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Beast of Bevendean strikes again

6:00pm Tuesday 10th June 2008

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By Emily-Ann Elliott »

A dog owner has told of his ordeal at the hands of the big cat dubbed the Beast of Bevendean.

Bill Batchelor, of Bodiam Avenue, Bevendean, said he has seen the wild animal on three occasions.

And he described the moment when the sharp-toothed cat pounced on his pet dog as he was out walking.

But Mr Batchelor said the mysterious animal he encountered was not black as some residents have reported, but a sandy colour with a grey muzzle.

A spokeswoman for Sussex Police confirmed that an officer had attended the scene and had passed on information about the sighting to a wildlife group.

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john, brighton says...
6:15pm Tue 10 Jun 08

and i thought they closed the white admarial

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sally, beavendean says...
7:07pm Tue 10 Jun 08

anyone free to walk my dog????

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Flat Foot Soozie, Brunswick Square says...
8:20pm Tue 10 Jun 08

Has Baskerville Hall been relocated to Bevendean?

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P.Sutcliffe, The place I Love... says...
9:41pm Tue 10 Jun 08

Saw the headline,thought it was that 'tom' from no. 37

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GREYRUN, Hove Park says...
10:11pm Tue 10 Jun 08

john wrote:
and i thought they closed the white admarial
Do you mean add Murial?

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black panther, bevendean says...
10:31pm Tue 10 Jun 08

loads have seen it . three times says bill but not one thought of taking a camera just in case or i suppose not one had a mobile phone with camera on them . they say its a big cat well there right there thats probably all it is A BIG CAT

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ryan, bevendean, brighton says...
12:29am Wed 11 Jun 08

i live literally right up the back of bevendean and i saw it prowling across the hill which my house backs onto, seriously that thing was huge and i definitely believe that thing is a panther. i had a sheep turn up in that field with its head missing and three of its legs and a scratch down its stomach from a paw, this was before i actually saw it and i thought it was a fox but the scratch was really big like a grown mans hand size. i saw it pretty close and it was about as long as a horse and thats what i thought it was at first but i noticed the cat like structure and a great long tail. this is not a exaggeration there is something up in that hill.

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BRYAN, bevendean says...
4:32am Wed 11 Jun 08

I saw it too. It was about the size of an elephant. It was orange in colour and had a human face with big round ears. I am sure it spoke to me as well but in Norwegian. It was last Friday night, I was just sitting at home enjoying some mushroom tea when I saw it through the window. Honest.

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Jamie, Hove says...
7:33am Wed 11 Jun 08

I have just been attacked by the 'Horror of Hove', it had a blue rinse and mowed me down with its electric buggy at the Sackville Road traffic lights. Bingo halls in the area are on high alert.

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Lawrence Wadey, Macau says...
8:22am Wed 11 Jun 08

I've seen this cat or whatever it is when out practising one evening at East Brighton Golf Club. It was prowling up the side of the second hole and is somewhere between the size of a big cat and a panther. It is sandy in colour. I was about 300yrds away and that was plenty close enough.

There is no question of whether it existed or not. This was last August.

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karl moore, brighton(patcham) says...
9:56am Wed 11 Jun 08

this is my cat i dont appreate u calling it a beast i wont it back plz help me !!! come and see me

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Dan gleballs, Portslade says...
10:03am Wed 11 Jun 08

So loads of people have seen this cat. there are 6 people in my family and everyone of us has a phone with a camera on it! why has no one managed to take a photo or video of it?????????

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Joe, Hove says...
10:39am Wed 11 Jun 08

Dan gleballs wrote:
So loads of people have seen this cat. there are 6 people in my family and everyone of us has a phone with a camera on it! why has no one managed to take a photo or video of it?????????
If there were photos or videos taken you can bet they'd be the kind of blurry out-of focus shots they have of Bigfoot, or the Loch Ness Monster, and there would still be people arguing both sides of the case that it is a beast or just a cat...

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Vince, bevendean woods says...
10:46am Wed 11 Jun 08

NAH Just a kid i know named vince!!!

he a cool guy really...dont be scared...just talk to him...dont if your under 16..:S

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Iriquois Alberstein, The Lore says...
10:51am Wed 11 Jun 08

Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

"Beware the Beast of Bevendean, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"

He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought --
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought

And as in uffish thought he stood,
The Beast of Bevendean, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! and through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.

"And has thou slain the Beast of Bevendean?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"
He chortled in his joy.

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

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T.Arzan, the jungle says...
10:56am Wed 11 Jun 08

Me hunt it. Catch and strangle. Ungowa! Aaaarrrrraaaa- youuuuuuu arrrrr.
Bad kitty.

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lauren, brighton says...
10:59am Wed 11 Jun 08

my house backs on 2 the downs between bevendean & moulscombe, often have deer, rabbit, sheep & the odd random cow for this giant pussey cat 2 munch on but i havent seen anything, even has plenty of neighbourhood cats 2 have a light snack!
parhaps i'll camp up there and tempt it out with a tin of tuna and milk. then catch it..i can see the headlines now 'brave bevendean beast babe slays the beast !

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Nota Midget, Portslade says...
11:06am Wed 11 Jun 08

Are all the people that have seen this "big" cat midgets by any chance?

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Aristo Cat, Up the Downs says...
11:44am Wed 11 Jun 08

Everybody wants to see a cat,
Because a cat's the only cat,
Who knows where he's at,
Everybody's picking up on that feline beat,
'Cos everything else is obsolete.

