White Mystery African Cat
Posted by: Loren Coleman on July 2nd, 2012
It probably was not a white lion, which would have been easily identified by the Africans.
All Africa posted this on June 22, 2012.
A strange animal has invaded Bulapesa estate in Isiolo town and killed several dogs and sheeps in the last one week. Residents say the white animal belongs to a group of cats that has caused havoc in the last few days by killing their dogs and sheep while several animals were also mauled during night attacks.
Mr Gufu Gollo of Bulapesa estate said the communities were living in fear adding that parents are afraid of taking their children to school in the early morning hours for fear of attack. Gufu said the animals come out at night to raid the villages.
“We are appealing to Kenya Wild life Services to help us trap these animals because they had caused havoc, sleepless night and fear,” said the old man. He said the KWS officers were yet to intervene a week after they reported the incident to them adding that they might be forced to take law into their hands if they fail to respond in the next few days.
The residents are also demanding compensation for the animals killed. Isiolo Central DO Rebecca Wakabe confirmed the attacks and said the Kenya Wildlife Services was in process of identifying the animal. She said the officers had laid a trap for the animal.
However they were unable to capture it because as it had used a different route.
Thanks to Paul Cropper, for news of this story.
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Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading living cryptozoologist. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct).
Loren Coleman’s daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015.
Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.
I’m not an expert in any way but could it be an atlas lion?