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Over 1000 people a year in the UK report seeing 'big cats', possibly pumas or panthers. Have these animals escaped from zoos? Are they the descendants of pets released into wild? Or is there another solution to the mystery? In this extraordinary book, big cat tracker Merrily Harpur interviews farmers, gamekeepers, ornithologists, policemen and even parents who have seen curious cats on the school run. In the process she discovers our mystery felines may have been with us for longer than we imagine, and draws some startling conclusions from what is now the commonest encounter with the unknown in Britain.

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...leads the reader on an unusual, intriguing and often amusing journey. -- Penelope Bennett, The Oldie Highly recommended -- Michael Howard, The Cauldron The scope of the inquiry here is learned, exhaustive and entertaining, non-academic and easily digestible [...] Brilliantly evoked, enchantingly explained. -- Folklore Frontiers This is a great book, a rare, ready-made fortean classic. 9/10 -- John Michell, Fortean Times This is a truly excellent piece of work that does not shy away from controversy... -- Nick Redfern

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Merrily Harpur is a painter, printmaker, writer, cartoonist and author. Founder of the Irish Strokestown International Poetry Festival, she has also been director of the Fox Festival and lectured internationally on mystery big cats, the daimonic world and the myths and archetypes inherent in foxhunting. She lives in Dorset.

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