Wednesday 5 October 2022 08:06 PM Is a PANTHER on the loose in the Peak District? Camper says he filmed big cat ... trends now
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A teenage camper has captured footage of what he believes is a big cat feeding on a 'dead sheep' in the Peake District, sparking fears that a panther is prowling the British countryside.
Josh Williams, 17, had spent the night wild camping with a friend, in the British beauty spot, when they spotted what looked like a panther in the Peak District.
He quickly whipped out his mobile phone and was able to capture footage of the close encounter last Monday.
Panthers are most commonly found in the humid tropical forests of Asia and Africa, but the teenager said that he saw the big cat walking from Mermaid's Pool in the Peake District in Derbyshire.
Josh Williams (left) had spent the night wild camping with a friend Ben Burns (right), in the British beauty spot, when they spotted what looked like a panther in the Peak District
He added that the creature sounded as if it was feasting on the carcass of another animal.
Josh said he was convinced the creature was a big cat and resembled a panther but could not be entirely sure what it was they saw.
He said: 'We were both confused when we first saw it.
'We stood staring at it and questioning what it could be for around five minutes before I decided to start recording so that I could zoom in and get a better look.
'We tried attracting its attention so that it would turn and face us, so that we could get a better understanding of what we were looking at.
