Police in Essex are investigating reports that a lion has been spotted in a field near St Osyth.
Residents have been advised to stay indoors after a large cat, believed to be a lion, was seen in fields off Earls Hall Drive just before 19:00 BST.
Essex police are working with experts from Colchester Zoo who believe the reports to be genuine after being shown a photograph by a member of the public.
Armed police have been drafted into the area, along with uniformed police.
A police helicopter is searching the area where it was spotted and anyone who sees the animal is advised to call 999.
Re: Set the Essex girls on it..
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 9:07 pm
by The Hen
A lion has been spotted?
Are they sure it wasn't a leopard?
Re: Set the Essex girls on it..
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 9:17 pm
by Gob
Re: Set the Essex girls on it..
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 9:24 pm
by Lord Jim
if he's smart he'll seek status as an African political refugee and get put up in a country estate rather than a cage....
Re: Set the Essex girls on it..
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 12:21 am
by Sean
From twitter:
Massive pussy, orange colour with long nails out and about in Essex. Yeah, good luck trying to find that one.
Re: Set the Essex girls on it..
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 12:23 am
by Gob
ROTFLMCO!!!
Re: Set the Essex girls on it..
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:58 am
by The Hen
Off-topic ....
When did appearing to be the same colour as an Oompa Lumpa become fashionable?
I musta mist the advance warning.
Re: Set the Essex girls on it..
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:37 pm
by Guinevere
A lion loose in Essex --- has he no pride?
Re: Set the Essex girls on it..
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:43 pm
by MajGenl.Meade
No and so he has no lionessex to look forward to...
Re: Set the Essex girls on it..
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:12 pm
by Daisy
Police have called off the search after the "lion" turned out to be a large domestic cat.
Any excuse to post this clip ...
Re: Set the Essex girls on it..
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:27 pm
by Gob
Another Twitter user uploaded a picture of three women scantily clad and tweeted: 'There are far scarier things on the loose in Essex than the escaped lion. We ran in terror from these beasts last night.'
Re: Set the Essex girls on it..
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:01 pm
by The Hen
What is it about Dorito-coloured foundation that makes women decide to go for the "satsuma" look?
I don't get it.
Re: Set the Essex girls on it..
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 10:08 pm
by Gob
'Makes you proud to be British, doesn't it? Look at that chap training hard for the Paralympics.'
