Although the authorities were not totally convinced by people reporting to have seen a dark grey beast with a giant body and pointed ears, the police nevertheless sent out a team to look for the wild animal during a 12-hour search mission on 29 October.... However, they all came back empty-handed.“ The slinky feline, which was described by the informant as resembling an African lynx was seen near the showground in the heart of the village, ” said a spokesman for the Mercia Police, Safer Neighbo

Whilst visiting her with my eldest son, then a tot, she gave it to him to play with.... On reflection I'm surprised it survived at all."" At some point it would have been put away somewhere in the house and forgotten."" It recently turned up at the back of the airing cupboard.... Zillessen ended up in Stalag Luft III, which held allied Air Force personnel. His fluency in German eventually helped him gain favours from his captors....