Big Cat caught on Video by PC

Ma'am · 30 Jul 2009 at 17:51

Wyrdo said:
You what? It looks like a cat.

We're all entitled to an opinion and I think it looks like a dog.

Glaucus · 30 Jul 2009 at 17:57

here it is walking on top of the rail and as such you can get a perspective of siize, it is no way a big cat.

craptakular · 30 Jul 2009 at 18:01

Tefal said:
i just see a cat :/

Jono8 · 30 Jul 2009 at 18:03

no way thats a normal cat in the vid.

Jokester · 30 Jul 2009 at 18:06

doofer said:
No wonder there's 'Big Cat' sightings in the UK when quite a few here can watch that video and think it's a Big Cat...Have you people never seen a Cat before or been to a Zoo?

I've always thought it was quite mysterious the various UK 'Big Cat' sightings, but this thread really does explain the mystery to me and quite clearly too. There are no 'Big Cats' wandering around our Country, just lots of people who see normal Cats and think they're big.

Normal cats tend not to eat sheep like they do round here.

doofer · 30 Jul 2009 at 18:47

This is the Cat image Jono8 posted, I've inverted it horizontally as the perspective on the Rail was opposite to the perspective in the Video, resized the image matching the Tracks as best as possible and then pasted it into a screengrab of the 'Big Cat' Video.

It's a normal sized domestic Cat.

Jono8 · 30 Jul 2009 at 19:21

lol, just proved yoursefl wrong ^ ?

V4NT0M · 30 Jul 2009 at 19:34

Jono8 said:
lol, just proved yoursefl wrong ^ ?

Howzat?

Strife212 · 30 Jul 2009 at 19:38

Obviously the perspective of that image is different

Adoption of 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) as standard gauge in Great Britain

You're saying that house cat is 1.4 metres long? Because in that shop the regular cat is longer than the gap between the tracks. Yes, the two cats are a similar size in that pic but they would both be huge.

Glaucus · 30 Jul 2009 at 19:40

where is is wider than the tracks.

Strife212 · 30 Jul 2009 at 19:46

If that scale is right then the traintracks are tiny.

Glaucus · 30 Jul 2009 at 19:48

they aren't massive as you said under 5foot. You also lose a good part of that due to the height of the rail. When looking at it in that direction.

And if you look at the other pic I posted when it's walking on top of the rail head and so easier to scale. It is not that big at all.

Strife212 · 30 Jul 2009 at 19:50

I'll definately agree that whatever it is, its not "proper" big cat size.

V4NT0M · 30 Jul 2009 at 19:56

For anyone interested the incident took place here:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=56....84&gl=uk&num=10&iwloc=near&iwstate1=saveplace

He was on or at the side of the rail bridge looks like the cat was moving east but I'm not quite sure...

Jono8 · 30 Jul 2009 at 22:58

can't belive people still think it's a normal sized cat.

aardvark · 30 Jul 2009 at 23:04

can't believe people still think it's not a normal sized cat.

Jono8 · 30 Jul 2009 at 23:08

Skyfall said:
Howzat?

because thats a terrible way of showing what you are trying to show.

^TANK^ · 30 Jul 2009 at 23:10

aardvark said:
can't believe people still think it's not a normal sized cat.

Memphis · 30 Jul 2009 at 23:12

aardvark said:
can't believe people still think it's not a normal sized cat.

Jono8 · 30 Jul 2009 at 23:14

If you look at all the pictures of normal sized cats in this thread you will see they are only about the length of the gap between two sleepers.

Now watch that video again, especially when its walking along the track. The cat in the video is as long as at least 3-4 sleepers