A Johnston dog walker was left shaken after a big cat sighting in the village.

Elizabeth Herbert was walking her jack russell on the cycle path behind Orchard Court when she she spotted the ‘labrador size’ black cat coming towards her.

The sighting was just after 6pm on Friday, March 11.

“My little jack russell rocketed in the opposite direction,” she said.

Ms Herbert said the large cat then dived under a hole in the fence heading towards the railway track.