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Beast Of Essex: Between Colchester and Lawford
On 28th March 2008 the Daily Gazette featured an article by Lauren Oldershaw entitled ‘Colchester: Fresh ‘beast’ sighting’ in which she detailed a witness account of a large black cat sighting.
‘Another sighting has been made of the elusive so-called beast of Essex.
Alison Wilcox, of Ambrose Avenue in Colchester, said she was on her way back from Hadleigh with her husband when she spotted the panther-like animal standing in a field between Lawford and Colchester in the middle of the day.
"It was definitely not a horse - it was black animal, and I am certain it was this beast everyone keeps talking about.
"It was just standing there, and then I saw in the paper that someone else had heard it growling," added Mrs Wilcox.
The creature has also recently been sighted in Harwich, Colne Engaine and Colchester.’
Hi,
Some years ago I was jogging over Jaywick beach, I stayed with a friend there over night. Whilst I was out jogging a fox was running alongside me; so I said good morning to him, then he ran in a different direction. This was about 5.30 in the morning. As I looked across the beach I saw a massive cat, it looked like a tiger, it was huge. At the time the whole 'beast of essex' thing was just starting out and I remember thinking I had never seen a mammel like this other than in a zoo. I stopped and stared at it; it looked back at me. I was not scared I was intrigued, It was more frightened of me then I he I am sure because he stared at me for a while then he ran... I never saw it again, but I told my friend about it on my return to her place.