He said: “The photo is unambiguous, it is clearly a large cat of the Panthera genus, and it’s so clear we can even see its whiskers. The picture was unearthed by the assistant director of a centre for zoology when he was working in their archives. They form part of a new award-winning documentary ‘Panthera Britannia Declassified’ released on Amazon Prime by Dragonfly Films. READ MORE: Two men were executed in 1963 for a brutal murder - done so they could steal £4 The image is featured as one of several potential pieces of evidence supporting the existence of such cats in the British countryside. The photo was accompanied by a handwritten note dated March 17 - but it is unclear is which year it was taken.Įxperts say if genuine it is ''probably the best photo of a British big cat that exists'' - and that includes images of the so-called Beast of Bodmin and other big cats reported in Cornwall. It shows a large muscular black cat lying in long grass in Smallthorne, Staffordshire. The picture of the large panther-like creature was discovered in the files of a zoology organization and resembles any number of reported sightings in Cornwall over the years. Documentary makers have discovered what they claim is the 'clearest ever' photo of a big cat prowling the British countryside.
