I remember reading Bob Sharps story at the time – his credentials are fairly unimpeachable.
Two of us were up Meikle Bin for a night ride a few months ago and decided to come back off the South face. Despite the fact we know the area quite well we thought better of bushwhacking our way to the forest road once we’d descended to the treeline. So, back up and down we went by our ascent route. There are some huge tracts of impenetrable growth in that forest – a big cat would have space to hide out there undisturbed imo. Lennox would easily be within its range. Incidentally, CV had Wildcats until fairly recently.
Most unusual animal I’ve encountered (quite literally on the trail) was quite recently in fact – an adult Dolphin which had been washed up @ Blackness. Dead unfortunately…
