Article: Fresh beast sighting re-opens old riddle.

A BLACK panther or a puma could be prowling the countryside of Wakefield after the sighting of a huge dark animal believed to be a big cat.

Lindsay Burnand-Smith, 27, was returning to her Alverthorpe home after visiting relatives when she turned off at junction 40 of the M1 and drove along Albert Drive on the Silkwood Business Park.

It was about 8pm on Saturday night and the young mum was in her car with her 18-month-old son, Finley.

Mrs Burnand-Smith said: "All of a sudden a big black cat ran across the road in front of me. Not a pet cat, dog, horse or any thing else - a big black cat. I would say it was a black panther or a puma. I am ...

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