'An escaped puma?' GMB viewers spot mysterious black animal lurking in the woods behind Andi Peters during live TV segment
He's often out and about filming on location for the ITV show.
But on Wednesday, Good Morning Britain viewers spotted a mysterious black animal lurking in the woods behind Andi Peters during a live TV segment, with some asking if it could be an escpaed puma.
While sailing along a lake in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire the presenter joked: 'I'm like David Attenborough... Oh we've spotted a little swan!' as his videographer showed a view of the banks - but it wasn't the swan which peaked the interest of eagle-eyed fans.
What is THAT!? on Wednesday, Good Morning Britain viewers spotted a mysterious black animal lurking in the woods behind Andi Peters during a live TV segment
'@gmb swan was lovely ..but what walked along the bank. . ???' tweeted one concerned fan of the show.
One avid viewers shared the moment to Twitter, asking others what they thought the creature sculking through the trees could be, with many convinced it was a big cat on the loose.
The social media user sharing the clip, wrote: 'When I heard @andipeters mention that #GMB viewers had spotted something on the banks of the lake in Rickmansworth I went back and had a look…'
One person replied: 'Looks like a big cat to me. A Black Leopard or Jaguar. It's movement is so much like one of those.'
Joker: While sailing along a lake in Rickmansworth, the presenter joked 'I'm like David Attenborough... Oh we've spotted a little swan!'
Something's moving! As his videographer showed a view of the banks,it wasn't the swan which peaked the interest of eagle-eyed fans
'Definitely a cat by the way it sort of stalks away or slinks away,pretty sizeable as well, maybe a small puma type cat,' suggested someone else.
One viewer tweeted: 'I paused the TV because I saw it too - it looked like a monkey to me - there was definitely an escaped animal on that bank lol'
'If that's a dog cuzzie, then I'm staying this side of Hertfordshire!! That looks like very large wild cat' insisted another fan of the show.
'The pic is a bit blurred & needs to be blown up but looks too big for a dog. Maybe an escaped puma?' asked someone else.
Errrrm!? One avid viewers shared the moment to Twitter, asking others what they thought the creature sculking through the trees could be
It comes just weeks after experts suggested a black panther could be on the loose after a walker spotted a 'big cat' on camera in woodland in the village of Thrupp near Stroud in Gloucestershire.
Frank Tunbridge, who has spent decades investigating sightings of big cats in the British countryside, claimed the 'streamlined' animal 'exhibits all the features of a black panther.'
The animal was spotted in a field surrounded by trees near Stroud by the onlooker, who says he was just 100 yards away when he captured the picture on his phone.
The man, who asked to remain anonymous, said: 'I'm unsure what the animal was but it was certainly feline in it's movement.
What is it? The creature was seen slowly prowling through the woodland
'My first thought was that it was a family dog that had got out, so initially I wasn't scared at all, but once I realised what it could be I snapped a couple of pics and quickly retreated.
'I've never seen an animal like it before but it seems plausible that a large cat could be roaming the countryside. It seemed to be playful and completely unaware of me in the minute or so that I observed it.'
Experts recently suggested pumas were behind a spate of sheep deaths in Wales, after examination of the corpses revealed they were 'clinically' killed - unlike a random dog attack.
There have been a series of reports made to the Puma Watch North Wales group since November.
The real deal: A 'black panther' is not actually its own species—it is an umbrella term that refers to any big cat with a black coat
A farmer found seven sheep slaughtered in his field in Snowdonia while other farmers in the area have also raised concerns over the way their livestock had been killed.
Big claw marks were also discovered - up to six feet above the ground - on trees. Big cats are thought to do this to sharpen their claws and warn off other predators.
There have been similar claimed sightings of reported 'big cats' in the area over the years.
In 2018, Guillaume Lyons claimed he saw a big cat on the tow path just down the road from this sighting, in Brimscombe.
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