8:41am Friday 28th March 2008
By Lauren Oldershaw
Another sighting has been made of the elusive so-called beast of Essex.
Alison Wilcox, of Ambrose Avenue in Colchester, said she was on her way back from Hadleigh with her husband when she spotted the panther-like animal standing in a field between Lawford and Colchester in the middle of the day.
"It was definitely not a horse - it was black animal, and I am certain it was this beast everyone keeps talking about.
"It was just standing there, and then I saw in the paper that someone else had heard it growling," added Mrs Wilcox.
The creature has also recently been sighted in Harwich, Colne Engaine and Colchester.
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