A visitor from Latvia has photographed “a large dark animal much bigger than a cat” on the slopes of Silbury Hill.
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Balandžio Pirmosios was on his way to meet friends at Avebury when he spotted the creature about half way up the monument. He said “My nephew took a picture as we drove by but when we turned round and drove past again there was no sign of it. I was amazed at how quickly it disappeared.”
This is not the first such report. Seven years ago an American tourist reported seeing “a largish, dark creature moving slowly up the mound”. Local archaeologist Peter Stoner from Marlborough believes he may have an explanation. “It’s possible there are several of these creatures, most probably lynxes, and they could be living inside the mound, making use of the voids which English Heritage said would develop at the top of the tunnels they filled.”
A spokesperson for English Heritage said they had left some voids and these were expected to enlarge over time but they were unable to confirm for certain whether there were lynxes living in them.
The Heritage Journal 
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14/11/2016 at 02:30
Craig W Gordon
I am the American tourist mentioned… and was excited to see another encounter like mine- but looked up balandzio pirmosios and it means something like april fool! So either this one was a prank or perhaps the person was reluctant to use their real name?
14/11/2016 at 06:54
heritageaction
Hi Craig, yes we have to confess the name means April First and that was the date we published it! Also, the name of the archaeologist, Peter Stoner, was meant as a clue. Still, that’s not to say your own sighting isn’t of interest – do you have any pictures?