Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
Legends have persisted for a long time of big cats prowling the Australian bush. This video analyzes whether one of the most popular theories behind it is true; are giant feral cats behind the sightings?
Australian Feral Mega-Cats:
twitter.com/TheWildReviled
Mega-feral videos:
youtu.be/k3QistjvH_U?si=aTOPqmI5uQK1xdY4
youtu.be/Q2NhWaX4UFM?si=W-MSfRLQaHx-vPop&
Books:
Mystery Cats of the World Revisited – Karl Shuker, 2020, Anomalist Books. (pages 297-299, 302)
Out of the Shadows: Mystery Animals of Australia – Tony Healy & Paul Cropper, 1994, Ironbark. (pages 57, 59, 64, 81-82, 86-87, 184)
Bunyips & Bigfoots Updated Second Edition: In Search of Australia’s Mystery Animals – Malcolm Smith, 2021, self-published. (pages 185-187, 188, 192, 194-195, 201, 202-203, 2005)
Australian Big Cats: An Unnatural History of Panthers – Michael Williams & Rebecca Lang, 2010, Strange Nation Publishing. (pages 33, 94, 111-117)
Savage Shadow: The Search for the Australian Cougar – David O’Reilly, 2011, Strange Nation Publishing. (page 127)
Where Light Meets Dark:
http://www.wherelightmeetsdark.com.au/examining-the-evidence/big-cats-(australian)/engel-gippsland-big-cat/
Guiness Book of Records:
guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/108492-longest-domestic-cat-ever
Messy Beast:
messybeast.com/giantferal.htm
Pets in Australia: https://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?id=04b744d5-783e-4983-82ba-8c73effcb980&subId=691105
Estimated number of guns per country:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_civilian_guns_per_capita_by_country
eBay listing of Australian Shooter November 2005 edition: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/301021282632
Simpson desert map:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Simpson_desert.png
Gibson desert map:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IBRA_6.1_Gibson_Desert.png
Legends have persisted for a long time of big cats prowling the Australian bush. This video analyzes whether one of the most popular theories behind it is true; are giant feral cats behind the sightings?
Australian Feral Mega-Cats:
twitter.com/TheWildReviled
Mega-feral videos:
youtu.be/k3QistjvH_U?si=aTOPqmI5uQK1xdY4
youtu.be/Q2NhWaX4UFM?si=W-MSfRLQaHx-vPop&
Books:
Mystery Cats of the World Revisited – Karl Shuker, 2020, Anomalist Books. (pages 297-299, 302)
Out of the Shadows: Mystery Animals of Australia – Tony Healy & Paul Cropper, 1994, Ironbark. (pages 57, 59, 64, 81-82, 86-87, 184)
Bunyips & Bigfoots Updated Second Edition: In Search of Australia’s Mystery Animals – Malcolm Smith, 2021, self-published. (pages 185-187, 188, 192, 194-195, 201, 202-203, 2005)
Australian Big Cats: An Unnatural History of Panthers – Michael Williams & Rebecca Lang, 2010, Strange Nation Publishing. (pages 33, 94, 111-117)
Savage Shadow: The Search for the Australian Cougar – David O’Reilly, 2011, Strange Nation Publishing. (page 127)
Where Light Meets Dark:
http://www.wherelightmeetsdark.com.au/examining-the-evidence/big-cats-(australian)/engel-gippsland-big-cat/
Guiness Book of Records:
guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/108492-longest-domestic-cat-ever
Messy Beast:
messybeast.com/giantferal.htm
Pets in Australia: https://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?id=04b744d5-783e-4983-82ba-8c73effcb980&subId=691105
Estimated number of guns per country:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_civilian_guns_per_capita_by_country
eBay listing of Australian Shooter November 2005 edition: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/301021282632
Simpson desert map:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Simpson_desert.png
Gibson desert map:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IBRA_6.1_Gibson_Desert.png
