Original headline: Another sighting of elusive big cat
BroadcasterR Richard Oliff brushed aside his scepticism about tales of a big black cat on the prowl after he saw the panther-like animal for himself.
Mr Oliff, 48, and his wife Caroline, 31, were driving along Gretton Brook Road, Corby, towards their home in Gretton when they both saw a big black cat lurking by the side of the road.
Mr Oliff, who fronts his own consumer affairs programme on BBC Radio Northampton, said: "We were driving back from Asda and we both saw the face of it down at the brook.
"It looked like something you would see in a zoo – as big as a lion, with yellow eyes and a black coat.
"We both said to each other 'did you see that?' It was staring straight at us from about ten yards away."
There have been more than 30 sightings of a panther-size cat in Northamptonshire in the past ten years, but so far no-one has been able to provide proof of its existence, despite an ET reward of £500.
Mr Oliff's sighting on Saturday, November 1, brings this year's total of sightings up to five.
He said: "I was very sceptical about the sightings of these big cats – it's a Loch Ness Monster job – but I know what I saw with my own eyes."
Mr Oliff said he and his wife saw the big cat near railings across the entrance to a tunnel in the brook.
