Pumas and lynx can produce screams, and so can foxes and other animals, which is why the sound was linked to the cat reports. The record says only what was heard. Ted Noble later set bait around the hillside near her cottage before the puma was trapped.
Unclassified
The Wailing Above Cannich, Spring 1980
Hillside above a house at Cannich
Spring 1980
This site is private property or has no public access. Coordinates shown are rounded and no directions are offered.
- Evidence
- Single witness account
- Access
- No public access
- Location
- 57.347, -4.756 (Parish-level only, treat as an area)
Sources: Scottish Big Cats archive, Wailing like woman screaming heard [other]; Scottish Big Cats archive, Puma caught at Cannich [other]
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