Big Cat Conversations podcast

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.

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.

 

#131

BCC EP:131 Surrey hills & heathlands – perennial pumas & panthers

Our first guest Miriam had a close-up sighting of a puma back in 1968 in Surrey, while on ... more

24 Sep 2025

1 HR 14 MINS

1:14:30

24 Sep 2025


#130

BCC EP:130 The Lactating Leopard - bonding with a black shadow

Charlie our guest recounts 6 months of his life at the age of 9 back in 1973-74. Around hi... more

31 Aug 2025

1 HR 16 MINS

1:16:59

31 Aug 2025


#129

BCC EP:129 Hidden in Herefordshire - the leaping leopard & the hissing puma

Our first guest Malcolm was an arch sceptic on big cats being wild in Britain. Then one ni... more

09 Aug 2025

1 HR 15 MINS

1:15:52

09 Aug 2025


#128

BCC EP:128 Secrets of the hoax – real & imagined beasts

Secrets of the hoax – real & imagined beasts Our first guest Simon Lea had two close encou... more

16 Jul 2025

1 HR 15 MINS

1:15:59

16 Jul 2025


#127

BCC EP:127 Lurking at the margins – big cats of Mercia & Durham

Our first guest Hugh Williams recounts his close encounter with a big cat on a Worcestersh... more

21 Jun 2025

1 HR 25 MINS

1:25:30

21 Jun 2025


#126

BCC EP:126 Kent Cat Fight, Surrey double take

Cat Fight is the new novel from author Kit Conway which centres around big cat encounters ... more

01 Jun 2025

1 HR 18 MINS

1:18:12

01 Jun 2025


#125

BCC EP:125 Scottish borderlands – unspoken leopards & lynx

John explores the wild forests and farmland of his local Scottish borders area.   It’s a s... more

09 May 2025

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:31

09 May 2025


#124

BCC EP:124 Confronting a midlands panther - a five metre face-off

John met a “black panther” during his evening dog walks four times in 1996 in Staffordshir... more

17 Apr 2025

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:30

17 Apr 2025


#123

BCC EP:123 A shot in the dark – green eyes through the snow

Bonus feature - British wolverines? Our first guest Darren was asked to despatch a trouble... more

26 Mar 2025

1 HR 17 MINS

1:17:51

26 Mar 2025


#122

BCC EP:122 The puma paradox – Australia’s roo slayers

Andrea is a podcast listener in Victoria, Australia. She didn’t expect to experience big c... more

03 Mar 2025

1 HR 35 MINS

1:35:12

03 Mar 2025


#121

BCC EP:121 Cubs – from Cumbria to Devon…

We return to Cumbria for latest news of the mother and cub black leopards, being experienc... more

08 Feb 2025

1 HR 11 MINS

1:11:47

08 Feb 2025