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Big cat sightings, wildmen, Black Shuck and other Suffolk mysteries. Book by Matt Salusbury (Leiston Press, 2023), also a place for reporting local big cat sightings. https://bigcatsofsuffolk.com/

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Mystery Animals of Suffolk @mysteryanimals.bsky.social · 19d

The Woodwoses and Wildmen of #Suffolk - a Dunwich Museum
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Saturday 18th October 2025 6:30pm online via Zoom. Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-woodwo...
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The Woodwoses and Wildmen of Suffolk

An online talk by Matt Salusbury onSuffolk's strange woodwose figures.

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Mystery Animals of Suffolk @mysteryanimals.bsky.social · 1d

The Sea Serpent Killer's sceptical scrapbook - naturalist Sir Richard Owen collected newspaper cuttings on sea serpent sightings over many years - one of the oldest cryptozoological cuttings libraries. My article from @forteantimes.bsky.social - mattsalusbury.blogspot.com/2025/10/scep...

Sceptical scrapbook of The Sea Serpent Killer

This article first appeared in Fortean Times , FT 462, October 2025. Owen's scrapbook includes this 1877 engraving of a 60ft(18m)-long s...

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Mystery Animals of Suffolk @mysteryanimals.bsky.social · 4d

Report just in of a sighting of a Labrador-sized black big cat with "rounded ears", seen "prowling/stalking" from a few metres away in car headlights in Martlesham Heath Retail Park, #Suffolk (on the edge of Ipswich) at 10pm on 04 10 25.

Mystery Animals of Suffolk @mysteryanimals.bsky.social · 5d

Interesting footage from Darsham , #Suffolk.
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Interesting footage from Darsham in Suffolk - Big Cats of Suffolk

I was sent some interesting footage of a black cat moving around a freshly harvested field in Darsham, near the major A12 road, not far from the coast and not far where I am based…

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Mystery Animals of Suffolk @mysteryanimals.bsky.social · 5d

Evidence for lions in Roman Britain - bite marks on the skeleton of a gladiator from York.
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Evidence for lions in Roman Britain - bite marks on a gladiator's skeleton from York - Big Cats of Suffolk

Analysis of a human skeleton from what is a believed to be a cemetery for gladiators from Roman York shows bite marks on the bones of one individual, known as . This strongly suggests the…

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Mystery Animals of Suffolk @mysteryanimals.bsky.social · 5d

An 18th-century caracal wildcat an it's keeper at the Tower of London bigcatsofsuffolk.com/an-18th-cent...

An 18th-century caracal wildcat and its keeper in the Tower of London - Big Cats of Suffolk

An Asian caracal wildcat, a gift to the East India Company from the Nawab of Bengal, its puppet ruler, arrived at the Tower of London in 1759. Named the Siyagoest, the caracal was accompanied by…

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Mystery Animals of Suffolk @mysteryanimals.bsky.social · 6d

Locally sourced mammoth 🦣 tooth 🦷 on display in Framlingham Museum, #Suffolk, #FossilFriday.

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Mystery Animals of Suffolk @mysteryanimals.bsky.social · 8d

The animal "playfully" followed the cyclist at speed" (16mph) for a few seconds before "disappearing".
As he was following the race route on his GPS in darkness, the witness didn't know where exactly he was at the time of the encounter.

Mystery Animals of Suffolk @mysteryanimals.bsky.social · 8d

Report of a black big cat "similar to a house cat but way bigger" - twice the size, seen 28 09 25 by a cyclist 🚴 riding at night in the 425-mile Equinox Further race somewhere between Diss and Wangford, #Suffolk. Another rider in the race reportedly had a big cat encounter the night before.

Mystery Animals of Suffolk @mysteryanimals.bsky.social · 19d

The Woodwoses and Wildmen of #Suffolk - a Dunwich Museum
talk -
Saturday 18th October 2025 6:30pm online via Zoom. Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-woodwo...
@DiscoverDunwich.bsky.social

The Woodwoses and Wildmen of Suffolk

An online talk by Matt Salusbury onSuffolk's strange woodwose figures.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Mystery Animals of Suffolk @mysteryanimals.bsky.social · 21d

Wildman with a club, flanked by two lions, on the font at St Michael's Church, Framlingham, #Suffolk.

