A SCEPTICAL security guard says he now believes in Dorset’s big cat after spotting a beast near Winfrith.

Scott Pickersgill was driving near Wool when he saw the giant feline dart from the middle of the road into a nearby wood.

The father of two, 24, from Crossways, said the encounter left him gob-smacked and in no doubt the cat exists.

Mr Pickersgill, a security guard at the Winfrith atomic site, said: “It was about 7pm on Sunday. I was just passing the Winfrith entrance and going past Gatemore Road when I came over the hill and saw it in the middle of the road. It span around and shot into the woods. I saw the back of its legs and its rear end.

“It was grey with a white end to its tail and above knee height. You could tell it was feline, not a fox, from the way it stood and the muscles in the back of its legs.