May 18 2006 Mark Stead, South Wales Echo
The hunt is on to find the 'Beast of Bedlinog' - which has left Valleys residents terrified.
The cat-like creature has been spotted roaming around the Merthyr Tydfil area.
And staff at a store where it was seen are now checking CCTV to try to get to the bottom of the mystery.
There have been numerous sightings of the 'beast' during the last week, with Karen Smart, of Cwrt Nant Llwynog, Bedlinog, saying: 'I thought it was a black cat, but then I quickly realised it was too big.
'I've heard stories about people seeing it, but it's not until now that I believe it.'
Karen's husband Bob said he found paw prints which were 'way too big to be those of a domestic cat'.
Last weekend, a security guard at HyperValue Holdings on the Pengarnddu Industrial Estate at Dowlais Top, just outside Merthyr, said he spotted a creature strolling into the grounds. 'I'm 5ft 9in and it was easily as high as my waist - it was quite frightening,' said Craig Russell, 21, of Gellideg. 'It was easily too big to be a normal cat.'
The store is currently running through its CCTV footage to see if the 'beast' has been caught on camera.
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