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JOHNBOY, brighton says...
11:55am Wed 11 Jun 08

Put the toerag who stabed the dog to death,in charge of the hunt.He would have no problem finding it!

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Muriel, Bevendean says...
1:17pm Wed 11 Jun 08

I must say I am very distressed by all this talk of a big cat. My Mittens is just big boned she can't help it. Please leave her alone Argus and find some proper news.

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Lord Basque-Ville, Frankendean says...
1:22pm Wed 11 Jun 08

I was out on the Sussex moors myself and whilst my eyesight isn't what it used to be, I am convinced I saw several large cats in the distance being ridden by small monkeys in hats.

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No, Thanks says...
1:30pm Wed 11 Jun 08

story says its sand colourd not black so cant be a panther,,, how did they see the teeth unless their were bites on the dog,, so probably just a squirel i reckon,

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Andy, Brighton says...
4:07pm Wed 11 Jun 08

lets all go up there and find it, who's with me????

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Archer, Brighton says...
6:45pm Wed 11 Jun 08

ive been on that hill many occasions and never seen anything, well no thats a lie, hmmm im talking about 4-5years ago now, i was walking with my mum and dog and saw a giant cat not the size that everyone describes more along the lines of about the size of a feild spaniel and i saw it from a distance but am pretty much sure this one was white/silver (the light was reflecting on it)

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d smithers, brighton says...
8:19pm Wed 11 Jun 08

I've seen it! This is certainly a disgusting creature, it has the most foul breath from hell and a hideous face, It was 1985 when I went out with her.

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Clive, Peacehaven says...
10:55pm Wed 11 Jun 08

These comments are racist! When it was a 'big black cat' it was dangerous. Now it is grey or whatever everyone has calmed down. Racial discrimination at it's very worst!

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Gemma, hannah, tia and emma, bevendean says...
12:14pm Thu 12 Jun 08

this is stupid. 2 out of four of us live in bevendean and have never seen anything slightly like that! as for saying its racist, get a grip it's an animal! And stop saying it's your cat it ours! People just want attention, take a picture and then we'll belive you! and a clear one would be nice :)

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Dr Doolittle, Coombe Road says...
1:47pm Thu 12 Jun 08

It must be one of my house mates conquests honestly you should see the state of some of the things he brings home from West Street at the weekend!

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Emma!, Bevendean says...
5:24pm Thu 12 Jun 08

It's funny, most of the comments people have left are just full on sarcasm or too **** serious! Either way, do you people have nothing better to do??!!! Yes, I probably come across hypacritical, but to make a point my friends, to make a point! Oh, and by the way, half the people that have left comments don't even bloody live in any of the areas it's been seen in and yet they're the ones that have been making the most fuss!! Until a CLEAR and REAL photo has been seen, I will continue to think it's just another myth. Good day.

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Peter Watts, Bevendean says...
6:43pm Thu 12 Jun 08

i overlook the hills and have set a video camera up all night, i have caught on tape a large animal walking across the fields heading towards Staplefield Drive. its not totaly clear so i will re-do it tonight just looking at this area closser, it went across at about 5am thismorning. if i get a good shot i will post on you tube marked as proof of Bevendean beast

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barry the hat, whitehawk says...
10:00pm Thu 12 Jun 08

i saw this beast a few years ago on the football pitches in whitehawk , i was walking home down the racehill and it ran past me , beast of bevendean t shirts now on sale in shop

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Emma, Brighton says...
11:46am Fri 13 Jun 08

I'm more surprised that Lawrence Wadey is alive and well and reading the Argus from Macau!

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lisa, brighton says...
2:18pm Fri 13 Jun 08

hi
i was just woundering has anyone managed to get any pictures of the beast of bevendean ? as i have heard people say they think its a hoax. i myself think it is possible it does excist. but more evidence of it being around would be good and if it is why hasnt any warning posters been put up in and around the woods where its been sighted warning of its presence at least then people would be more alert i walk my dogs through the woods quite alot and i have not yet come across the beast like i said pictures if any manages to get some would be good
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lisa, brighton says...
2:34pm Fri 13 Jun 08

Andy wrote:
lets all go up there and find it, who's with me????
im with ya

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lisa, bevendean says...
6:46pm Fri 13 Jun 08

Andy wrote:
lets all go up there and find it, who's with me????
yes im with you
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darren mengham( the predator), brighton says...
12:48am Sat 14 Jun 08

IM CONSTANTLY IN THE WOODS OF BEVENDEAN WITH MY GIRLFRIEND IN THE EVENING , AND THE ONLY THING IVE SEEN THATS BIG AND BLACK AND SCARY WAS HER HAIRY LEGS , SO I THINK I BEST STOP TAKING MY MISSES OUT AT NIGHT IF THIS IS THE TROUBLE ITS CAUSED LOL ...

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jim bob jones, brighton says...
9:24am Mon 16 Jun 08

i have pics of the beast come to astons house and ill show u

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jam!!!, says...
10:10pm Mon 16 Jun 08

i have stared into the eyes of the beast and survived.....for this i shall live life to the full......what? no! NOT AGAIN!!! ARGHHHHH!!!!
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Scott Marks, Carden, Brighton says...
10:44pm Sat 21 Jun 08

Karl moore its not your cat. I bought Persia just over a year ago and he went missing the descriptions are exactly the same. If u see him please catch and return him... ;)

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bob jonesd, herts says...
6:10pm Wed 25 Jun 08

omg i saw a beast it was black and white and it was about 8m long. At the time it had ginger haired kids on its back and im sure that the kids were holding dolphins :P i saw this in beckhams garden he should go over his cctv :P

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