Now, before you really think I’m crazy (more than usual anyway), let me educate you as to what Alien Big Cats are.
Alien Big Cats (ABCs, Phantom Cats, Mystery Cats) don’t have anything to do with UFOs (usually anyway). The word ‘alien’ in this context simply means ‘out of place’. ABCs are not creatures unknown to science but are well-known cats which are sighted in unexpected places. Their location creates the mystery, rather than their existence.
My ‘need-to-know-bordering-on-obsession’ tendency was aroused yesterday when I read an article about an ABC sighting in our local newspaper…
18-year-old student Carl Swanson is adamant he saw a large lion recently near a quarry in Kaiwaka (Northland, NZ). He is keen to revisit the site but will not do so unless he has a gun. The reporter who wrote the story happens to be my neighbour (no kidding). I spoke with him last night, and he believes Swanson’s story is absolutely genuine.
The documented eye-witness reports of ABCs in New Zealand are too numerous to be ignored. All evidence points to the fact that there really are mysterious big-cat specimens roaming the bush and countryside.
“How did they get here?”, any sane person will ask. The most probable answer is the accidental release/escape into the wild from zoos, wild-life parks etc.
Interestingly enough, Zion Wildlife Gardens is situated just 60km north of where the lion was seen.
So, if you ever happen to see a mysterious cat-like creature roaming the New Zealand countryside, think twice before you choose not to believe your eyes, keep a camera ready, and maybe, as Carl Swanson suggests, a gun.
Some documented ABC sightings in New Zealand (For extensive information on ABC’s in NZ please visit: Mysterious New Zealand
-
2008: Lion, Kaiwaka Quarry, South of Whangarei, Northland
-
04/08/06: Big Black Cat, Haketere (north side of the Ashburton River Mouth)
-
03/05/05: Big Black Cat, Mid Canterbury
-
11/10/03: Black Panther, PPCS meatworks in Fairton, 8 km north of Ashburton
-
03/10/03: Black Panther Mayfield, 35 kilometres west of Ashburton
-
2002: Big Black Puma-like Cat sighted at night in Omaui, south of Invercargill
-
2001: Black Panther, Farm at Winterslow, Alford Forest
-
1999: Black Panther, Banks Peninsula
-
13/12/99: Mountain Lion, Moeraki (or Lake Moeraki)
-
16/07/99: Black Panther, Lindis Pass
-
08/98: Mountain Lion, Dunstan Ranges, near Cromwell
- 1996: Black Panther, Twizel
- 1996: Big Black Puma-like Cat sighted at night in Omaui, south of Invercargill
Mark Brosnahan of mid Canterbury saw and photographed a big black cat on May 3rd 2005 (Photo above).
hmmm dont like cats very much but do have a strong fascination with guns… sounds like a good photo opportunity :)
Posted by Rachel Kate | July 1, 2008, 1:06 pmI saw a big orange one that I’m adamant was Aslan.
Posted by Stephen Garton | July 1, 2008, 2:13 pmGutting if you have come fresh from a wizard of oz dress up party in wellsford, and you being dressed as the lion decide on a leisurely stroll through the kaiwaka quarry on the way home (as you do) and run into Carl Swanson, this time fully armed and trigger happy. Burn.
Posted by Dr. Lizzle | July 1, 2008, 5:57 pm