The first recorded sightings of modern timesdate back to the early 1950s, when a large black feline dubbed the Surrey Puma was spotted prowling through the countryside near Farnham.
The best explanation comes from one of the field's top private collectors, New York investment manager Richard Gilder, who, together with friend and collecting partner Lewis Lehrman, owns some 50, 000 manuscripts and printed material that date from colonial times to the present.