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Beast of Bexley sighting
9:47am Monday 11th August 2008
A BEAST of Bexley-type creature is believed to have been spotted in Thamesmead.
The sighting happened at around 3am on Saturday morning (August 9) in Goldfinch Road when a man was woken up by something screeching.
He looked out of his window and saw a small animal racing along the pathway followed by a larger one.
The man, who did not want to be named, said: "I saw a black animal rolling on the grass between two trees.
"I thought to myself, 'Bloody hell! That's the biggest moggy I've ever seen', and then thought, 'It must be a dog'.
"However, its head was cat-like and its tail was very long.
"It walked to the left to some bushes and I moved the other curtain but couldn't see it."
The sighting was reported to Neil Arnold, the founder of the Kent Big Cat Research group, which studies eyewitness reports of large exotic cats.
He believes the creature, which has become known as the Beast of Bexley, is a black leopard.
The Beast' has also been seen at Welling, Erith, Bexleyheath, Belvedere, Bromley, Abbey Wood and towards Dartford.
- What do you think? Have you seen the Beast of Bexley? Do you believe big cats roam the News Shopper area? Add your comment below.
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Knowall, bexley says...
10:34am Mon 11 Aug 08
jayjay, here says...
11:17am Mon 11 Aug 08
emma, Thamesmead says...
11:20am Mon 11 Aug 08
theword, here says...
12:34pm Mon 11 Aug 08
Liza, Blackheath says...
12:58pm Mon 11 Aug 08
jayjay, here says...
1:07pm Mon 11 Aug 08
Lighten up, it was a joke.
As an ex-Thamesmead resident I have probably seen worse than that
Amanda, Rochester says...
2:10pm Mon 11 Aug 08
ADAM, sidcup says...
2:25pm Mon 11 Aug 08
Lucy, somewhere cool says...
4:00pm Mon 11 Aug 08
Afterwards they laid back and lit up a reefer! Phenomenal!
shanks, here says...
6:37pm Mon 11 Aug 08
puddy tat, catford says...
8:25pm Mon 11 Aug 08
mick h, says...
10:17pm Mon 11 Aug 08
Geoff, Northfleet says...
2:15am Tue 12 Aug 08
but, it appears that as the dawn broke, all it turned out to be, was a Yeti.
ADAM, sidcup says...
8:50am Tue 12 Aug 08
Ridge, Stockton-On-Tees says...
12:56pm Wed 13 Aug 08
"Lee, hell on earth "
ADAM, sidcup says...
1:58pm Wed 13 Aug 08
Ridge, Stockton-On-Tees says...
11:48pm Wed 13 Aug 08
Worker, Thamesmead says...
6:08am Thu 14 Aug 08
ADAM wrote:Adam, I live in Thamesmead and work very hard just like all my family who live here! My parents brought me up to work hard to enjoy life and pay my way in life. Both my husband and I work and have done since we were 16 when we could work part time whilst studying.
How many Thamesmead men does it take to change a light bulb.3 1 to change the bulb and two to keep his place in the dole cue.Nobody works in Thamesmead.
You obviously have a problem with Thamesmead! All my neighbours and friends work as well. Some areas of Sidcup are no better, you think you can get away with blending in with Eltham and blame all the trouble on people from Eltham!
stevo, kent says...
3:24pm Thu 14 Aug 08
Worker, Thamesmead says...
9:27pm Thu 14 Aug 08
Joe, Thamesmead says...
9:21am Fri 15 Aug 08
give up, border of thamesmead/eith says...
9:37am Sat 16 Aug 08
this is all that happens now....story about cat sighting...everyone has an opinion on everybody else!!! whats that all about, trouble with all of us is no-one sticks together anymore, no-one covers the other persons back and there is no community spirit because its all been taken away from us and everybody just looks out for number one...its a sad fact of life now, its not JUST in thamesmead, erith, eltham etc....no wonder the cat moves around, it would probably be caught and disected......just like the rest of us
Don't give up!, says...
1:08pm Sat 16 Aug 08
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Geoff, Dartford says...
10:01am Mon 11 Aug 08
My god,even Dobbin would have scarpered!