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A "BIG cat" was caught on CCTV in Cheshire after a couple discovered strange footprints and a dead chicken in their garden.

The creepy footage shows a large animal sprinting across the field behind the couple's home in Frodsham on March 18.

The 'big cat' was seen sprinting across the field in Frodsham on March 18
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The 'big cat' was seen sprinting across the field in Frodsham on March 18Credit: North Wales Puma Watch
The 'big cat' can be seen moving across the field on CCTV
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The 'big cat' can be seen moving across the field on CCTVCredit: North Wales Puma Watch

Speaking to Puma Watch North Wales, resident Chris explained how on the morning of March 18, he and his wife had spotted a dead chicken which made them look back at their CCTV.

It was then that the couple spotted a mysterious black animal in the field behind their home at 6:20am.

"The chicken body was found on the path that this animal takes and there are a few footprints left behind too," Chris said.

"It’s black and too big to be a house cat."

, just 24 miles away from Frodsham in Flintshire, Wales, a mystery big cat believed to be larger than a sheep was spotted.

Footprints thought to be made by a big cat have been spotted in the woods near the I'm A Celeb castle
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Footprints thought to be made by a big cat have been spotted in the woods near the I'm A Celeb castle
A mystery big cat was spotted close to where a puma is feared to be prowling
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The Pontybodkin puma spotted in Trelogan, Flintshire, in February
Toby was out walking his pet dog when he came across the large black animal
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A large 'cat' was seen in the Wood Put Nature Reserve in Coed Talon, North Wales

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 near I'm A Celebrity's Gwrych Castle since November, leading to the creature being dubbed the “Puma of Pontybodkin”.

In March, paw prints were found in the grounds of the Grade I listed 19th-century house.

At the beginning of February, a dog walker filmed the moment a mysterious big cat mauled another animal.

Shocked Tom Mears witnessed the giant beast tussling in the undergrowth with another creature during an evening stroll in Castle Hill Country Park in Leicester.

In December there was another reporting of a puma-like creature in Chester - around 10 miles from other sightings.

Tony Jones, founder of monitoring group Puma Watch North Wales, said it was a "surprise" to get a sighting reported so close to a busy city centre.

The animal looked to be "two or three metres long", he said.

And a dog walker saw a cat “twice the size of a German Shepherd” in Lopen, Somerset.

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A stunned McDonald's driver spotted the puma-like creature near Chester last month
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In December a 'big cat' was spotted by a McDonald's driver in Chester
Mysteriously big cat spotted in countryside close to where 'puma' is feared to be on the prowl
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