{"id":4704,"date":"2026-06-22T11:00:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/panther-spotted-stalking-sheep-in-wales\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T11:00:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:00:47","slug":"panther-spotted-stalking-sheep-in-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/panther-spotted-stalking-sheep-in-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"Panther spotted &#039;stalking sheep&#039; in Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2026-06-22 11:00:45<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>A wild black panther has reportedly been spotted stalking sheep in north Wales.<BR><br \/>\nA tourist staying in the village of Llan Ffestiniog in the heart of the Snowdonia National Park has reported spotting a large black cat bothering farm animals at dusk on the evening of April 18 2026, with the holidaymaker insisting the creature had a distinctive long tail and was prowling around the edge of the field.<BR><br \/>\nThe woman told Puma Watch North Wales: &#8220;It was dusk and I was looking out the window of our Air BnB cottage while drying my hair, towards the sheep field opposite, which had lots of baby lambs in. <BR><br \/>\n&#8220;I noticed a big black cat with a very long tail skirt the edge of the field. The sheep that it had scared ran away from it quickly. I couldn\u2019t get a photo because it was moving away from me up the field.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nThe sighting comes four years after a spate of previous big cat sightings were reported around  Snowdonia National Park.<BR><br \/>\nIn 2022, three walkers claimed to have seen a mysterious beast prowling around the area while another discovered what they believed to be a &#8220;massive&#8221; paw print.<BR><br \/>\nIn July that year another hiker, Stephanie Robinson, was climbing the Pyg Track on her way up Mount Snowdon to catch the sunrise when she spotted a large &#8220;brown or tawny big cat&#8221; <BR><br \/>\nStephanie reported the sighting to Puma Watch North Wales, saying: &#8220;As I was hiking up Snowdon with only a head torch, I heard a loud, aggressive growl come from a cave\/sheltered area.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;I remained silent and turned off my head torch as I didn\u2019t want to attract the wild animal that lay before me.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nThe Llan Ffestiniog sighting is the latest in a number of big cat reports which have flooded in from Wales this year.<BR><br \/>\nIn May, a family of three reportedly spotted a wild panther during a walk on Halkyn Mountain in Wales. The witness &#8211; named only as Mark &#8211; 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 and they were convinced it was too large to be a domestic cat.<BR><br \/>\nA dog walker was also left terrified after spotting what appeared to be a wild panther at a beauty spot in Wales that same month. <BR><br \/>\nThe man &#8211; named only as Shaun &#8211; claimed to have encountered the huge black beast while he was out walking his dog close to the entrance of the Dagger Trail at Pen y Pigyn in Corwen at around 5:45am on May 15 2026.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026-06-22 11:00:45 A wild black panther has reportedly been spotted stalking sheep in north Wales. 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