In 2013 the B.B.F.R received an Email from a woman named Kerry concerning a sighting she and her husband Brett had in Stapleford Woods, a 750 acre area of forest on the Nottinghamshire/Lincolnshire border. Both Kerry and Brett saw the 'animal' at the same time but they did have some differing opinions as to what they had seen and experienced. The were taking their 2 yr old Jack Russell dog named Kiwi a walk in the woodland when they heard what they described as a high pitched screech. Realising it wasn't that far away from whatever made the sound, Brett investigated further. Brett was surprised to see some kind of dark animal walking through the trees. He quickly called over Kerry, who picked up Kiwi in fear. Kerry descibes the animal as follows:

“Whatever it was was walking on all fours, like a dog would. But it wasn't a dog. It was walking in an odd way, sort of lumbering along. I know there are reports of big black cats in this area so I was certain it was a large cat, maybe a panther. Brett saw the same thing but he had a different idea. It was about five foot long with a sharp, pointy head, the hair was short and we could see patches of bare skin through it, like it was losing its hair. My husband wanted to follow it as it walked away deeper into the trees but I stopped him. It scared me and I thought it may be dangerous. When I asked Brett if it was some kind of wild cat he said no. He got the impression it was like a monkey or ape, similar shaped to an orangutan or chimpanzee but with stronger more solid arms and muscles, like a bear. I just assumed big cat but now I think back I did not see a tail and it did not move like a cat would. It could have been injured cat maybe? But my husband says it was like an ape but different. We looked on facebook and came across your bigfoot page. My husband says it could be one of the animals you are looking for but I only thought bigfeet lived in America. Can you maybe advise us what we can do?”

We emailed Kerry back as soon as we read her message and did an investigation in that area. While big cat sightings have been reported in Stapleford Woods, this sparked our interest because of the unusual description, odd way it walked and the lack of tail. Brett swears it was like an ape. So, we wondered, is this another location of a British Bigfoot?