Meet the Beast of Bexhill! 'Big cat' caught on camera in British countryside
One believer called it the "best footage" they'd seen of a big cat in the UK.
JAW-dropping footage captures the moment a “very large” big cat races across a road in the British countryside.
Tim Moon was driving his son home from work near Bexhill, East Sussex, on Thursday when he saw the “huge” creature.
He said: “I was driving on the A2691, I always look as far ahead as possible due to deer running in the road – this happens frequently.
“Then I noticed something very large and black running across the road. It was very long with a tail that looked equal to its body.”
Mr Moon, 49, is in no doubt about what it was.
He said: “I knew straight away it was a big cat, having seen one up close before.
“I’d seen another whilst working for a farmer in Horsmonden, Kent, 22 years ago, so I knew exactly what it was when I saw it.”
Britain’s big cat believers claim that the UK has its own wild population of large felids – like panthers and pumas.
Tim, for his part, is convinced.
“I’ve had no doubt for the past 22 years big cats are living and thriving in the UK,” he said.
“I don’t expect everyone to believe these animals exist in the UK, but those that have seen them should consider themselves incredibly fortunate to have witnessed them.
“It felt amazing to see another one and I’m happy these kind of big cats are in the UK.”
Sharing his sighting on a Facebook page for big cat believers, Mr Moon left people in awe.
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One viewer exclaimed: “F**k me did you see that move!”
Another wrote: “That’s not a dog, it’s not a deer, it’s not a boar. Best footage I’ve seen in UK.”
A third added: “Definitely looks and moves like a large cat.”
Others hailed the sighting as “incredible”, “amazing” and “fantastic”.
Tim, an NHS mental health support worker, is reluctant to suggest which specific species is behind the sighting.
But he’s sure it was no ordinary feline.
He said: “It was huge – bigger than the one I saw 22 years ago.
“I’d estimate the total length was between five and six feet.”
The existence of a wild big cat population in Britain remains unproven.
And though there have been isolated cases of big cats being captured, sceptics claim they were illegally-kept exotic pets that escaped, or were released by their overwhelmed owners.