Residents report 'big cat' sighting in Peterborough

There has been much discussion between residents in Botolph Green about a mysterious sighting at around 10:30pm.

One resident said: “We’ve just seen a huge cat-like animal in our garden, easily the size of a fox. It was up on the wall next to the Co-op.”

Other residents reported seeing a large cat close to the car park at the Blind Tiger on Ham Lane at 10:30pm.

Another described the animal as “Much bigger than polecat. I'd say size of a labrador but more muscles. Tail roughly half length of body. Short hair. Flat face. Small ears. Solid, slow walk across top of high wall.”

Cambridgeshire Police have confirmed that they received no calls of reported sightings.

Big cat sightings are relatively rare in Peterborough but in May, a polecat was rescued by the Wildlife Rescue and Emergency Network after its family was hit by a car in Alwalton.