It was a daRk evening. Inspector Badger was at the crime scene. One of the local residents was telling him that prior to the scream there was a whirr as something fast went past. It was then that they had seen the severed arm lying on the ground. Inspector Badger studied the scene. There were no vehicle tyre tracks which was baffling. But then his sergeant noticed some animal spoor from something that had clearly been travelling fast. "Does anyone have any knowledge of animal spoor?", he called out to his team. After a pause, a rookie constable gingerly presented himself to the Inspector. "I might be able to help", he offered. "Go ahead", said the Inspector. The constable studied the spoor. "I think these are the tracks of a large cat, similar to a small lion", he said fearfully. With Inspector Badger you could always tell when a key idea would occur to him - it was the change from a sour face to a happy one. "It must have been the black panther we keep hearing stories about", he said with a smile. He set his team collecting evidence and witness statements and returned to his office to ponder what to do next.
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