The report is precise about time, place, weather and distance, and the size is smaller than the tales of very large cats, which may point to a feral or escaped animal. The witness was sure it was a cat and not a fox, having seen a fox on a later trip. No trace was found, and the sighting came in through a website form.
Beasts & cryptids
The Black Cat on the A721 near Elsrickle, January 2002
A721 near Gilburn farm, between Elsrickle and Newbigging
20 January 2002
- Evidence
- Single witness account
- Access
- Open ground
- Location
- 55.676, -3.493 (Parish-level only, treat as an area)
Sources: Scottish Big Cats, "Collie-sized black cat seen near Biggar" [other]; Scottish Big Cats, "Non-native Cat Sightings in Lanarkshire" [other]
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