AN ANIMAL which could be a large, black cat was spotted twice in Stonehouse last week.

Dave Ruther who works in the town, was with two other people on February 7, when they saw the cat in a field.

“It was some distance away but I could see clearly it was cat, possibly a puma,” said Dave. “It was black with a very long tail.”

On February 9, two other people claimed to have seen the cat sitting down.