Nope, nothing, just the picture posted by richardm and the vapourings of the people who took the picture and subsequent people who claim to have heard roars.
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Lion on loose in Essex UK
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Nope, nothing, just the picture posted by richardm and the vapourings of the people who took the picture and subsequent people who claim to have heard roars.
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Am I the only one who thinks we should call Dorothy? There's something odd about the coloring.
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Am I the only one who thinks we should call Dorothy? There's something odd about the coloring.
I keep seeing the super blown up photo. Is the full size original out there anywhere so we can see how small the creature was in the frame?
Even so, I can't understand the mystery over what is clearly a house cat.
What sort of Zoo personnel would think it was a lion? It's clearly a small animal.
LTC8K6
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http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/8/27/1346099581798/Essex-lion-001.jpg
Not sure if that's the full frame, though. How could anyone see that and think "lion"?
Not sure if that's the full frame, though. How could anyone see that and think "lion"?
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The lion is a pussy cat 
The lion is a pussy cat
Actually it's apparently a teddy bear:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-19397686
He's a big handsome boy though.
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That cat is in several places on the Internet. Here is one of them http://beautifulsceneries.info/pet-pictures-cute-cat/kittens-face
Did you call the police?
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Am I the only one who thinks we should call Dorothy? There's something odd about the coloring.
Definitely. I was out walking in Essex yesterday and I saw a scarecrow.
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I'm no expert but don't lions roar after a kill? Anyone noticed partially eaten sheep carcasses around?
Hey our Leonard could do some damage............
No proper scale in that pic.
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Grass. I have seen the field and reporters standing in the grass. The grass is low.
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It's good that they're using reporters for bait rather than a poor indefensible goat as usual
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Thanks. That'd be a rather small "lion" then.