A man driving home late at night in the Cotswolds says he saw a big cat which was as tall as the lights on his Land Rover Freelander. He spotted the creature for a fleeting moment while he was stopped at traffic lights.
Steve Woodman, from Chipping Campden, was on his way back from work at around 1am on Monday (May 15) when he saw the big black cat. The 45-year-old, who was once a sceptic, says now he knows big cats are out there because he has seen one for himself, reports Gloucestershire Live.
Steve, who works as a night manager at a wedding venue, said: “I was driving home after work down Westington Hill at around 1am.
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“I stopped at the temporary traffic lights which were there then, and wishing for them to hurry up and turn green. Then from the left nearside I saw something and realised it was a big black cat.
“I did not think for a moment it could be anything else. It definitely was not a deer, or a dog or a domestic cat, it was a big black cat.
“It was as tall as the headlights on my Land Rover Freelander and it was also quite muscular. Then it ran behind the car, straight across the road and was gone.
“The lights turned red and I was in two minds whether to turn around and go look for it. I decided going home to bed instead was a much better option anyway.”
Steve says he does not often post on Facebook. However he decided to ask others who live in the area if they have come across any big cats.
He said: “When I first saw it, I was like ‘oh my gosh, what is that’. However when you see a fox, you know it is a fox, when you see a dog, you know it is a cat.
“I was sceptical about big cat being out there in the Gloucestershire countryside, but now I have seen one, I know one is out there. I had also seen a post on Facebook a little while ago from someone saying they had seen a big cat in the area.
“I do not post on Facebook very much but I decided to ask in a post if others had seen a big cat in the area and told them what I had seen. Some people commented to say they had seen it, and there were others making suggestions of what it could have been, but I know it was a big black cat and not a domestic one.
“Got to say, I always liked to think they do not live nearby. When you are going on a lovely Cotswold walk, you do not want to come across a big cat.”
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