Mystery Animals of Suffolk @mysteryanimals.bsky.social · 23d

The burnt out hulk of the warship The Royal James, which caught fire at the Battle of Sole Bay, forever immortalised as an obstacle on the Southwold Adventure Golf ⛳️ course

Mystery Animals of Suffolk @mysteryanimals.bsky.social · 23d

Fish and seafood mosaics on tables at Southwold Pier, #Suffolk.

Mystery Animals of Suffolk @mysteryanimals.bsky.social · 23d

"Beware of the Gulls" poster, Southwold Pier, #Suffolk.

Mystery Animals of Suffolk @mysteryanimals.bsky.social · 23d

Visitor to #Dunwich Museum today recounted sighting of a black big cat 🐈‍⬛ on the bank by the side of the Hangman’s Hill footpath and track near @RSPBMinsmere.bsky.social nature reserve, #Suffolk, sometime between 2003 and 2009.

Mystery Animals of Suffolk @mysteryanimals.bsky.social · 25d

I am aware of two projects in #Suffolk using trail cams to monitor for possible big cat activity - one in North Suffolk and one in the Bawdsey Peninsula. Details to follow in the fullness of time.

Mystery Animals of Suffolk @mysteryanimals.bsky.social · Sep 4

Report just in of a sighting of a "tabby" big cat seen near Hadleigh, #Suffolk, seen on 31/08/25/ Hopefully more details to follow.

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Mary B @beesincampanula.bsky.social · Aug 24

Heather in full bloom across coastal heathland in East Suffolk #WildFlowerHour

Purple Heather and yellow gorse in bloom across heathland

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Mystery Animals of Suffolk @mysteryanimals.bsky.social · Aug 24

Report just in of a sighting of a black big cat walking across a field in the morning of 21 08 25, seen from a distance of 400m away, in Fornham St Martin cum St Genevieve Parish, #Suffolk.

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Mystery Animals of Suffolk @mysteryanimals.bsky.social · Aug 23

"Premenstrual Exacerbation" was the alternative explanation the internet offered. Surely, though, "no leadership or toxic leadership could apply to most industry sectors these days?

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Sharon of the Strange Times @sharonahill.bsky.social · Aug 23

I've updated this story with the identity of the guy and his appearance at the fair.
Bigfoot remains a moneymaking hoax – Sharon A. Hill

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Bigfoot remains a moneymaking hoax

Once again, someone has rather uncreatively posed a hairy man prop as an amazing find and put it on display for all the rubes to pay to see. This time, it's at the New York State Fair.

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Mystery Animals of Suffolk @mysteryanimals.bsky.social · Aug 23

I'm sorry, what is PME? Some sort of industry? Protective Multiple Earthing, according to the internet.

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Mystery Animals of Suffolk @mysteryanimals.bsky.social · Aug 23

The Woodwoses and Wildmen of #Suffolk - a Dunwich Museum
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Sat 18th October 2025 6:30 online via Zoom. Register via https:/www.dunwichmuseum.org.uk/events (link will be live shortly). @discoverdunwich.bsky.social

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Hookcity - 🚫“War Plan” DMs Please 👊🏻🇺🇸🔥 🫣 @hookcity.bsky.social · Aug 22

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Sharon of the Strange Times @sharonahill.bsky.social · Aug 22

Not a mystery beast, just a dog

Recent examples of people who see a monster when it's really just a dog.

Not a mystery beast, just a dog

Recent examples of people who see a monster when it's really just a dog.

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Mystery Animals of Suffolk @mysteryanimals.bsky.social · Aug 20

Report just in of a sighting of a black big cat seen in a tree late last night (19/08/25) near Wickham Market, #Suffolk. 15 miles due southwest of Darsham, where a big cat was filmed last week (see below). Could it be the same animal?