{"id":118849,"date":"2023-09-17T19:50:53","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T19:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/?p=118849"},"modified":"2023-09-17T19:50:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T19:50:53","slug":"big-cats-no-longer-urban-legend-as-film-makers-inundated-with-sightings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/world-news\/big-cats-no-longer-urban-legend-as-film-makers-inundated-with-sightings\/","title":{"rendered":"Big cats no longer urban legend as film-makers inundated with sightings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A \u201chuge increase\u201d in big cat sightings across Britain has been reported, according to the makers of a documentary.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Everett, the director of Panthera Britannia Declassified, said his team has been \u201cinundated\u201d following the film\u2019s July release.<\/p>\n<p>One anonymous person even claims to have spotted a black leopard and its cubs on a roadside in Bristol, he said.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE: Horrified woman awoken by fireball meteorite crashing into her garden from space<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The film \u2013 released on Amazon \u2013 claims to have uncovered several groundbreaking big cat sightings.<\/p>\n<p>Matt said: \u201cAfter the film was released on Amazon and iTunes, we have been inundated with emails and messages from people wanting to report their own sightings.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30963770.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Huge-increase-in-big-cat-sightings-across-Britain-filmmakers-claim.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have even had new videos and photos sent in, which really demonstrates the public interest in this subject.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast week we received a video, sent to us from Bristol.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wanted to remain anonymous for fear of ridicule by his colleagues, harming his career prospects, or even losing his job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut he claims that when driving over a road bridge on a very isolated and rural part of his route to work last month he saw a black leopard and two cubs cross the road in front of him, before jumping a fence at the opposite side of the bridge and disappearing into dense brush &#8211; in broad daylight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to the eyewitness, there were no other motorists nearby, so he was able to quickly stop the car.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30963772.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Huge-increase-in-big-cat-sightings-across-Britain-filmmakers-claim.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30962670.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_MAIN-Mum-had-all-of-limbs-amputated-after-eating-fish-with-deadly-bacteria.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> Mum had all of her limbs amputated after eating &apos;fish with deadly bacteria&apos;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cHe then fumbled for his phone with enough time to catch a brief video of the last cub as it disappeared from view.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Whittard, the show\u2019s producer, said: \u201cWe\u2019re pleased to have raised public awareness of this fascinating subject.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it does seem that we are now developing a broader and more mainstream acceptance within the public zeitgeist that there is a lot more to this than just folklore and urban legend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In another video released by the filmmakers, a large dark animal is seen moving around the edge of a field in Norwich.<\/p>\n<p><b><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i><i>To get more stories from Daily Star delivered straight to your inbox sign up to one of our free newsletters<\/i> here.<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/latest-news\/big-cat-sightings-no-longer-30963721\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A \u201chuge increase\u201d in big cat sightings across Britain has been reported, according to the makers of a documentary. Matt Everett, the director of Panthera Britannia Declassified, said his team has been \u201cinundated\u201d following the film\u2019s July release. One anonymous person even claims to have spotted a black leopard and its cubs on a roadside [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Big cats no longer urban legend as film-makers inundated with sightings - leviolonrouge.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/world-news\/big-cats-no-longer-urban-legend-as-film-makers-inundated-with-sightings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Big cats no longer urban legend as film-makers inundated with sightings - leviolonrouge.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A \u201chuge increase\u201d in big cat sightings across Britain has been reported, according to the makers of a documentary. 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