So the Beast of Smallthorne picture is a hoax. I am not at all surprised as it looked very much as if it was cut and pasted with Photoshop.However, I have never wanted the CFZ as an organisation, or me as a person to become so blasé about what we do that I automatically dismiss something out of hand just because it looks as dodgy as blazes. And I always try to be polite, even when someone is trying to trick me with a palpable hoax.
I must admit that I wonder who was responsible and why. The picture was sent to me as a large photographic print rather than by email, so it must have cot the guy responsible a few quid.
Thank you very much to our old buddy Dr Karl Shuker who found the relevant panther picture here
Compare the images below:
The image as received in the post yesterday
STOP PRESS. I am afraid that I am going to have to reject Dr Shuker's cunning hypothesis. New evidence has come to light. The animal has just been seen in my garden:
...and on Birmingham New Street Station
...and the animal has obviously been around a long time, as it appears in this recently discovered 1878 painting by William Yeames: "When did you last see 'The Beast of Smallthorne'?"
So yah! Boo! Sucks!
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