Previously this month Jeff Johnson, from Normanton, was navigating a run, driving near Heath Common when he shot what seemed a huge cat.
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After the video footage was released readers from throughout West Yorkshire have actually shared their experiences of other sightings.
Richard Strauss from Calderdale shared his acccount.
He stated: “Around 15-16 years ago I saw a huge black cat. I’m at Hove Edge, Hipperholme, where we lived kept an eye out onto the fields on the other side of the valley, and I saw it stroll down by the dry stone wall.
” I might have misinterpreted it for a housecat other than its shoulders were the exact same height as the wall, which was waist height on me.
” Our dog went missing out on around that time and when we browsed we learnt farmers had actually been having sheep go missing out on and discovering the carcasses so it was absolutely searching in the wild and perhaps consumed our dog.
” I would state when I saw it I had to do with 200-300 meters away however it was absolutely a cat and I had the wall for scale.”
And Simon Sykes informed us he saw a puma-like animal in North Kirklees.
He stated: “Around 2 years earlier on my method house from operate in Dewsbury a huge cat, which I would state was a black leopard or puma, crossed the roadway most likely no greater than 15 metres far from my cars and truck.
” This remained in Briestfield around 4pm completely daytime. The animal was long in body and around the height of a labrador dog.
” Its tail was long to the ground and appeared not to taper towards completion as would a domestic cat, completion was curled.”
Phil Taylor saw a panther-like animal from his work van when he was parked on Holmsley Lane in South Kirkby.
Mr Taylor stated: “I was beinged in my work van with the green belt to my right-hand man side. There is a row of homes to my left hand side.
” I looked up and saw a black animal walk throughout my van from left to.
” The animal was around 15 metres far from me. I saw it for five-10 seconds.
” It was a black cat the size of a big dog such as a Labrador. It was jet black with a tail and without doubt was not a house animal.”
After the video footage was released at the start of this month another witness stated he saw a similar type of animal twenty years earlier near Batley Sport Centre.
Adam Windle stated: “One summertime all of us had a kick about and we saw what we initially believed was an enormous black dog. The important things ran like the Puma badge and it ended up being obvious this was a huge black cat.
” There were 30 lads there all with their jaws on the flooring.
” I was so perplexed I didn’t have time to be frightened. We’re not in inmost, darkest Peru – this is Batley.”
There is speculation that the animals were launched by rich owners when the federal government presented the Dangerous Wild Animals Act in 1976 and have actually had the ability to reproduce.(*)
