“I do believe there could be rare and isolated instances of wild cats accidentally escaping or being released into the wild,” they said, adding that they hadn’t seen anything up close and personal.

The video is believed to have been shot by a local contract worker and has caused a heated debate on a local Facebook group and elsewhere.

A second individual shared the video, saying, “One of the fella’s working on the new Penallta houses, [a local contractor], has captured this footage. Whatever it is, it was in the fields around Parc Penallta .”

“Must [have] been a big cat for the guy [to] start filming,” one local wrote on Facebook.

“Who just thinks I’m going start filming [a] domestic cat for the crack[?]

“[Someone] gets a domestic cat put it up there then film it from where the guy was standing[?]”

“I believe [in] big cats in Wales and UK 100% what I believe anyway.”

A second person agreed, saying, “Spot on bud. I’d like to know the grass length up there to make a decision.”

Another user recalled a previous sighting: “One type of cat that is thought to possibly inhabit Penallta is the wildcat.”

“My brother-in-law was walking up there last year very early one morning when he saw a cat [that looked like a lynx].”

“He stopped the moment he saw it, the cat was initially cleaning itself on the path ahead.”

“It then saw it was being watched; so promptly disappeared into the long grass and vegetation at the side of the path,” they continued.

“What was immediately noticeable was the cat was stocky in size, had a thickish tail with a rounded black tip”

Chillingly, another local told, “I have seen this cat twice around my local area in Risca, it’s huge all black and very fast. Never seen anything like it before, I said to my wife I thought it was a panther. She saw it as well with me well we were walking the dog.”

Others said that the huge cats in the area are the result of runaway exotic pets. “They [have] been here since 60s 70s when people had them as pets then it become illegal to own them most of them got let go into our countryside within UK 100%,” one added.

Another neighbour recalls a purported escaped animal in neighbouring Llandovery in the past. “It built a nest in the trees and the nest was bigger than a sofa,” they explained.

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