Beast sighting investigated (From News Shopper)

Beast sighting investigated

10:29am Tuesday 19th July 2005 in Bexley

POLICE have been called out to investigate another sighting of the Beast of Bexley.

Officers from Bexleyheath police station went to Upton Road, Bexleyheath, after a teenager reported seeing the giant black cat in undergrowth by Bexleyheath Golf Club.

Tom Shinners, 15, of Farnham Road, Welling, was on his way home from a friend's house at around 10.30pm on July 12 when he saw the cat.

He told News Shopper: "I heard a rustling in the bushes as I was walking past and as I looked through the metal fence, I saw this giant black cat trotting across the grass.

"I only saw it for a few seconds before it disappeared again into the undergrowth."

He added: "I didn't know what to think, so I rang the police."

A spokesman for Bexleyheath police confirmed officers did visit the scene but found nothing.