‘Large predator’ in Sussex village turns out to be stuffed toy

Police responding to reports of a ‘large apex predator’ in a Sussex village were surprised to find the beast wasn’t quite what they were expecting.
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Officers were called to the Steyning area after reports of the animal but the predator turned out to be a stuffed toy.

Horsham Police said: “Reports of a large apex predator in the Steyning area turned out to be true.

“It may be a stuffed toy, but the attending officers didn’t necessarily know that at first.”

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