Walker 'knocked over by leopard in claw attack to neck'

[Kurokage]

https://www.mylondon.news/news/uk-world-...source=nba

Walker 'knocked over by leopard in claw attack to neck' at beauty spot 25 minutes from London.

It is not the first time someone has reported a big cat sighting in the area, with the website Surrey Panther Watch inviting people to log their sightings in the hope of 'conclusively proving big cats are living wild in Surrey'

A man claims he was left bleeding from the neck and shoulder with claw marks all over his body after an encounter with a leopard in a beauty spot hugely popular with families in Surrey just 25 minutes out of South London. The 69-year-old, who did not want to be named, says he was walking in the Surrey Hills, which can be reached easily from locations such as Coulsdon, last Sunday (August 31) when he stopped to take photos of a deer he spotted through a hedge.
The man said he heard a "screech" as a light-coloured animal "with dark spots" jumped up and latched onto the deer, sending the pair tumbling towards him. In the chaos, the deer managed to escape and flee into the woods but the big animal landed on top of the walker and started clawing at him. The man, who regularly walks in the area, says he has no doubt that the animal was a leopard - even if it makes him sound "mad"....
It is not the first time someone has reported a big cat sighting in Surrey. Local resident Gary Ridley runs the website Surrey Panther Watch - which invites people to log their sightings in the hope he can "conclusively prove that big cats are living wild in Surrey".
"Many sightings report a Labrador-sized black cat, similar in appearance to a panther or puma, as well as sandy-coloured pumas and lynx. I'm absolutely convinced they are here in Surrey from evidence that I've seen."

These stories tend to appear from time to time. A lot of them are very intriguing, with one or two really sounding genuine. This subject does sometimes suffer the same issues as with any cryptid, a blurry photo' of something way of in the distance, but over the years lots of evidence has given this story some weight.

I'm very much in the fence with this one, as I would of thought a bigcat clawing at you would of left far more damage than few simple scratch marks, but as stated in the story, bigcat sightings in and around this area have been reported for years.

[andy06shake]

https://www.mylondon.news/news/uk-world-...source=nba

These stories tend to appear from time to time. A lot of them are very intriguing, with one or two really sounding genuine. This subject does sometimes suffer the same issues as with any cryptid, a blurry photo' of something way of in the distance, but over the years lots of evidence has given this story some weight.

I'm very much in the fence with this one, as I would of thought a bigcat clawing at you would of left far more damage than few simple scratch marks, but as stated in the story, bigcat sightings in and around this area have been reported for years.

Looks more like a "cougar" did it. 



Just a joke, i would have crapped a brick.

[Kurokage]

Looks more like a "cougar" did it. 

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Just a joke, i would have crapped a brick.

Yeah, maybe he was in a car park when the cougar struck! 

[Mower]

Tis but a scratch.

[rickymouse]

WE don't have any leopards around here thank god.  Wolves, coyotes, bears, cougars, bobcats, and all sorts of wildlife, but no leopards.  There was a baby fox eating the potatoes I put out for the deer after dark tonight, kind of cute and fuzzy.  It could have been a baby coyote though, but it had awhite tip on it's tail.  It actually stepped onto the steps of the deck and looked right at us.

Had to buy five five pound bags of potatoes today for the deer, plus bought three and a half pounds of apples, then stopped and picked about fifteen pounds of apples from a tree today to give to the deer.

That should keep them in food for about five days, still need more carrots.  We have four different does now and it appears there are five fawns...but it is hard, I know one doe had two, another has one, and and two others I think got one, but they seem to baby sit others kids a lot, so two or three will come with one of the mothers one time and other times they have one with them.  All those fawns look alike, but most of the does look somewhat different, but two of the older does seem to look alike, one is the mother of the other, and both those does have had kids and now one of their kids has a little one.  It is as confusing as telling what ant is which that we feed on the kitchen counter.  I had to evict the queen from the house, had to get forty eight ants and haul them out one day, and twenty two young ones another day.  I keep telling the ants not to have kids, but they don't listen to me at all, they just stand up on their hind legs and watch me talk....then go back to eating the apple slices or corn kernals and sugar we leave for them on the counter.  Limit of six ants I keep telling them.

I told the queen ant that she should not be having more babies one day and whe walked over to the signs I put on the backsplash and stood against it.  One says anty's cafe, open twenty four hours...the other sign says job openings...Diishwasher and counter help.  I think she could read...well, she is out on the front porch with all kinds of her babies now.

[imitator]

Looks more like a "cougar" did it. 

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Just a joke, i would have crapped a brick.

Yep... classic cougar scratches.
I bet the weirdest part was when she said, My kids are about your age! 

[Catalyst]

Everyone who has thoroughly investigated this topic knows there is an official cover-up. The very occasional fatality over many decades and the even rarer predation is generally not discussed. Naturalists, hunters, farmers and others have been firmly told to shut up and not scare the ignorant masses.

People with extensive knowledge have noted that any injuries are almost always very minor compared to what is possible. As if they know proper attacks will bring a serious response. Allegedly there is an official team who take care of problem big cats. I'll be looking the other way.

I'll stress they can be friendly, inquisitive and playful. Or terrifying. They all have different characters and every encounter is unique.

The oddity here is that the cat was apparently a normal looking leopard. Usually we hear of black leopard type cats, puma and lynx.

There were never anywhere near enough black leopards in captivity here to explain the number of sightings of, and encounters with, black leopard type cats. Add to that the Australian and US black leopard phenomena and you have a science-defying enigma that stirs up a storm.

Some experiences get into weirdness that calls into question comfortable ideas of what reality is.

[rickymouse]

I think it was a cougar attack, those older woman can get pretty rough sometimes.

[Sirius]

Very hard to believe this was a leopard, you can do the google search for leopard attacks and find lots of gory pictures. Or just look at leopard claws. Baboons are natural prey, you don't have much of a chance. They will bite down on your skill and rip out your guts.

[Ray1990]

They look like friction burns.

1/3 chance of a kill in the wild when hunting is a pretty good success rating when you consider the game is often larger and the fact it also evolved with the predator. Against humans I'd imagine the success rate would be a lot higher.

But then why bother attacking a human that probably never had a chance of detecting you in the first place?