Forget Nessie... big cat is stalking locals

Spooked Loch Ness locals are being terrorized by a new monster - a giant cat that has savaged farm animals and pets, thesun.co.uk reported Saturday.

People living on the banks of the famous lake have urged police to hunt down the black beast amid fears it could attack and even kill a child, the report said.

The big cat has been spotted prowling in hills and around homes, and is thought to be behind maulings of a dog and a lamb.

Katrina Wallace is too afraid to let her three young kids outside at night after hubby Jim glimpsed the animal outside their home by the loch south of Inverness.

The mum, of Bunloit, said: "We have two black labradors and he thought it was one of those but then realized they were inside," according to the Sun.

She has taken photos of the body of a badly mauled lamb that had a large puncture wound on the back of its neck.

One of the family dogs was also attacked ― by something large enough to try to haul the labrador away. Terrified Katrina, 38, said: "The vet said it could only get an injury like that if it had been dragged," the newspaper said.

Highland Councillor Margaret Davidson said: "I believe this is a public safety issue. The police need to take this seriously."

네스호 괴물 능가하는 ‘몬스터 고양이’등장

네스호 주민들이 농장의 동물들과 애완 동물을 잡아먹거나 심한 상처를 입히는 거대한 고양이에 겁을 먹고 있다고 영국의 더 선지 인터넷판이 21일 보도했다.

이 호수의 제방에 사는 사람들은 이 검은 야수가 어린아이까지도 살해 할 수 있다는 두려움 속에 경찰에 이를 잡을 것을 촉구하고 있다.

이 ‘괴물고양이’는 인가와 언덕을 배회하는 것이 목격됐으며 개와 어린 양을 잔인하게 죽인 것으로 보인다.

주민인 카트리나 월래스는 “남편 짐이 이 괴물이 집 밖에 호수가에 있는 것을 보고 난 후 세 아이에게 해를 끼치진 않을까 염려가 되서 밤에 외출도 못한다”고 말했다.