Mystery cat seen again

black-cat.jpgShropshire’s mysterious “big cat” has been spotted for the second time in two days.

Jeremy Watson, from Priorslee, saw the big black cat on the B4176 near Ackleton at 10.20pm on Monday.

He said: “The first thing I noticed were two very green eyes reflecting back in my headlights about 50 yards ahead before the animal melted away into the dark.

“It was definitely not a domestic cat, fox or badger, it was too big and all black.”

On Sunday, Telford Dairy Crest worker Shaun Yale saw a large black animal cross the road in front of him at Shawbury at about 5.40am.

This article was posted on December 12, 2007 at 3:00 pm.
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16 Comments

  1. ignorant oik said: Dec 12th, 2007 at 3:31 pm

    has he been at the magic mushrooms?.

  2. andrew finch said: Dec 12th, 2007 at 3:36 pm

    DO NOT BELIEVE IT WAS PROBABLY A BLACK LABRADOR.

  3. Clive said: Dec 12th, 2007 at 3:49 pm

    Was it in a canoe ?

  4. Rich Jarrott said: Dec 12th, 2007 at 3:55 pm

    If its running across the B4176 we should have (slightly squashed) evidence very soon

  5. steve said: Dec 12th, 2007 at 4:00 pm

    Iv seen it.. its real

  6. Tender said: Dec 12th, 2007 at 4:43 pm

    Good way to get your name in the paper this is. Will try it.

  7. john said: Dec 12th, 2007 at 6:10 pm

    I saw this animal about 16 months ago on the edge of halesfield industrial estate. It was in early morning light and quite clearly a leopard sized cat, black with a quite long tail. By the time I got the camera on my mobile phone working it had dissapeared back into the hedgerow.

  8. stus mum said: Dec 12th, 2007 at 8:15 pm

    This is actually the third sighting as my son saw it at Stirchley Interchange on Saturday morning as reported on page four of that day’s paper

  9. michael said: Dec 12th, 2007 at 9:38 pm

    probaly was a black dog, or my cat, shes grey and wen u shine a bright light, her eyes go green, like all cats really. on a night time cats look big, or it could of just been there shaddows!!

  10. John Smith said: Dec 13th, 2007 at 7:40 am

    I live for the day that someone finally manages to get photographic proof of this “beast” if only to shut those that refute it’s existance up and wipe the smug smiles off their faces!

  11. Ian said: Dec 13th, 2007 at 9:02 am

    Shame they could only find a pic of a domestic cat for the story - where’s the snarling panther pic?!

  12. mavis davis said: Dec 13th, 2007 at 10:27 am

    Try asking ‘Lewis Foley’ or family hes the local expert,

    google him.

    No9 above oh yes ,cant distinguish a cat from a dog hey,

    What about an elephant from a giraffe, is that easier for you.

  13. autumn said: Dec 13th, 2007 at 11:01 am

    There have been many sightings of this black cat.I truly believe that it does exist.People who havent seen it should keep an open mind and not make nasty references about people who have seen it.

  14. Martin Robinson said: Dec 13th, 2007 at 11:40 am

    With the amount of mobile phones with cameras you would have thought there would be some pictures to prove the case.

  15. Daniel Bennett said: Dec 13th, 2007 at 12:05 pm

    To 14:
    What, Whilst driving? ;)

  16. alex said: Dec 13th, 2007 at 3:24 pm

    exactly my thoughts when I saw the beast earlier this year. i made the front page too! “big cat spotted by two students” the beast’s been killing sheep in shropshire farms too