A NINE metre tall Stig was spotted hurtling across the county.

The nine metre tall Big Stig was photographed travelling on the M23 at Crawley on the back of a lorry making its way across Sussex on Sunday.

The giant racing driver, modelled after his shorter speedy cousin from Top Gear, has been constructed to help launch new channel BBC Brit in Poland on February 1.

A spokesman for the hit motoring show said: “We don’t know where he came from, or what his mission upon this mortal coil may be. Frankly we’re worried to ask.”

The Big Stig is understood to have departed the Top Gear Test Track in Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey on Monday – making his way to Europe.

The spokesman added: “For now, fair burghers of northern Europe, we ask you not to panic. Big Stig means no harm.

“If you spot him, simply stay calm, avoid eye contact, back quietly away and, whatever you do, don’t feed him any Wotsits. We don’t need another electrical substation trashed.”