This photo of the proposed Beast of Trowbridge was captured in August of 2013 in Winsley, England. Herbert and Doreen Smith caught the photo when out walking; Mr Smith told the Wiltshire Times, “Our first impression was sheer astonishment, we really could not believe our eyes at what we were seeing. The animal was eating what we believe it had just caught. There was a lot of rabbits about so I expect it was having breakfast. I was about 20ft away from it whilst it was eating, it looked up at me for a couple of seconds then resumed eating. If it wasn't for my wife tugging at my arm to get me out of there, I would of stayed observing this magnificent animal.”

The creature has been seen for years in the area and is not the only large feline spotted in England. Big cats used to be kept as pets in the 60s and 70s by people in England and were released into dense woods when they grew too large. A flurry of large cat releases into the wild happened after the Dangerous Animals Act was enacted in 1976.