Was it a Bird? Was it a Plane? Was it a Wolf? Can you Help
At the risk of starting another "Big Cat Sighting" story I wonder if anyone can help Identify an animal spotted at my farm yesterday.
Tony and I was walking up the field boundry when all of a sudden about 8 foot away at the hedge fence we were drawn by the commotion of the unidentified animal was trying to squeeze through the wire fencing. It tried very hard but with a square mesh of 6 inch it didn't really stand a chance. There was some dead grass upto the fence which was obviously where this animal had been sun bathing till it was rudely interupted by us. At that point I thought it a MonkJack deer.
It fought desperately for about 5 seconds to get through the fence, then when it realised it wasn't getting anywhere it turned and fled up the field to the coppice. As it ran it went with a real spring in it's step, almost bouncing up the field. What seemed strange to me was it's tail. The tail stood ridgidly upright, about 14inch long with a white "warning sign" underside, like a rabbit does. The tail didn't go to a point like a dog might, but just seemed too long for a Monkjack although I have seen MonkJack here before.
We both turned to each other and said "What the Hell was that?" Has anyone any ideas?