Did anyone else see a large black cat near the Shropshire hills last weekend?

Wouldn't surprise me at all. Somerset's had big cat reports going back decades and Shropshire's no different, the hills there are perfect terrain for something like that - plenty of cover, deer to hunt, not many people about.

My mate's dad swore he saw a large black cat near the Quantocks back in the 90s, described it as moving completely differently to a domestic cat, low to the ground and deliberate like. Stuck with me that did.

What size are we talking roughly? Labrador-sized or bigger? And did anyone else in your group see it or was it just you? Always good to get corroboration on these things, not that I'm doubting you, just helps build a proper picture of the sighting.

Derbyshire's the same mate, we've had black cat sightings round the Peak District for years and nobody ever finds so much as a decent paw print.

Has anyone actually managed to get decent footage of these things? I've been on plenty of night investigations up in the Pennines with camera traps and motion sensors, same kit I use for location scouting before ghost hunts, and the amount of times you get nothing useful despite clear signs of large animal activity is frustrating. I keep wondering whether the terrain itself is the problem or whether people are just not placing cameras in the right spots. What draws me to the Shropshire reports specifically is the consistency - same general area, multiple witnesses who don't seem to know each other. That pattern means something.