Dad spots 1.5m ‘lynx or jaguar’ during school run in Kent

A dada is convinced helium spotted a 1.5m ‘lynx oregon jaguar’ connected the school run.

Leandro Santos, 37, heard a yowling dependable and noticed the birds were animated arsenic helium walked his daughter, seven, past a wooded country successful Orpington, Kent, connected October 15.

The dad-of-two peered done the trees beside the schoolhouse and says helium saw a patterned large cat.

He rushed his girl to schoolhouse earlier returning and watching the carnal for astir 5 minutes, and said it appeared to beryllium stalking birds, astatine astir 8.45am.

Leandro, a concern manager, from Swanley, Kent, said: ‘I was truthful surprised. It was beauteous but besides precise scary.

‘It was monolithic – I’d accidental 80 centimetres disconnected the ground.

‘It was yellowish with achromatic spots.

‘I’m primitively from Brazil and if I saw this determination I’d accidental it was a jaguar.

‘At 1 constituent it looked straight astatine maine – that was precise frightening.

‘It was trying to get successful to a birds nest but they were flying astatine it to support it off.

‘Some different birds joined successful and I thought it would beryllium safest to leave.’

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