I see these stories all the time coming out of Great Britain. Sometimes the stories have a sort of "Loch Ness Monster" quality to them, but they are so common that I have trouble believing it's all a myth. It does remind me somewhat of people in various parts of the U.S. who are *positive* they saw a wolf near their home, even though people who keep track of such things say it was no doubt a coyote or dog. Here is a story from Wakefield about a BIG CAT:
