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Such a waste of police time - the 'Lion'

(35 Posts)
HildaW Tue 28-Aug-12 15:05:54

Having seen the photo of the creature, a moggy if ever there was one!Honestly you can tell its the 'silly season'. Shame the police had to spend so much time on it.

Anagram Tue 28-Aug-12 15:08:10

I thought it looked more like an alpaca! grin

HildaW Tue 28-Aug-12 15:08:55

Anagram, they have longer necks even when sitting down, our neighbours have them.

Anagram Tue 28-Aug-12 15:10:25

Yes, I know, but if it was unkempt....and it was such an awful photo you couldn't really tell the length of its neck!

annodomini Tue 28-Aug-12 15:16:12

It's a cat... and I think the photograph looks as if it was taken with a digital zoom to make it look bigger - a hoax if ever there was one.

HildaW Tue 28-Aug-12 15:22:15

annodomini, yes it screamed cat to me, its something about the proportions of the ears to top of head. Even when photos are fuzzy the relative proportions remain the same - and having lived with a big ginger moggy for so many years, dear old William RIP.

susiecb Tue 28-Aug-12 15:23:04

Its the only thing that has ever happened in St Osyth or Toosey s its known locally.

Annika Tue 28-Aug-12 15:38:19

Was it a hoax I wonder? Did anyone see the news yesterday.
A man was describing what he saw, claiming it was a loin, and his name was ...... Bob Martin. !!!! I happen to have some Bob Martin 'spot on' flea treatment for my cat in my cupboard , makes you think dont you agree ?hmm

Anagram Tue 28-Aug-12 15:41:14

I was only joking...hmm

Anagram Tue 28-Aug-12 15:51:51

There is speculation that it was a Maine Coon.

tanith Tue 28-Aug-12 19:20:52

I do think its possible for people to genuinely think they've seen a 'big cat' as there usually isn't any way to gauge the scale at long distances , if its a genuine mistake I'm sure no one would blame them for reporting it just in case.

JO4 Tue 28-Aug-12 19:49:37

What about the roars? People heard it ROAR!!! shock

NfkDumpling Tue 28-Aug-12 19:51:43

grin

HildaW Tue 28-Aug-12 20:05:30

Psychologists can give you chapter and verse about eye-witness accuracy. Its quite bizarre what people can think they have seen or heard.

annodomini Tue 28-Aug-12 20:17:51

How many people know what a lion's roar sounds like?

JO4 Tue 28-Aug-12 20:36:27

It's loud and scary Anno!

...........it could be still out there..........

And they can travel..............

annodomini Tue 28-Aug-12 20:50:05

Lions roar to communicate with other lions. A solitary lion doesn't roar.

voices.yahoo.com/why-lions-roar-even-lion-must-phone-home-sometimes-1008125.html

merlotgran Tue 28-Aug-12 22:20:10

We've been laughing at the telly presenter who stands in a field doing a piece to camera saying it's all been a hoax. Why can we not take our eyes of the hedge behind him? shock

JO4 Tue 28-Aug-12 22:50:15

merlotgran grin grin grin

JO4 Tue 28-Aug-12 22:51:29

anno wotsit he's trying to find another lion to communicate with. Poor thing. sad

absentgrana Wed 29-Aug-12 08:01:26

HildaW You're quite right. An experiment was done with visitors to Disneyland and all were persuaded that they had seen Bugs Bunny (a Warner Brothers cartoon character).

JessM Wed 29-Aug-12 08:18:56

Classic silly season news story. Been done before. A few times. Big lioness yawn emoticon

JessM Wed 29-Aug-12 08:20:04

I saw a big sinuous furry black animal slinking across my path the other day. Was it a panther, you ask.
Or even an otter.
No, it was a mink.

JO4 Wed 29-Aug-12 11:54:40

They can kill.

HildaW Wed 29-Aug-12 11:59:43

fish perhaps but not people.