THERE has been yet another sighting of the mysterious Beast of the Bay and some more clues have emerged as to what it could be.
Lee Brennan, a 22-year-old builder from Whitby, happened upon the animal as he was driving between Hawsker and Stainsacre last Saturday night just before 7.30pm.
"I was driving along and it was stood in the middle of the road," he said.
"It cam
e up to the front of the bonnet so it was taller than a fox or a cat. It ran off into the bushes.
"My girlfriend's brother was in the car and we got out to have a look but couldn't see anything. We have been out every night since trying to see it again but haven't had any luck."
Lee added when he got home he looked at pictures of big cats on the internet and believes the cat is not a panther as first thought but actually a jaguar.
"Looking at all the pictures it definitely looks more like a jaguar than a panther," said Lee.
The largest type of cat found in the Americas, the jaguar is a formidable beast.
They can live for 11-12 years in the wild and 20 years in captivity and can be both spotted and black.
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