Massive black cat spotted on the Pennines – ABCs making a comeback?

Thought I'd post this given the winter nights are drawing in and more folks are out hiking around dusk. Mate of mine was out with his phone camera documenting moorland erosion for some university project, up near the Peak District, late last month. Captured this footage at golden hour - you can't see brilliant detail but there's definitely something large, black, and decidedly un-fox-like prowling through the heather.

Key details: Footage taken 16th October, approximately 5:15 PM. Clear visibility, dry conditions. Whatever it was moved with the gait of a big cat - that slinky, deliberate stride. My mate's done wildlife photography for years and he's adamant it's not a dog or fox.

I know the ABC (Alien Big Cat) thing gets a lot of eye-rolling, but the Pennines have had reports going back decades. Thought this might be worth sharing. Anyone else had sightings in that area during autumn?

This is exactly the kind of bollocks that gets picked up by the tabloids. You lot realize there's a reason we can't find any carcasses, faeces, or clear kill sites? Because these things don't exist. What you've got is a large domestic cat, a deer, or a bloke in a dodgy costume. The Pennines aren't exactly remote jungle.

Ignore the skeptic above. ABCs are real and well documented. The authorities have been covering this up for years because it would cause panic. That footage quality is typical of what we see - just good enough to be interesting, never quite clear enough for absolute proof. Post the link if you can, I'd like to examine it closer.

I'm genuinely torn on this. Part of me thinks escaped exotic pets from the 1970s/80s is plausible - we know it happened in other countries. But another part thinks if there were breeding populations, we'd have found something concrete by now. That said, your mate's footage does look convincing. Definitely worth documenting.

Ignore the skeptic above. ABCs are real and well documented.

The Peak District has had ABC reports since the 1970s at least. I found newspaper clippings at my local library dating back to 1982. So whether or not they're "real" in the cryptozoological sense, something has been spooking people in that area for a very long time. That's worth investigating regardless.