Image caption,The source of the noise is being investigated with it currently being a mystery
Nothing is more annoying than weird sounds keeping you awake. Luckily I’ve never experienced anything that’s gone on for more than a day or two. Hopefully the cause is found and residents can get some peace.
Residents close to one Wirral park say they’ve been woken up by the noisy vibrations (Image: Liverpool Echo/Colin Lane).
When you live in an urban area or by a busy road/railway lines, any sort of maintenance at night is a real pain. It’s not always obvious what’s causing the problem.
The UK is not usually a place noted for it’s exotic animals, not that the wildlife we do have isn’t interesting and impressive of course. The UK was the home to Beaver, Bear, Wolf, Lynx and Wild Boar. The last wolves in the UK had disappeared by the 18th century whilst others like the bear, centuries before.
Beavers are now being introduced and there is talk of reintroducing wolves and perhaps lynx.
Escaped wild boar are now living in the Forest of Dean and other places in the UK.
Some of the more unusual non native animals are either escapees or deliberate introductions. At one time in the Broads a colony of Coypu had made there home, although they were eliminated some years ago.
Then there are the Ring Necked Parakeets. They became established in the wild from the 1970s and were confined to London. Their range is now extending though.
Many reports in the news of unusual animals are usually of escaped pets or animals imported by accident such as spiders found in fruit.
Big Cat sightings seem to be a borderline case with Crptozoology and folklore. Some are no doubt other animals misidentified. Others may be escaped pets. There are reports that have a more supernatural and odd feel to them. There are few theories concerning Big Cats.
1)Misidentified dogs, deer etc.
2)Escaped pets.
3)Escaped pets from zoos/private collections that survived and are breeding in the wild and may have dine for decades.
4)A native breed of big cat that has survived since the last Ice Age.
5)Ghosts or other supernatural entities associated with folklore such as Black Dog legends.
6)Aliens.
I’ve never seen a Big Cat, I do know a few people who have. I also grew up not far from Bluebell Hill in Kent which has had it fair share of Big Cat sightings.
My own out of place animal sighting, if you can call it that, is of false black widow spiders. I’ve seen plenty of those over the years.
Here is a selection of news stories from around the UK.
Big Cat seen in farmland at Empingham, East Midlands.
Big cats, usually black, have been spotted in the UK for decades. I can remember reports from the 1980s where I grew up, in the Medway towns. It was known as the Beast of Bluebell Hill.
There are various hypotheses concerning Big Cat sightings.
They are ghosts.
Folklore.
Something to do with Aliens.
Escaped exotic pets.
Other animals misidentified.
Hallucinations.
Exotic animals have escaped from Zoos and private collections over the years. Some have suggested that escaped or released big cats are breeding in the UK countryside.
Many reports may very well be other animals such as dogs, misidentified. People getting a brief glimpse perhaps.
In some cases reports have been taken very seriously with authorities issuing warnings and searches made for the animal.
Here’s a few Big Cat news stories from the UK reported over the last few months.
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