Once Mr Stewart’s
initial shock wore off, he may have recalled a couple of other high
profile sightings that had been reported over recent years. Little would
he have known however, that these incidents were just the latest in a
string of similar sightings which research has uncovered, span back at
least four decades.
What follows is a
complete overview of alien (as in foreign) big cat sightings in NZ and
abroad. This is a fascinating story that deserves to be told to a
largely uninformed public. Several of the following sightings are being
reported for the first time and where requested, witnesses’ names have
been omitted.
It was January 1962, and after a long and
hot day’s work, an orchard worker in the Cromwell Gorge area decided to
go out and enjoy the summers evening exploring the nearby countryside in
an area since flooded by the Clyde Dam. As he approached a derelict
miner’s cottage at the base of a barren hillside, he observed not far up
the hill a fawn coloured, cat-like animal that he immediately
identified as a puma. Upon being disturbed, the mystery feline quickly
scampered off and was lost among the rocks
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