The footage appears to show a panther walking through fields, before disappearing behind trees. In 2008, Shirley Lewis, of Tiphouse Farm near Billingsley, shot four minutes of video of a big cat near her home. There are quite a few farms by me and I know that a lot of lambs have gone missing years ago.' She added: 'I am going to tell some of my neighbours.

'I jumped in my car to see if I could take some snaps but it had long gone.' I have cats of my own and it was definitely too big for a normal cat.' It stood there under a tree before it went in the bushes. It was over four foot long and it had a long tail,' she said. Wendy Lochridge was looking out of a window at her home near Oswestry when she saw the creature, but it disappeared into some bushes before she managed to get a photograph of it. But the law was changed to protect the public.Ī large black panther-like creature allegedly made a reappearance in Shropshire last March. Stories of big cats go back to the 1960s and 1970s when it was legal and fashionable to keep exotic animals as pets.īefore the Dangerous Wild Animals Act in 1976, the wealthy could take their lion, tiger or cheetah for a walk without even a licence. And numerous claims of seeing big cats in Shropshire, according to figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, show that residents across the region have been calling police officers over what they believe is a big cat on the prowl.įrom large paw prints in the snow to a lamb mauled by a 'panther' and a 'puma' in a field, alleged sightings have taken place in Telford, Oswestry, Meifod and Llanidloes.īig cats have roamed Britain for hundreds of years, according to believers.

There are those who believe pumas and panthers roam the countryside and others who say that without evidence the rumours amount to nothing more than a tall tale.īut there have been 14 reported sightings to Dyfed-Powys Police in the past five years.

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