leopard like cat was photographed drawing comparisons with the legendary "fen tiger". Gloucestershire had numerous sightings. North Wales, a known hotspot for big cats, where "It seems it's common knowledge among many local communities that a small population of big cats such as pumas exist within North Wales." had its share although it was only caught on camera once. In Somerset an animal fitting the description of a melanistic leopard was seen by a number of witnesses in various places. "One person believes she has footage of a big cat and has approached a big cat expert to review her evidence." In Leicestershire an animal was caught on camera. A serval-like cat was photographed in North London. In 2021 in large dark coloured cat was filmed in Flintshire. Attacks In 2000 an 11-year-old boy in Monmouthshire was attacked by what he claims was a large black cat. It left him with five long claw marks across his left cheek. The police called in a big cat expert to investigate the incident. In 2005 a man who lived in Sydenham Park in south-east London was attacked in his back garden, which backed onto a railway line. The man who was and weighed described the cat as being a big black figure that pounced on him and was considerably stronger than he was. He was left with scratches all over his body. Police were called and according to the BBC, one police officer saw a cat the size of a Labrador dog. The man who was attacked sustained scratches to his face and the alleged big cat was named locally as the "Beast of Sydenham". In 2008, it was reported that a 74 year old woman was attacked on two separate occasions by a large cat in Alness, Scottish Highlands, leaving her with injuries, but a Scottish wildcat expert concluded that it was most likely a large feral domestic cat living wild, possibly a hybrid with a Scottish wildcat, but ruled out that a Scottish wildcat itself was responsible for the attacks. In 2019 a man in Cornwall reported that a black cat attacked him through an open window and that it was trying to get in through the window. He described it as being crossed between a domestic cat and a panther. He was said to have reported it to the police and claimed "that they were not interested". DNA evidence