By Alisha Buaya For Mailonline
Published: 13:42 GMT, 20 March 2019 | Updated: 17:29 GMT, 20 March 2019
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Footage of a mysterious big cat running through a back garden has left locals believing the 'beast of St Albans' has returned.
The footage, captured by Olly Fairbrother from St Albans, Hertforshire, shows the powerful feline sprint across the back garden.
After a few paces the cat, with leopard-like spots, then leaps up a high fence.
This comes after numerous similar sightings in the past few years that have spawned local talk of a mysterious big cat stalking the Home Counties.
Speaking to MailOnline Mr Fairbrother, who owns local company Halogen Digital, described the cat as: 'definitely not domestic. Obviously some of these big cats are huge and this one is probably about a foot or so.'
'It's not the size of a normal cat, it's got the same colours as say a leopard or a cheetah,' he added.
Mr Fairbrother noted that the cat had also damaged his fence and the roof of an animal enclosure.
He said that his wife had spotted the cat last Thursday in their back garden and ran out to rescue one of rabbits kept in little enclosure outside.
'After it happened, my wife was really scared and she called me and I could here in here voice that
