‘Big cat the size of an Alsatian’ is filmed stalking in a Somerset field
‘Big cat the size of an Alsatian’ is filmed prowling across a Somerset field – and locals are convinced it’s a puma
- Lisa Deere and her fiancé Nathan were walking through the fields on Wednesday
- The couple from Yeovil, Somerset saw the large black animal crossing a field
- Ms Deere filmed the animal which come locals claim could be a puma
A couple have captured footage of a ‘big cat the size of an Alsatian’ stalking the English countryside – sparking fears of a ‘beast of Somerset’.
Lisa Deere and her fiancé Nathan Deere were out last Wednesday morning when they spotted the large black animal running across a field outside Yeovil, Somerset.
The 32-year-old claims the creature was too big to be a fox or a domestic cat, which would have been hidden in the ’10-inch’ grass, and local people have told her it is a puma.
Lisa Deere and her fiancé Nathan from Yeovil, Somerset, believe they may have seen a cat the size of an Alsatian – which some local people claim is a puma
One of the couple’s neighbours claimed they had seen a ‘big black cat’ in the same field only days earlier but Ms Deere said ‘until you see it, you don’t believe it’
Only days before, their neighbour claimed to have spotted a ‘big black cat’ in the same field but Ms Deere says she remained unconvinced until she saw it with her own eyes, admitting ‘until you see it, you don’t believe it’.
Footage of their ‘unexpected’ sighting shows a four-legged animal stalking across a field, stopping to listen and look around before disappearing into the distance.
The clip convinced many of those who saw it being shared online, as they pointed out how the long grass only just obscured its feet, while others showed clips of house cats from a similar distance to show how small they are.
Ms Deere, of Yeovil, Somerset, said: ‘It looked like a big black cat – I definitely don’t think it was a domestic cat.
‘We’d say it’s the sort of size of an Alsatian and it actually looks like it’s got a longer tail than a normal cat anyway.
‘It was definitely big – we were standing in the middle of the field and it was quite a distance away and if you put a house cat in the field it [the grass] will probably cover it.
Ms Deere said the mysterious animal was around 500 yards away when she spotted it
‘I don’t know much about cats but everyone on the yard was saying ‘oh, it’s a puma’ – it’s certainly not your normal average cat put it that way.
‘I’d say it possibly might be [a puma] – it’s one of those things that until you see it, you don’t believe it.’
Ms Deere said they caught a glimpse of the mysterious animal which was around 500 yards away for a few minutes and filmed it to prove they’d seen it before it dropped out of the camera’s view.
Lisa said: ‘It was just running across the field and I’m not sure where it’s living or if it’s in one of the local wooded areas – it’s not something you expect to see in the morning anyway.
‘I definitely had to do a double-take.
‘Obviously seeing it was a shock but at the same time you’re half looking out for it anyways because you want to see it for yourself.
‘When my neighbour mentioned it I thought ‘oh no, surely not’ but he was adamant and when you see it yourself you’re like ‘no, it was – I believe what he was saying now’.
‘I don’t know enough about cats to know if it is officially or not [a puma] – it’s certainly not a domestic cat and it’s bigger than a fox or anything like that.’
The animal did not seem in a hurry as it ambled across the field on Wednesday morning
New sighting in Somerset after ‘big cats’ are blamed for pet deaths
BEAST OF YEOVIL: Lisa Deere and her fiancé Nathan were walking in April 2021 when they spotted the large black animal running across a field outside Yeovil, Somerset. They said they believed the animal to be a puma
BEAST OF QUANTOCK HILLS: A mother and daughter claimed they saw a large black panther while walking through the beauty spot in June 2017
BEAST OF WELLINGTON: A large black cat was blamed for a spike in domestic cat deaths in the Tonedale area of Somerset. Local residents noticed their pets going missing in spring 2016
BEAST OF NORTH NEWTON: Sir Benjamin Slade said in July 2013 that he believed a big cat had been prowling his land after a number of animals had been killed by a vicious predator
‘Big cats’ have been spotted at several locations in Somerset over the past few years
