2026-06-12 11:09:10
A family of three reportedly spotted a wild panther during a walk on Halkyn Mountain in Wales last month.
The witness – named only as Mark – was out on a walk with his partner and his daughter close to the quarry on Halkyn Mountain and spotted a massive cat relaxing in the sun around 200 metres away from them. Mark looked at the cat through his binoculars and he’s convinced the beast was way too big to have been a domestic cat.
He told Puma Watch: “Me, my partner and my daughter were walking a loop walk up on Halkyn near the quarry, we’d stopped to look through binoculars across to Moel Famau, we packed our stuff away and were about to carry on with our walk when I glanced to my right and saw approximately 200 metres away a black cat, it was in view for approximately 30 seconds.
“From the distance away I realised that it was way too large to be a domestic cat, it was just sitting in the sun then it walked off into the bushes/bracken …all three of us are convinced it was panther like.”
The sighting comes 10 years after drone footage taken at a nearby quarry appeared catch a big cat on camera back in April 2016.
The video footage was published online and showed a large, dark shape moving across the grass with some speculating it could be a big cat finally caught on camera.
In 2020, another sighting was reported by Robert Kardziz ,the owner of the nearby Billy Jeans cafe, who told The Leader: “I was locking up tonight and heard some commotion in the yard behind the cafe.
“I popped down and a hissing cat ran past me. It had been in a fight with another animal. It was dark and l thought it was a badger or something similar.
“As l got closer, the thing came into focus and snarled at me before it ran off into the fields. It really shook me up.
“I thought what the hell is that? I couldn’t tell exactly what it was, but it wasn’t a badger and it definitely wasn’t a dog. It made some odd noise and ran off – it jumped over the fence and there’s quite a big drop on the other side. There were cattle in the field and they scattered.”
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