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Author:  ProfessorF [ Sun Aug 26, 2012 9:22 pm ]
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Lion on the loose in St Osyth

9:43pm Sunday 26th August 2012 in News By James Cox

RESIDENTS are being warned to stay in-doors after a large cat, believed to be a lion, was spotted loose in St Osyth.

The animal was seen in fields off Earls Hall Drive in St Oysth, near Clacton, just before 7pm this evening, Sunday, August 26.

Officers from Essex Police are working with experts from Colchester Zoo who believe the reports to be genuine after being shown a photograph from a member of the public.

There is an increased police presence in the area, including firearms officers and the police helicopter searching near where it was spotted.

Police are also trying to establish where the lion may have come from.

Anyone who sees the lion is advised to call 999.


http://www.essexcountystandard.co.uk/news/9894702.Lion_on_the_loose_in_St_Osyth/

Author:  l3v1ck [ Sun Aug 26, 2012 11:30 pm ]
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Let's hope it takes out half the cast of The Only Way. ...

Author:  belchingmatt [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:22 am ]
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>:3

Author:  paulzolo [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 8:35 am ]
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She also said one reported sighting had turned out to be a cat.


No [LIFTED], Sherlock. What’s a lion? :lol:

Author:  HeatherKay [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:22 am ]
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paulzolo wrote:
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She also said one reported sighting had turned out to be a cat.


No [LIFTED], Sherlock. What’s a lion? :lol:


We are talking about Essex here. :lol:

Author:  brataccas [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:23 am ]
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Is essex a nice place to visit? I associate the place with goody and the worst accent ever.

I've sworn to never go to Essex unless someone can enlighten me?

Author:  HeatherKay [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:23 am ]
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brataccas wrote:
Is essex a nice place to visit? I associate the place with goody and the worst accent ever.

I've sworn to never go to Essex unless someone can enlighten me?


Over to Mr Zolo.

*looks to camera 3*

Author:  pcernie [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:33 am ]
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If 'TOWIE' is anything to go by, it could be somebody in a Snarf costume who got lost :lol: :oops:

Author:  ProfessorF [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:45 am ]
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Essex Police investigate 'lion' sighting near St Osyth

St Osyth resident Che Kevlin said he heard a ''loud roar''

Police in Essex are investigating reports that a lion has been spotted in a field near St Osyth.

Police - who have told residents to enjoy the bank holiday but "be cautious" - are looking for signs after the sighting off Earls Hall Drive.

Colchester Zoo experts have said a definite identification of the animal was not possible based on a photograph taken by a member of the public.

Local resident Che Kevlin told the BBC he heard a "loud roar" at 22:00 BST.

Anthony Tropeano, Zoological Director of Colchester Zoo, said: "The photograph shows an animal in a field, it is a sandy brown colour, but the photography is of such poor quality it's not possible for us to say one way or the other what it definitely is."

Armed police have been drafted into the area and two police helicopters are searching the area where it was spotted. One of the helicopters is using a thermal imaging camera to try to detect any trace of an animal.

Mr Tropeano, who has been at the scene, said: "We weren't really sure what we were looking for.

"There were absolutely no sightings of it during the time I was there. Nothing really to provide any further evidence to suggest it had been there - just the fact of these couple of eye witness account and police had to err on the side of caution."

Residents were advised by police on Sunday night to stay indoors, but now people have been told they should enjoy the bank holiday.

"It's a beautiful day so we want people to go out and enjoy themselves, but if they do wish to go for a country walk and use the fields and footpaths we ask them to be a bit cautious," a police spokesman said.

Essex Police said about 25 officers were at the scene, including about a dozen specialist firearms officers, and experts from Colchester Zoo were also on hand. They are looking for signs such as pawprints.

'Quite worried'
Police said all the animals at Colchester Zoo had been accounted for.

The spokesman said a circus had been in the area, at Clacton Airfield, recently but added: "Officers have spoken to the circus and confirmed that they do not have an animal missing, nor do they have any lions."

Mr Kevlin said that shortly after hearing the roaring sound he got a text from a relative telling him a lion was on the loose in St Osyth.

He said: "It was worrying as we had just been for a walk with the dog. We saw the police helicopter but thought it was just searching for a person.

"It sounded like the roar of a lion. We have field and wood just behind our fence, so you never know."

There are several holiday caravan parks in and around St Osyth and Sean Williams, who is in a caravan, said he was worried about going out.

Mr Williams, who said he heard about the lion on Twitter, said: "The children are with me and we are quite worried. We were out in fields in St Osyth but we're back in the caravan now.

"We've only seen one police car bombing it down the road. We had a fishing trip planned for tomorrow but we're now debating whether to carry on."

Dave Sparks, who runs the Red Lion pub in St Osyth, said it had been a "surreal" night and told ITV News: "You don't really expect to be told there's a lion wandering around the area.

"No one really felt there was any immediate danger in the village - a couple of families with young children were a bit worried but after a while they were okay."

Police are asking anyone who sees the animal to call 999.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-19388301

Author:  belchingmatt [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:48 am ]
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Dave Sparks, who runs the Red Lion pub in St Osyth, said it had been a "surreal" night and told ITV News: "You don't really expect to be told there's a lion wandering around the area.


:lol: :lol: :lol:

The irony!

Author:  paulzolo [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:59 am ]
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brataccas wrote:
Is essex a nice place to visit? I associate the place with goody and the worst accent ever.

I've sworn to never go to Essex unless someone can enlighten me?


What we refer to as "Metropolitan Essex" is pretty grim and ugly in places - Basildon, Canvey Island, Southend. All have what we have come to know as "Estuary English" as an accent - which has pushed the natural Essex accent further north. It's basically that "Lahndan" accent that is popularised by TV so much.

Once you have gone far enough north you'll find some fantastic countryside, dotted with small villages which is a world away from the London influence. It may be of little surprise to you that most of my Essex travels take me as far from the south o f the county as possible.

One pave that you'd probably lime is the Secret Nuclear Bunker in Kelveden Hatch, which is a wonderfully reserved bit of Cold War history.

Author:  HeatherKay [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 11:13 am ]
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Sudbury is a nice place. Very picturesque, just south of the Suffolk border.

Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 12:57 pm ]
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Ahem, we have found the culprit:

Image

Author:  ProfessorF [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:23 pm ]
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From the Daily Fail site - Image

Now, that doesn't look like a house cat, or a wild cat, to me.
That does look like a lion.

Author:  HeatherKay [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:34 pm ]
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It does look like a lion.

However, why hasn't it got as much noisy grain on it as the rest of the photo?

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