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Silence is golden, unless you've had a big lunch...
Gazette & Herald columnist HANNAH GIBBONS muses on the difficulties - and the hilarities - of attending a "religious" school. GOING to a "religious" school isn't without its perils (I put religious in speech marks because until recently the term was
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Sighting: Pocklington - 31/12/04
I was out walking in Allerthorpe Common (near the join between the older woods and the forestry plantation bit) near Pocklington at about 10-11am on New Years Eve. I heard a disturbance in the woods near to the track that I was walking down and stopped
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Ryedale's beast? - 04/08/04
ANOTHER big cat sighting has been reported, this time on the B1246 between Pocklington and Barmby Moor. A couple driving out of Pocklington at about 9pm on Monday saw a large black cat walking along the side of the road towards them. When it was about
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Sighting: Near RAF Fylingdales - reported 23/07/04
"At aprox 10.30pm on the 19 july... ...i was driving back from whitby along the moor road just past the RAF fylingdales when a very large jet black cat lept out in front of my car it stoped and as i slowed down it paused and looked right at me,after a
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On the trail of the big cats - 25/06/04
A UFO and paranormal investigator has joined the search for the truth about North Yorkshire's mysterious big cats. Russell Kellett, 40, of Filey, has spent years compiling what he claims to be one of the country's largest databases of paranormal activity
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Expert's plea on Ryedale big cats - 01/11/03
A WILDLIFE consultant has called for people in North Yorkshire to help collate sightings of the mysterious Ryedale "big cat". The sighting of a pair of big black cats by a Ryedale woman Elizabeth Downes while she was driving from Sledmere to Garton-on-the-Wolds
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Expert sceptical about 'big cats' - 30/10/03
AN EXPERT on "big cats" has questioned a Ryedale woman's claims that she sighted two of the mystery beasts roaming together in the district. Elizabeth Downes was driving from Sledmere to Garton-on-the-Wolds with her mother on Saturday, October 18, when
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The Beast of Ryedale is sighted again - 14/05/03
TWO more sightings of a large black cat-like creature in the Cropton Forest area have been reported. One report is from a man who previously worked in a zoo, the other from a dog walker. The most recent sighting is one from a man who was walking his dog
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Sighting: Hovingham - reported 14/03/03
At approximately 8.15am travelling to work through Hovingham, on the Brandsby Road, I saw what looked to be a sheep, but then noticed it had a long tail, it was black, slightly smaller than a sheep, and was crouched to the ground as if it were eating,
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Motorist in big cat sighting - 13/04/02
A STUNNED motorist claims he could have spotted the beast of Ryedale as it darted in front of his car. The man was on his way to work in Malton, driving along the A170 near Snainton, when the animal ran out in front of him. He said the big cat was gone
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Big cat sighted - 14/06/01
Village cricketers are the latest group to spot a large black cat in the Scarborough countryside. In recent months, there have been sightings of the black panther-like animal at Eastfield, Staintondale, Brompton by Sawdon and Cayton, and now players in
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Another 'big cat' sighted - 25/04/01
ANOTHER sighting has been reported of the mysterious big cat that is said to be prowling the Ryedale countryside. A big cat, thought by expert Eddie Bell to be a puma, was recently seen near West Lutton. At the time, Eddie said pumas were the most likely
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Big cat sighting reopens debate - 16/04/01
THE DEBATE over whether there is a 'beast of Ryedale' has been reopened, after a big cat was reportedly seen near West Lutton. A witness claimed to have seen a large, panther-like animal in the early hours of the morning, at the beginning of last week
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Another sighting of Yorkshire's beast? - 25/09/98
FEARS that a panther-like cat is on the loose in North Yorkshire have been renewed after a large black cat was spotted in Scarborough. A man walking his dog on Royal Albert Drive saw the feline on some disused tennis courts, but it scampered up a nearby
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Bilsdale ride
BILSDALE beautiful Bilsdale. This once little known valley enclosed by steep hills and wild moorland was first introduced to farming in earnest by the Cistercian Monks. The wool trade was the mainstay of their Abbey and the Brothers developed the valley
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Helmsley ride
ENGLAND 1943. The still morning air is disturbed by the sound of an approaching aircraft. A large four-engined aircraft is lumbering across the sky, a Halifax bomber. It skims the roof-tops as the pilot eases it down towards the runway. Another is close
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School suffers graffiti misery
A NORTH Yorkshire school has suffered damage costing a total of about £1,000 in two graffiti attacks. Staff at Norton College have spent hours scrubbing off obscene phrases scrawled in spray paint over buildings in the second attack in as many weeks.
