{"id":170006,"date":"2025-06-09T10:29:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T10:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/170006\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T10:29:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T10:29:13","slug":"shape-of-meow-big-cat-sighting-near-ed-sheerans-3-7million-country-estate-sparks-loose-panther-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/170006\/","title":{"rendered":"Shape of meow! Big cat sighting near Ed Sheeran&#8217;s \u00a33.7million country estate sparks loose &#8216;panther&#8217; fears"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Have YOU got a story? Email Sam.Lawley@mailonline.co.uk\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-1182\/samlawley.html\" class=\"author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SAM LAWLEY<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  04:46 EDT, 9 June 2025   |  Updated:  04:51 EDT, 9 June 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A large panther-like animal has been spotted near <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/ed_sheeran\/index.html\" id=\"mol-3c692eb0-4503-11f0-aeed-7d060753319c\" rel=\"noopener\">Ed Sheeran<\/a>&#8216;s \u00a33.7million country estate, prompting fears a big cat is on the loose.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A neighbour in Eye, Suffolk was left terrified when he saw the feline just five miles from the Shape Of You singer&#8217;s swish home, but still found time to take a few snaps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">They show a bulky black creature lurking by the trees on April 23 before disappearing from view.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Matt Salusbury, who runs the Big Cats of Suffolk website said: &#8216;The witness told me they&#8217;d seen a large black animal walking up and down along the tree line at the end of a field behind their garden.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The distance from where they were to the animal when they photographed it was a good few minutes walk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;They observed it for more than five minutes before it sat down with its head up.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Perfect hitmaker, 34, lives in the large Framlingham property with his wife Cherry Seaborn and their two daughters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">There have been many reports of big cats in Britain over the years, with most claiming to have spotted panthers or pumas.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-fc80b1a25d080537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/99171161-14793277-image-a-1_1749456758806.jpg\" height=\"674\" width=\"634\" alt=\"What appears to be a large panther-like animal pictured near Ed Sheeran's \u00a33.7million country estate\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">What appears to be a large panther-like animal pictured near Ed Sheeran&#8217;s \u00a33.7million country estate<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-504fb214bcbaeb23\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/99171163-14793277-image-a-3_1749456769617.jpg\" height=\"420\" width=\"634\" alt=\"A neighbour in Eye, Suffolk was left terrified when he saw the feline just five miles from the Shape Of You singer's swish home\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">A neighbour in Eye, Suffolk was left terrified when he saw the feline just five miles from the Shape Of You singer&#8217;s swish home<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1cdb51e703c5dbb2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/99171299-14793277-image-m-6_1749457004343.jpg\" height=\"671\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The Perfect hitmaker lives in the large Framlingham property with his wife Cherry Seaborn and their two daughters (pictured: the couple in 2024)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The Perfect hitmaker lives in the large Framlingham property with his wife Cherry Seaborn and their two daughters (pictured: the couple in 2024)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Locals have often been able to take a quick photo of the creature or a suspicious animal carcass they might have preyed on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Those who support the theory that such cats are roaming around the country tend to claim they are pets which have escaped.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Others, however, think species have been illegally released into the wild.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Sceptics reckon that sightings involve people mistaking them for large domestic dogs or cats, and that such animals could not survive in the UK&#8217;s mild climate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Among the most famous alleged big cats in the country was the Beast of Exmoor in Devon in the 80s, which a farmer in the area claimed killed 100 of his sheep in three months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">People regularly report puma spottings in Shropshire while\u00a0Suffolk also remains a hotspot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">As well as the recent sighting near the pop star&#8217;s home, there was one in Hoxne in 2006, another near Eye in 2008, and one at Mendlesham in 2015.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">MailOnline has contacted Mr Sheeran&#8217;s representatives for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-b45bc295f3864285\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/91988239-14793277-image-a-17_1749457660073.jpg\" height=\"382\" width=\"634\" alt=\"\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>      <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-17a529a67054577e\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/96553133-14793277-David_Lawrence_captured_the_moment_the_big_cat_was_captured_walk-a-18_174945766347.jpeg\" height=\"581\" width=\"634\" alt=\"It comes after a big cat which some suspect to be the notorious Beast of Bucks was spotted prowling in the dead of night\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">It comes after a big cat which some suspect to be the notorious Beast of Bucks was spotted prowling in the dead of night\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-e2655e5006a17bcf\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/96553135-14793277-The_creature_s_large_paws_long_tail_and_smaller_ears_have_led_Mr-a-19_174945766555.jpeg\" height=\"859\" width=\"634\" alt=\"There are fears that a large creature may be on the loose after the footage was captured on doorbell camera showing a huge black moggy on the driveway of a house\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">There are fears that a large creature may be on the loose after the footage was captured on doorbell camera showing a huge black moggy on the driveway of a house\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It comes after a big cat which some suspect to be the notorious Beast of Bucks was spotted prowling in the dead of night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">There are fears that a large creature may be on the loose after the footage was captured on doorbell camera showing a huge black moggy on the driveway of a house.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The dark coloured cat appeared much bigger than a domestic feline as it balanced atop a skip.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The sighting has added yet more fuel to the fire of a local myth in Buckinghamshire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Homeowner David Lawrence lives in a village near High Wycombe, where tales of a puma-sized Beast of Bucks are legendary, and said he saw a large cat which wasn&#8217;t &#8216;normal&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Shape of meow! 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