SIGHTINGS, UK: All the big cat sightings in Cornwall and Devon reported to police in the last two years

Devon and Cornwall Police officers were called following a total of 16 reports of big cat sightings in the two counties since January 2019.


Information released following a request under the Freedom of Information Act shows that five of the sightings resulted in officers attending the scene.

The newly released data provides an incident date for each call, the area the sighting was made and a summary of the call.


Calls included the sighting of a big cat four times the size of a domestic cat, a puma with a footprint bigger than a labrador, a German shepherd sized feline and a lynx all in towns and villages around Cornwall and Devon.

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