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'Panther' spotted in field - 04/07/04
FARMER Gordon Watson didn't hesitate when he became the latest person to spot the black panther-like creature believed to be roaming the York and Selby areas. As he was working in one of his fields at Camblesforth, near Selby, Mr Watson said he saw a
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Reports of big cat killed in Ryedale - 09/06/04
The Gazette & Herald are investigating reports that a large cat was killed on the Pickering to Whitby road at a bridge near RAF Fylingdales. The animal was said to have been about the length of a sheep and was sandy in colour. A man who said he had
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More sightings of big black cat in York area - 21/04/04
SIGHTINGS of a big black wild cat continue to be reported in the York area. Acomb man Bob Adams says he and his wife spotted a panther crossing the A1237, near to the A19 roundabout, before it vanished into bushes on the York side of the ring road. "It
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On the trail of the Beast of Ryedale - 03/03/04
ON February 23, two ladies living in Norton saw a big cat in a garden and reported this to the Gazette & Herald. But what was the latest of many such sightings seems to have caused very little interest in the area because it is now accepted that big
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Sighting: Barton-le-Willows - reported 28/02/04
Approx 9.00am in a field across from Duffit Hill Lane, Barton-le-Willows, near York. " Stood out against the snow crossing the field infront of our window circa 100yards away. Very well built, bigger than a labrador, dark possibly black. Large cat like
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Big cat sighted in Norton garden - 25/02/04
A BIG cat has been sighted drinking from a pond at a home in Norton. Janet Stead, of Parliament Avenue, was looking out of her window with her sister-in-law, Shirley Tyler, who had called to see her on Monday, February 23. "Shirley just said 'What's that
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Sighting: Castle Howard - reported 06/11/03
Animal resembling a black leopard. The animal was crossing the A64 / Slingsby road at dusk (near the newly refurbished monument at Castle Howard) The animal was on its own and galloped off when confronted by the car headlights. Updated: 14:24 Tuesday,
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Sighting: Sledmere - reported 27/10/03
I was driving along the road from Sledmere to Garton on the Wolds, when I passed some trees. There was a field and we could see into the field. We saw what appeared to be two big black cats stalking/playing they were as big as black labradors if not a
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Sighting: Wombleton - reported 26/09/02
At approx 0620 hours one morning in August 2001. Wombleton Airfield. At a range of 250 yards - I paced the distance to be sure. Large cat-like creature on the perimeter road adjacent to the reservoirs. Approx labrador sized, long counterbalancing tail
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Support for theory about Beast of Ryedale - 18/09/02
THE theory that a big cat could be on the loose in Ryedale has won support from an African wildlife charity worker. Lise Hanssen, founder of the AfriCat Foundation of Namibia, visited the Yorkshire branch of her big cat charity at Sproxton, near Helmsley
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Is this footprint of the beast? - 16/05/01
IS THIS proof of the existence of the fabled Beast of Ryedale? This photograph of a huge pawprint was sent in by an Evening Press reader who lives near Hovingham a hotbed of big cat sightings. The print measures approximately 10cm across, and is printed
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The beast is sighted - 25/01/01
ANOTHER sighting of a big cat has been reported in North Yorkshire. A man out for a walk came across a freshly killed deer at Birstwith Top, on the moors near Summerbridge, according to the Country Land and Business Association (CLA). "The deer had claw
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'Big cat' spotted in Ryedale hotel garden - 08/09/99
THERE has been another big cat sighting in the Ryedale area, this time as an unwelcome guest at a hotel in Pickering. "On Saturday we had a phone call from Pickering police who said they had a reported sighting of a puma in our gardens," said Roger Clayton
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'Puma' sighting riddle - 18/08/99
A MYSTERIOUS big cat has been spotted roaming in North Yorkshire by a couple returning from their summer holiday. Tony and Jane Wootton were driving home to Thornton-le-Dale at 3.30am on Monday morning, when they spotted what looked like a puma near the
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Welburn walk
WHILST walking through the grounds of the Castle Howard estate, it is easy to become overwhelmed by its grandeur. Huge monuments appear dramatically in front of you, and stare down as their privacy is briefly invaded. Whilst at every turn a new and even
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Whitby walk
THERE has been much evidence of dinosaurs found along the Yorkshire coast. Many of them discovered in the alum shale which is found along our coastline. Dinosaur footprints were uncovered at Burniston Bay and there was much excitement in Whitby when in
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Let's go letterboxing!
WHAT is letterboxing? Letterboxing is an activity that can be enjoyed by anyone. It is a mixture of walking, orienteering, treasure hunting and puzzle solving. Enthusiasts hide and hunt weatherproof containers, usually a plastic bottle or box, in remote
