A mysterious suspected big cat has been caught on camera prowling a driveway in a sleepy town.
Steven Searle’s CCTV caught the creature as it padded past his neighbour’s house.
The short video shot at night showed the dog-sized animal walking next to the fence.
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It then walked past the gate before slinking away into the night.
Steven, 51, was stunned by the sighting at around 2am on Sunday (28 Dec).
He has lived at the house in Malvern, Worcs, for about a year.
“I woke up at 2.23am as our CCTV was set off and caught what looks to be a black jaguar type big cat walking up the neighbour’s path,” he told, Need To Know.
“It triggered the CCTV so it is big.
“None of the domestic cats in the close have ever done that.
“It was head height to the bonnet of a car and bigger than a normal cat.
“It clearly walked past the car and gate next door.
“If it had been on my drive it would have been a much better view.
“Normal cats do not set off the CCTV due to how I’ve set it up.
“It only ever gets triggered by people or cars.
“I set it like that so it doesn’t go off all the time.
“Our neighbour up the road said he saw something bigger than a domestic cat too but he has no recording.
“He was up late and saw a large animal walk past his house.
“I was shocked at the size of what I saw.”
Last year an expert said up to 100 big cats are on the loose and prowling through the British countryside.
Professor Robin Allaby found proof of their DNA in the wild in the UK.
The expert, from Warwick University, analysed a sample taken from a sheep’s carcass in the Lake District.
He discovered ‘Panthera genus’ DNA – meaning it had to have come from a lion, leopard, tiger, jaguar or snow leopard.
The remains of the sheep were discovered by Sharon Larkin-Snowden in Cumbria.
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