# Lion Loose in Eastern England

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 27, 2012, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-loose-in-eastern-england/632790 "2012-08-27T05:22:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-loose-in-eastern-england/632790/41 "2012-08-29T16:23:01Z")

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> [@Lord\_Feldon](#):
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> Big cat _sightings_ are very common, especially when the idea gets put in peoples’ heads, but they’re often normal cats or dogs or deer or coyotes or raccoons.

It’s now reported to be a [Main Coon cat](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2195116/Meet-owner-Essex-lion-Former-fitness-instructors-cat-sparked-Britains-biggest-safari-hunt.html?ITO=1490).

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**Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-loose-in-eastern-england/632790/42 "2012-08-29T17:54:43Z")

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> [@Lord\_Feldon](#):
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> Big cat _sightings_ are very common, especially when the idea gets put in peoples’ heads, but they’re often normal cats or dogs or deer or **coyotes** or **raccoons**.

In Essex? :dubious:

Actually I have read a couple of reported sightings of raccoons in Wales and western England, but they’re no less exotic here than lions.

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