The source gives headlines only, so what the police officers saw is not stated here, and the 'zoo chiefs' headline shows that the identification was disputed. It is included because a police sighting made this one of the better-publicised Ayrshire cat episodes. No animal was reported captured.
Beasts & cryptids
The Ardrossan Big Cat Alert, December 2002
Ardrossan
23 December 2002 to 2 January 2003
- Evidence
- Single witness account
- Access
- Access unrecorded
- Location
- 55.642, -4.810 (Sited to the village)
Sources: Scottish Big Cats, "Big Cat Sightings in Ayrshire" (list of press headlines) [other]
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