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However, speaking to the BBC earlier, Mrs Goddard, 31, said they had been told of a new sighting on 19 August - when Mr Nunan reported his passport missing at a police station at 06:15.

The Durham Bat Group said it was a "once-in-a-lifetime" sighting of a species mainly found in Russia and Poland, and described the find as "significant".

Its last sightings in the North East were in the 1850s.

It has included using thermal drones, a £5,000 reward and driving three hours for potential sightings of their beloved dog.

I live in the foothills where bear, bobcat and mountain lion sightings break up the tedium of coyote and raccoon encounters.