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A couple who claimed to have seen an animal which looked like a lion in an Essex field have said they believe the creature is still at large.
A search for the "very large animal" seen near Earl Hall Drive in St Osyth, near Clacton-on-Sea, at about 19:00 BST on Sunday was called off on Monday.
Gill Atkin, on holiday in the village with her husband Steve, said: "I still don't think it was a domestic cat."
Ginny Murphy, of St Osyth, has claimed the animal is her pet cat, Teddy Bear.
Mr and Mrs Atkin, of Louth, Lincolnshire, photographed the animal on Sunday afternoon.
'Just sat there'
Mr Atkin had told police it was "definitely a very large animal, and possibly a lion, definitely a large cat".
He added: "We witnessed it, I would say, for about 20 to 30 minutes cleaning itself and rolling about in the field."
Mrs Atkin said: "The Mirror [newspaper] has made a bit of a farce of it this morning, saying it was a cat called Tom, but no, I don't think it was a domestic cat.
"Whatever it was, it's definitely still out there."
BBC News - Essex 'lion': Spotter adamant 'big cat is out there'
A search for the "very large animal" seen near Earl Hall Drive in St Osyth, near Clacton-on-Sea, at about 19:00 BST on Sunday was called off on Monday.
Gill Atkin, on holiday in the village with her husband Steve, said: "I still don't think it was a domestic cat."
Ginny Murphy, of St Osyth, has claimed the animal is her pet cat, Teddy Bear.
Mr and Mrs Atkin, of Louth, Lincolnshire, photographed the animal on Sunday afternoon.
'Just sat there'
Mr Atkin had told police it was "definitely a very large animal, and possibly a lion, definitely a large cat".
He added: "We witnessed it, I would say, for about 20 to 30 minutes cleaning itself and rolling about in the field."
Mrs Atkin said: "The Mirror [newspaper] has made a bit of a farce of it this morning, saying it was a cat called Tom, but no, I don't think it was a domestic cat.
"Whatever it was, it's definitely still out there."
BBC News - Essex 'lion': Spotter adamant 'big cat is out there'