 In 1968, a farmer claimed to have shot a puma, but could not provide any evidence.Sightings gradually tailed off, although paw prints found in the snow in 1970 generated a flurry of further reports

Albury History Society has a 1991 publication, "About The Hurtwood", interviewing Hurtwood Control's ranger, Bob Ware, who claimed several sightings.The Hurtwood spans Farley Green, Pitch Hill, Peaslake and Holmbury Hill.