Documentary makers have found what they declare is the clearest ever picture of a giant cat prowling the British countryside.

The image was found within the information of a zoology group and exhibits a big muscular black cat mendacity in lengthy grass in Smallthorne, Staffordshire.

It was accompanied by a handwritten notice dated March 17 – however it’s unclear is which yr it was taken. 

Specialists stated that if the picture is real then it’s ‘most likely the perfect picture of a British huge cat that exists’.

The picture is featured as one in all a number of potential items of proof supporting the existence of such cats within the British countryside as half of a brand new award-winning documentary. 

Documentary makers have found what they declare is the ‘clearest ever’ picture of a giant cat prowling the British countryside

The image exhibits a big muscular black cat mendacity in lengthy grass in Smallthorne, Staffordshire

The image was unearthed by the assistant director of a middle for zoology when he was working of their archives.

He stated: ‘The picture is unambiguous, it’s clearly a big cat of the Panthera genus, and it’s so clear we are able to even see its whiskers.

‘The picture was connected to a mysterious handwritten letter, which features a date with out the yr, isn’t signed with a full title, and doesn’t have the sender’s handle.

‘Nevertheless it does state the picture was taken and if it’s real, then it’s the most likely the perfect picture of a British huge cat that exists.’

The documentary ‘Panthera Britannia Declassified’, which was launched on Amazon Prime by Dragonfly Movies, additionally has new DNA proof proving the presence of at the least one wild huge cat close to a sheep-kill in Gloucestershire in July 2022.

Tim Whittard, producer of ‘Panthera Britannia Declassified’, stated: ‘This astonishing misplaced {photograph} and wonderful new scientific discovery kind solely a fraction of the collective proof on show within the movie.

‘The documentary is predominantly knowledge pushed. We used actual science and actual specialists, and tried to be as goal and analytical as attainable.

‘The analysis course of for this present was intensive and exhaustive, and took us hundreds of hours in varied archives, libraries, museums, and laboratories, in addition to within the discipline and assembly a whole bunch of eyewitnesses.

‘The result’s a mind-blowing voyage of discovery for viewers, which actually takes this ahead as severe zoological subject.

‘The story is a tragic one actually – these majestic huge cats could possibly be legally owned with out a license within the UK till 1976 and have been extremely popular, being seen as trendy standing symbols on the time.

‘When the legal guidelines surrounding unique animal possession modified lots of people launched their huge cats into the countryside.

‘So primarily, the animals persons are seeing in the present day are the offspring of deserted pets for probably the most half.’

‘Panthera Britannia Declassified’ is on the market now to purchase and hire on Amazon Prime. It would even be broadcast on TV within the UK later this yr as a part of a particular week of programming on Blaze (Freeview channel 64).

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