UK News 24-03-2005 who: DJ Anthony Holder what: Says Beast of Sydenham mauled him in back garden where: LONDON when: Tuesday snippet: "Armed police arrived, sealed off the streets around Mr Holder`s home, loaded their stun guns with tranquillisers and searched for [the 5ft-long black, panther-like creature] with flashlights," says reporter Patrick Barkham. "The animal gave them the slip, but as tabloid reporters scoured the streets in safari gear brandishing butterfly nets, the Guardian picked up the scent of something big across the railway line by Catling Close..." [... more]

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