Sightings of 'big cats' across the West Country have been widely shared, with some even saying they have DNA following a sheep attack. Among the most convincing cases, presenter Clare Balding spotted a mysterious creature in the Wye Valley while she was recording a BBC Radio 4 episode.
During audio shared on TikTok from the moment, she says: "It's disappeared completely hasn't it, it's gone off into the woods and disappeared. I should point out that I never knew that there were stories of a big black cat, so when I saw it I didn't even say to you 'look', I just thought 'Oh look'.
"But you know I was just trying to describe it so I promise you, I'm not making it up. It looks very big to me.
