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More Sightings Reported of Mysterious Big Cat

This is Somerset: 12th June 2008

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Sightings of a mysterious big cat have been reported in Priddy and Wookey.
The reports came in after farmer Donald Williams said a mysterious animal, believed to be a big cat, had been slaughtering and eating sheep on his farm high on the Mendips.Vicky Hellier, from Wookey, reported seeing a large animal, which looked to have the build of a Rottweiler but which had a long cat-like tail, disappearing through a hole in a hedge on the edge of the village.
Miss Hellier said the animal was grey-black in colour.
And a family from Priddy saw an animal between Lower Pitts Farm and Hunters Lodge near the village.
One family member, who asked not to be named, said the family was driving near the village when they saw an animal cross the road in front of them.
She added: "My son said, 'Oh my God, what's that?' and we all saw the animal, which we think was a black puma, vanish into the woods.
"I only saw the back end of the animal which had a long, smooth tail and was about as big as a black Labrador.
"I haven't been out with the dog at night since."
Other reports have come from Sarah and Steve Stokesby, from Priddy, who live near the hunt kennels.
Sarah said: "A friend of ours was house-sitting for us and heard two loud roars in the night.
"He told us that the cat went bananas and ran all over the house when it heard the noise."
Bob Moores has reported hearing an animal roar in the night while camping on the Mendips, but said he was too scared to leave his tent to investigate.
And Jean Sanders-Crook, who lives at Maesbury, has also reported seeing a black puma.
Mrs Sander-Crook said: "I was out walking with our German Shepherd dog cross.
"It was twice the size of the dog and headed off into woods near our house.
"Later I heard two loud, hoarse coughs."
Mrs Sanders-Crook also said that a lynx has been spotted in her back garden and that her gardener had seen an animal at Burcott.
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