Annie Mitchell, 71, said she looked out of her window on Monday when she saw the large black cat which was 'bigger than a Labrador' roaming on old tennis courts outside her home.
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Large housecat? Well-fed dog? Or could it be that the creature roaming close to the village of Brydekirk in this bucolic corner of Dumfriesshire last week was, in fact, a black leopard?