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Falmouth "creature" spotted - have you seen it?


Is it a lion, a fox or even a kangaroo? A strange creature has been spotted roaming the Falmouth coastal path between Maenporth and Swanpool by a Falmouth man who has contacted the Packet in a bid to find out what it was.

It was between 4pm and 5pm when Sam Bradbury left work and decided to go for a walk along the coastal path.

Halfway around he spotted something moving in the bushes, but was unprepared for what he says she saw.

He said: “I assumed it was a bird or maybe a dog being walked that was rustling the bushes. I stopped as I got nearer, when I realised it was neither.

“It was a little bigger than a dog and had the face of a cat with eyes that were glazed over and luminescent like a lion’s at night. It left when it saw me but appeared to only walk on two hind legs much like a kangaroo would and had behind it a bushy tail like a fox.”

Walking straight home after his “encounter,” Sam immediately drew a picture of the creature so he could remember every detail, in the hope that somebody else may have seen something similar.

Have you had any unusual sightings of strange creatures or UFOs? Contact the chief reporter Emma Goodfellow on 01326 213341 or email emma.goodfellow@packetseries.co.uk.

To see a video of the Packet's hunt for the beast click on the link to the right, under the green heading "related links."



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Bud2008, Perranarworthal says...
1:03pm Fri 13 Feb 09

has someone maybe had too much of the old sauce? AND this has made headlines???

Richard Freeman, Exeter says...
7:35pm Fri 13 Feb 09

Possibly an aye-aye or a springhare. Neither are native to the UK but the animal might be an escapee from a private anmal collection.

Richard Freeman, Exeter says...
2:19am Tue 17 Feb 09

Anotyher possibility is that it is a 'twisty cat'. These are seletivly bred in the USA for a deformity of the front llegs called Radial Hypoplasia.This cause stunted forlimbs. I sincerly hope we will not see this in he UK.

rottweiler, falmouth says...
2:40pm Tue 17 Feb 09

**** big cat!! Its three to four feet according to the notes on the picture!! I'd like to see that breed!

I.B.Winding, Redruth says...
2:25pm Wed 4 Mar 09

Around two years ago i was walkin along the coast path near Swanpool it was around 6-7pm and the sun was setting this was when i saw the freakish lookin creature. I have never said anything because i thought that i would look crazy this is the first time i've spoken of it. The discription matches to a T although i would say have said that the teeth were bigger than shown on the picture drawn and the front legs had big black claws. It came out of a bush around 10 metres away from me stopped in the path glanced at me for a second a hopped into a near by bush. I tried searching for the creature even sending my dogs after it but i saw nothing. I went searching a few days after to see if i could see it again but i never seen the creature again i just put it down to a heavy night.

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The creature that Sam Bradbury says she spotted between Maenporth and Swanpool. The creature that Sam Bradbury says he spotted between Maenporth and Swanpool.

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