October 5, 2007
Mystery Mammal Defies Identification
No photographs have been taken of this mystery animal or I would have posted them. But certainly something strange is being seen in the Wimbledon Common, London, England.
According to an eyewitness a strange animal similar to a squirrel is hiding out on the common leaving people wondering what kind of beast it could be.
So far educated guesses on website Wild About Britain have included the Australasian sugar glider, the North American flying squirrel or another species of possum.
Rather more tongue-in-cheek suggestions have included a flying womble – on account of the common being home to the fictional TV characters.
Wandsworth’s Kolin Barnz, who spotted the beast while on the commen, said: “It was squirrel-like but its face looked more mouse-like, with long whiskers, black eyes and small ears.
“As it jumped between trees, flaps of skin stretched between its front and back legs and it gilded [sic] to the next tree. I couldn’t believe my eyes.” How the animal got to its new home is anyone’s guess, but it is possible it could be someone’s escaped pet.“Is mystery squirrel playing possum after un-Common sighting” by Jamie Henderson, Wimbledon Guardian, UK, October 3, 2007.
About Loren Coleman
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.
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