Article: That's no tabby, it's a wild cat on prowl.

IF you go down to the woods today you may be in for a big surprise - but it probably won't be a teddy bears' picnic.

Sightings of mysterious big cats are on the rise and dozens were reportedly spotted in Lancashire last year.

More than 60 big cats were seen in the county between April 2004 and last July, according to the British Big Cats Society.

There were more sightings in Lancashire than Cheshire, Derbyshire or the Irish Republic.

A spokesman from the BBCS said: "The BBCS has gathered evidence of at least 23 releases of big cats into the wild since the Dangerous Animals Act was passed in 1976, including a panther, pumas, lynxes and ...

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