AFTER a spate of 'big cat' encounters, a Powys farmer claims the number of eye witness accounts are so common that action needs to be taken.

Malcolm 'Mally' Powell is the latest person to come forward with a big cat account and he says dozens more farmers like him have admitted to experiencing their own run-in with the mysterious creatures in the last decade, while unexplained deaths of livestock is proof that these type of predators are alive and thriving in Brecon and Radnor.

Llanigon farmer Mally, 46, believes an area encompassing Hay-on-Wye, Talgarth and Velindre is a 'hot spot' for big cat activity and even claims that sightings are so common that the animals have become indigenous to Powys.

Speaking to The Brecon & Radnor Express, Mally said: "Loads of people in the area have seen a big cat, there's been common sightings since early 2000, everyone's seen it."

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