Big Cat Conversations
The People's Podcast on Big Cat encounters in Britain. In each episode Rick Minter discusses big cat sightings with different witnesses, finding out what they saw or sensed, how they felt, and how these cases fit a bigger picture.
Big Cat Conversations
BCC EP:139 Suffolk born & bred – the people and the panthers
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Rick Minter
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Episode 139
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We hear from Paul, a retired woodsman from mid Suffolk. He has had three encounters with large cats, including one watching him through the bracken. He describes his own incidents and others he has heard.
Paul explains his tree management work across the local countryside and considers how big cats would use woods and features of the landscape.
Paul and Rick also discuss actions to get more evidence in Suffolk, including a ‘camera wall’ being set up across a nature reserve on a farm.
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28 April 2026