CLAW BLIMEY!
Mystery as ‘puma’ spotted in Welsh hills and ‘black panther’ snapped in Oxfordshire
A MYSTERY big cat has been spotted in the Welsh hills — with many convinced it is a puma.
The black beast, said to be the size of a Labrador, was seen skulking along an A-road on New Year’s Eve.
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Multiple sightings have been reported since November, leading to it being dubbed the “Puma of Pontybodkin”.
The latest witness described “a large cat roughly the size of a Labrador” walking along a busy road near Talacre, Flintshire.
It follows recent sightings of a black “dog-sized” cat 20 miles away in Pontybodkin.
One was reported by terrified Toby Matthews who said he was confronted walking in deserted woods.
He recalled: “Maybe 50 or 60 feet away was an enormous black cat looking right at me.
"I took a photo then turned around and quickly walked back. I wanted to start running but was worried it’d give chase.
“I’m convinced that it was a puma. It was about two or three times the size of my little Labrador.
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"There’s thick woodland either side of the path where animals can probably stay undisturbed for years.”
Another villager said he saw it dashing across a field, adding: “I did have a look to see if there were any dog walkers, but there weren’t any.”
Reports of the “Puma of Pontybodkin” follow sightings of a similar large feline last year 50 miles away at Snowdonia, including one where ten sheep were killed.
Meanwhile, in England, a cyclist claims she saw a fabled black panther known as the Beast of Burford.
Sara Cox, 31, said the big cat was about the size of a Labrador and moved like a predator before “silently skulking away” in the bushes surrounding fields.
Her scary encounter, at 6.30am on Saturday in Witney, is the latest sighting in the north and west of Oxfordshire.
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Sara said: “My front light hit a pair of eyes — they shone red.”
She thought it was a dog but realised “by the shape and the way it moved” it was a big cat.
Sightings date from the 1990s with the most famous coming when a big cat was photographed in a field opposite the Masons Arms pub in Brize Norton, in 2005.
Dog walker cames face-to-face with with a suspected PUMA while walking through woodland at night in Wales
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