A call about a mysterious big cat lurking in a British village sparked a rather bizarre hours-long police search for the creature. The weird case occurred last Friday evening when Derbyshire Police received word of a sizeable feline "resembling an African Lynx" that was spotted in the community of Ticknall. The cat, cops were told, had "a giant body, pointed ears and was of a dark grey appearance." Understandably concerned about the prospect of a big cat roaming the village, a team of officers was dispatched to investigate the matter which wound up taking something of a comedic turn.
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