PONTYBODKIN PUMA
Mystery big cat ‘larger than a sheep’ spotted in Wales close to where PUMA feared to be on the prowl
A MYSTERY big cat believed to be larger than a sheep has been spotted close to where a puma is feared to be prowling.
The beast was seen stalking the Welsh hills in Trelogan, Flintshire.
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The large black creature was described as "the size of a sheep and possibly even bigger" as it roamed through a field.
Multiple sightings have been reported of a big beast since November near the I'm A Celebrity castle, leading to the creature being dubbed the “Puma of Pontybodkin”.
The latest was filmed by shocked onlooker Jonathan Terry - who was amazed after seeing the animal close to his home.
The video shows the "massive" cat-like creature carefully crossing the field.
'MASSIVE'
A monitoring group called Puma Watch North Wales was set up after a series of mystery sheep killings across the countryside.
Jonathan reported the sighting to the group after being able to film it from two fields away.
He said: "I saw it out of the corner of my eye through the kitchen window overlooking the fields behind the house.
"Filmed as I have been reading about these sightings and it looked far too big to be a regular cat and was more like the size of a sheep or possibly bigger."
During the footage, Jonathan says: "That's massive".
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A woman can be heard saying: "It is massive because obviously you can see it from here. It’s stalking something."
It is the latest sighting of an apparent big cat in the north Wales countryside.
It followed other sightings of a black “dog-sized” cat 20 miles away in Pontybodkin.
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One was reported by terrified Toby Matthews who said he came face-to-face with a big cat while walking through woodland at night.
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."
Tony Jones, of Puma Watch North Wales, said the most recent sighting was within two miles of other recent reports of apparent big cats.
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He said: "Big cats such as pumas are solitary with a hunting range of dozens of miles.
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"Reports of sightings in urban locations some distance from these areas are becoming more frequent.
"It’s likely that the reduced levels of human activity over the last year is encouraging big cats to roam further from the hills into more populated areas."
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