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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Damon Wilkinson

Camper films 'big cat' feeding on dead sheep in the Peak District

This is the moment a teenage camper filmed a 'big cat' apparently feeding on a dead sheep in the Peak District. Josh Williams was with his friend Ben Burns after a night of wild camping when they spotted the animal near Jacob's Ladder on Monday.

Josh, 17, captured the moment on his phone as the pals were walking from Mermaid's Pool on Kinder Scout towards Edale. They said the creature sounded as if it was feasting on the carcass of another animal, possibly a dead sheep, in a nearby field, but concerned for their safety, were reluctant to get any closer.

Josh said: "We were both confused when we first saw it. We stood staring at it and questioning what it could be for around five minutes before I decided to start recording so that I could zoom in and get a better look. We tried attracting its attention so that it would turn and face us, so that we could get a better understanding of what we were looking at.

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