WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: One bloke says he was looking at a deer through a hedge in the Surrey Hills when he was set upon by a leopard adding: 'I know it sounds mad but I also know what a leopard looks like' View of the general area of the Surry Hills where a man says he was attacked (Image: Tony Kershaw / SWNS)

A man claims he was savaged by a leopard - in leafy Surrey. The 69-year-old said he was left bleeding and with claw marks all over his body after being attacked by the beast. ‌

He was walking in the Surrey Hills when he spotted a deer through a hedge and took some snaps. A light-coloured creature “with dark spots” then leapt at the hoofed animal before jumping onto him and clawing away, he claims. It comes as TV icon Ray Mears says big cats are ARE roaming the UK.

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