‘Ginormous big cat on loose’ in Wales as ‘muscular’ beast runs in front of car – The Mirror

Sunday 1st February 2026

‘Ginormous big cat on loose’ in Wales as ‘muscular’ beast runs in front of car – The Mirror

A man driving through the Welsh countryside said he was stunned to see a big cat run across the road, just a matter of feet away from his car
Jonathan Downes
Cryptozoologist, naturalist, musician, singer, composer, poet, novelist and Director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology since 1992. Jon was born in Portsmouth in 1959 and spent his infancy in Nigeria and his childhood in Hong Kong. His wife Corinna died of cancer in 2020, leaving him with two stepdaughters and an eleven year old granddaughter called Evelyn.