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A dog walker claims to have captured images of ' Bigfoot ' roaming in the Sussex countryside.

Caroline Toms, 34, was walking with her border collie Ash when she says she was confronted with a huge ape-like beast as it ran across her path.

Her dog was first to spot something was amiss and began barking before shooting off into undergrowth at Angmering Park Estate in Arundel, West Sussex.

She managed to quickly capture a grainy image of the creature as she was taking pictures of Ash playing during their visit to the estate on Tuesday.

Caroline, from nearby Littlehampton, said: "It all happened so fast. Ash started acting a little bit bemused and barking.

"Then she quick as a flash shot off into the undergrowth - then I saw this big black thing flash out in front of me.

"I only had my camera out because I was taking pictures of Ash playing.

(Image: SWNS)

"She came running back quick-as-a-flash though.

"I don't know what it was, but when I had a closer look at the pictures, it certainly does look like Bigfoot to me."

The building society worker said the incident was over in seconds, and she has no idea what it is that she photographed - but won't rule out the mythical North American ape-like creature.

She said: "I posted this photo I took last week on my Facebook page.

"I took it whilst walking my dog through Angmering Park Estate last week.

"I have no idea what it is, but I wonder if anyone else has seen it."

The Angmering Park Estate is a private nature reserve set in the heart of the South Downs National Park, and covers a whopping 6,750 acres - the equivalent of 3,375 football pitches.

Caroline said: "I think it could be Bigfoot, but it happened so fast I cannot be absolutely certain.

"It was just luck I had the camera out.

"It was so big and massive, I don't know if it could be anything else.

"That's what it looked like - I don't know for sure, but I've seen other pictures of supposed Bigfoot, and what I saw looks like the other ones."

The Sussex Big Cat Watch is a group that claims there has been 'countless sightings' of a puma or leopard over the years.

Among them, they say, was back in September 2009, when a walker saw a big black cat the size of a small Labrador walk in front of him on the edge of a dense forest.