The Loch Ness Cat 

April 19, 2001 Scotland, UK

This isn't a real dog story, but Wags has insisted that we print it.  For some reason, he feels all dogs should be alerted to the situation.

The Scoop Senior Editor, Wags

The frequency of sightings has increased dramatically in Scotland, Wales and Guernsey.  Residents all over the UK have been reporting appearances of "Alien Big Cats" (ABCs) since 1963, but never so much as in the last few months.

ABCs are described as being "ghostly big, leopard-sized but black or brown with a long tail."

A 5-foot-long ABC was once photographed.  The photo is reproduced below:

Alien Big Cat on the prowl

The elusive ABCs generally appear to motorists and people out walking their dogs.  Over the past three years, there have been 487 sightings, of which 78 occurred in Scotland.

ABCs also tend to terrorize

• Gloucestershire (55 sightings)

• Cornwall (52)

• Sussex (45)

• Devon (42)

• Wales (41)

• Norfolk (36)

• Kent (36)

• Leicestershire (32)

• Buckinghamshire (32)

• Northampton (25)

• and Essex (10).

An ABC Pawprint?
...Or is it just that Bigfoot fellow again?

Often mistaken for a gorilla, a Labrador, and in one case, an ostrich, the Alien Big Cat has been called many different names, including the "Beast of Brookmans Park", "Fiskerton Phantom", "Beast of Bont", "Beast of Bala", "Black Beast of South Derbyshire", "Beast of Carsington", "Beast Of Blue Bell Hill", "Norfolk Gnasher", "Beast of Bont" and the "Beast of Bodmin."

Ok, Wags.  I'm sure you won't find any hiding under the bed.  You can come out now.

Follow-up article Apr. 26, 2002:
'Alien Big Cat' Lands in America

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