britain's hybrid Big Cats

[@JayBoi-c2h]

Great work I too have seen a few uk big cats 🙏🙏

[@explorationsouthwest8851]

You are not alone! It's just ashame that they insist on being so elusive!

[@MarsOatom-oy8ze]

Your jumper blends in well with the background 👌

[@explorationsouthwest8851]

Ha! Got to always think tactical!

[@MarsOatom-oy8ze]

@explorationsouthwest8851 Remember you're trying to out fox the apex predator of the universe. They'll sense you an alaskan country mile away, so make sure you step out the box of the norm 👍

[@bastogne315]

Brilliant content.

[@paultatchell-zb8bq]

I used to live in George hostel and one of staff told me he was at the reservoir and a black cat walked out in front of him I believe him Paul ❤

[@cindyrissal3628]

Great tips on trail cam placement. I didn't realize Britain had big cats running around...That track didn't quiiite look like a cat track...

[@explorationsouthwest8851]

They're deer trails... Cats and other animals like to follow them!

[@S.Trades]

You must be the only person here who didn't know that. They've been here for decades.

[@bastogne315]

Defo a cross between a cat and a cat. ❤❤❤ ur work.

[@explorationsouthwest8851]

Ive put out a proper measuring pole to get a proper idea of size.... Fingers crossed it'll be back!

[@AndrewCarruthers-m2h]

Hi Steve , just over 12 months ago I was driving up from Plym Bridge towards Wrigleys in the early hours. In my headlights I spotted a large cat about to drop down over the bank onto the lane. As soon as my headlights hit it , it turned 180 degrees and sprung out of sight. It was definitely not a deer or fox , but what suprised me most was the reaction speed of it. I would estimate the size to be that of a lynx or caracal.

[@explorationsouthwest8851]

Obviously I can't give out the locations, however your sighting would make a lot of sense! There's been a couple of other recent sightings in that general area! Oddly, we were out today setting up cams and filming the next video, and saw something black in a field - sadly we weren't quick enough out of the car with a camera! They're definitely out there!

[@ldm7532]

I have also seen a black leopard 10 years ago .only 20 feet away in day light .it was walking along a corn field when you see something like that in real life you are just in disbelief of what is in front of you. I have also seen some very large feral cat's I'm talking over 4ft from head to tip of tail ​@@explorationsouthwest8851

[@hattyburrow716]

Fascinating

[@AndrewBarrett-k5b]

Just like the Bigfoot in the U.S. how come nobody has found a dead large wildcat or a skeleton/bones?

[@explorationsouthwest8851]

True... it could be argued that there's literally so much bush and private woodland - if something did die, it would be stripped in a couple of days and no one would know! To make these videos - we go into areas with hardly any public access 🤔

[@AndrewBarrett-k5b]

@@explorationsouthwest8851 I'm surprised that there are areas like that left in Britain it being so small and has been settled for centuries.

[@explorationsouthwest8851]

We have whole forests like that near us!

[@AndrewBarrett-k5b]

@@explorationsouthwest8851 Well you can tell that I am not a Brit as I rarely leave my home in San Francisco! Cheers!

[@johnmead8437]

@@explorationsouthwest8851 Big cats are not difficult to locate, their absence is due to .... (fill this space). Evidence is obvious to competent observers. Who can tell fabricated footprints for reality KZbin hoaxes. And trail cams should have located flocks of them if enthusiasts' enthusiasm has any factual basis. Slightly possible recent escapes of illegal imports excepted, none exist in the British wild. Plenty of other real rare animals exist in Britain to film that are real and interesting. Which none of the bigfoot/cat etc cult seem to show encounters with.

[@cryptidhunter9901]

Why show a blatant house or feral cat?

[@explorationsouthwest8851]

Because we were bought to the area aft r a sighting... Turns out that sightings is likely a result of seeing the feral... Also asks an important question whether the big cats legacy has been passed on through cross breeding with domestics....

[@stephengamble9388]

Chronicle them. Leave them be. I like your attitude.

[@theesquid4232]

Good stuff. Ive also found they follow the deer round. Ive seen a fair few and been chased off. West Dorset is briming with em. The deer population is being looked after so yeah. Leave em be innit.

[@johnmead8437]

The fake "footprint" needs better hoaxer talent. Not even close. Filmed cat is very standard, not a large domestic type one & probably not seriously feral (they often develop some Wild Cat similarities after a few generations). Usually impossible to tame down once feral, and as an invasive pest, best euthanised. And not crossbred, any big cats sighted are standard figments, an enthusiast condition infecting many social media types. Exotic domestic cat breeds might begin to appear (an interest situation), Bengal's etc. Something to seriously try to extinct is they do, and any cage trapping needs actual knowledgeable input BEFORE attempts. Done wrong they get wary, & that's then firearms/poison territory. Irrespective of delusions captured, trail camera footage is somehow often very interesting, and doing it right some genuine rare/unusual species might be encountered. Records over time are an interesting glimpse into the local fauna unavailable elsewhere.

[@explorationsouthwest8851]

As mentioned in the vid, the footprint was metres from the camera so fair to say the cat caused it... The distance between the night and day captured was a couple of miles with a lake in between... Safe to say it was feral? Interestingly, we were there due to sightings of a black cat which I think we've bottomed out... Not a big cat. Also interestingly... the cat hasn't showed up since although there's been a couple of sightings a mike in the other direction!

[@lloydbeach7321]

These magnificent creatures are being hunted. It is heartbreaking! Our government either hasn't got the integrity or is too lazy to acknowledge their existence. These species should be protected at all cost! They are very unlikely to be a threat to humans.

[@davidjacobs828]

Where's your rifle ?