107 episodes

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 Rick Minter

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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.

    BCC EP:107 Fishing fright – the lakeside leopard warning

    BCC EP:107 Fishing fright – the lakeside leopard warning

    Wayne is an angler in Essex. He describes 3 close encounters with big cats at fishing lakes. On one occasion he met with a leopard warning him off just meters away on a lakeside path. The nearby muntjac deer might owe its life to Wayne’s presence, as he stumbled upon the scene between the cat and the deer. He got close enough to see the big cat’s markings… 
    Words of the week:   leopard popcorn smell   
    5 March 2024

    • 58 min
    BCC EP:106 Forest echoes – Argyll’s big cat calls

    BCC EP:106 Forest echoes – Argyll’s big cat calls

    Janet is based in a remote corner of Argyll. She was unaware of the area’s long history of big cat reports until events kicked off close to her house in 2023. She explains the warning calls and the sightings she experienced locally and coincidentally when visiting Aberdeenshire. 
    Janet is a professional photographer and explains how she is adapting her range of camera kit in preparation for big cats, especially in darkness and low light.  
     Word of the week:   guttural
     9 February 2024

    • 1 hr
    BCC EP:105 Top corner cats – tracking the Caithness leopards

    BCC EP:105 Top corner cats – tracking the Caithness leopards

    We hear from Paul, an investigator near John O’Groats in north-east Scotland.  He re-tells several big cat sighting reports from recent years, and he explains his use of trail cams, night vision cameras, and lures.    
    Last summer he followed up a local black leopard report, then found himself in a dense woodland with a growling cat just a few feet away. The scary incident took a twist later that night… 
    Words of the week:   nape bite
    17 January 2024

    • 1 hr 19 min
    BCC EP:104 Sherwood & Shropshire – glimpses in the Greenwood

    BCC EP:104 Sherwood & Shropshire – glimpses in the Greenwood

    Adam’s Grandfather’s once had a big cat sighting in Sherwood Forest and now, decades later, Adam has just experienced a large black cat in the same area - we hear the details in this episode.
    Adam also discusses several big cat encounters he’s heard of from friends and contacts in Nottinghamshire and Shropshire, as well as some perfect footage of a puma he was shown. As an ecologist he meets people in remote parts of the English midlands who are in prime positions to witness wildlife. He also considers the niche available for big cats in the British landscape, and he explains how a lifetime of observing wildlife can bring the odd surprise. 
    More notes for the episode at:  bigcatconversations.com/refs-links/
    Words of the week:   niche   &   vigil
    27 December 2023

    • 1 hr 17 min
    BCC EP:103 The spectre at the stables – big cats bothering horses

    BCC EP:103 The spectre at the stables – big cats bothering horses

    We hear Sue’s experience after 10 years’ worth of big cat sightings and incidents around her stables in Essex.
    Her daughter and sons have had close sightings, and in one of Sue’s encounters she was next to a black panther in the stable yard at dusk.
    Sue describes some severe impacts on two of the horses after close confrontations with a big cat, and she explains the ongoing extra costs she is faced with in feed and vets’ bills, managing the stables alongside the varying visits of big cats. 
    Words of the week:   foxlights  predator deterrent
    11 December 2023

    • 1 hr 3 min
    BCC EP:102 Fight or flight? Cumbria’s cornered cat

    BCC EP:102 Fight or flight? Cumbria’s cornered cat

    Charles reflects on his two encounters with a black panther or leopard, 21 years apart, both while caravanning and trekking in Cumbria. 
    For the first incident Charles was in touching distance of the big cat as he entered his caravan awning and discovered it there – Charles recounts the moments he found himself closed in with a panther beside him… 
     Word of the week:   catstycam
     19 November 2022

    • 1 hr 3 min

Customer Reviews

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4 Ratings

4 Ratings

slit lip ,

From Michigan

.Great show, we have Mountain and large black cat sightings in the Great Lakes area.

hot vet ,

Seeing Great Britain in a new light!

I am just fascinated with this podcast!
My husband was born in England and we visit family and friends often. I enjoy the life style of being there but have always wished for, well, just a tad more excitement.
(We lived in Kenya for a time and I loved the thrill of not knowing what was behind the next tree.)
Learning about the big cats, has helped me comprehend that even proper British might not always be on top of everything.
As soon as I can talk someone into pointing me in the correct direction, our next visit ( after Covid) will find me taking numerous long walks in the woods!
Thank you for bringing the big cats to my attention

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