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Hi from Douglas C. Missouri... just last week while watching my dogs hunt moles in the back fenced area of our 60 acres I spotted a BIG black cat. It was walking at the edge of the clearing about 100 yards away. The area has thin brush so it was just outside the clearing. One of the dogs is a Boston Terrier the size of a house cat the other three are various sizes of Pit Bulls females. I looked at the cat slinking through the woods going in the direction of our wet weather creek and noticed for the distance it was bigger than my BT and I had to look again and noticed it was the size of the smaller PB she weights 55 lbs. Now I knew that couldn't be a house cat because if it was I would see it at a smaller size. Not even 2 months ago my husband was sitting out on the wrap around porch at night and ran in the house after hearing a frightening sound. The only way he could explain it was it sounded like a woman or child being murdered. He is a hunter and even been to Africa not much scares him. Three weeks ago my sons were visiting, one went outside to smoke at around 12:30am and came running in the house waking us... rambling about a terrible sound and we should call the police. After listening to him we discovered he hear the same noise. So, when I saw the BIG black cat I called the Conservation Agent... which informed me that if I had no picture there was much they could determine. He said there had been sightings of Mountain Lions but they aren't black... Ideas on what it might have been and ways to capture it on a game camera I have two.
Veronica <vb_stroud@yahoo.com>
Squires, MO USA

Saw a cat that was identical to your video at the edge of the woods behind my house 2 days ago. WAY to big to be house cat!
Kim
Hokes Bluff, Al USA

I am working in a 450 acre campground here in lower eastern Mississippi near Waynesboro. I was walking the back acres here and saw what I thought was huge cat tracks. Then one of the employees told me he saw a mountain lion crossing the road near the campground on his way to work the day before!!!!
KK <k2012@mail.com>
Newygo , MI USA

Back in the 60's we lived in a wooded area that had many old gravel pits an very few houses. My brother and I were playing out in the yard and we looked out back close to a treeline and saw a black panther. We had two large outside dogs that took off after the panther. We just stood and watched as the dogs ran toward the panther. The panther just stood still and when the dogs got close they turned around and ran very fast back to us. They were very frightened. The panther just slowly walked away and disappeared into a thicket. My husband has hunted all the woods around our area and says he has never seen evidence of a panther. I don't know if it was just passing through or what, but we know what we saw and it was a black panther.
Debbie Prosser Edwards <lildebbie822@gmail.com>
Mason, TN USA

what has been said about the panthers/mtn lions are true out at my uncles place we have a green field back in his woods we set out the remains of a freshly killed deer it set 2 days and we got a picture of a big cat.so if you don't believe me take a look at my cousins web sight and tell me about the picture of this big cat.(todsoutdoors.org) Google it if it don't come up fill free to reply tks.
Jacob Humphrey <jrhbuel21@gmail.com>
falkville , al USA

I believe the picture I have known that cougars are in Arkansas for more than 15 years. I have several friends who have seen one or more. Three years ago my wife saw one on hwy 217 about two miles south of Charleston, Arkansas.
Bob Richardson <bobandcarrol@hotmail.com>
Boonwcillw, AR USA

Spent alot of time in the woods hunting in my life and have only seen one. It was tan in color and it was crossing a pipeline right of way in Livingston Texas.(South East Tx).This was about 20 years ago. Wasnt scared till it was time to get out of the stand. LOL. I believe they are all over the U.S. Just good at staying out of sight, but with the use of game cameras more and more it doesnt surprise me they are showing up.
Tim <specialty.machine@gmail.com>
Nacogdoches, Tx USA

They were there just people are useing more game cameras. I have hunted in Montana were we have lots of cats and I have seen one in 12 years. They are good at what they do.
mike prester <mvp1crete@aol.com>
belgrade, mt USA

In my opinion, Alabama "panther" video could easily be a black color phase Jaguarundi.
MDW <choclabs_mw@hotmail.com>
Sulphur, LA USA

last night about 10:30 i heard my cat making a crazy whinning sound went out on back porch and this big black animal was out side the size of a dog but it looked like a cat
tiffany lethcoe <hilltopswomen@gmail.com>
luverne, al USA

In 2006 and 2007 I saw what appeared to be a black panther several times crossing the road in front of me in our local industrial park. These were early morning, just after daylight sightings. All the naysayers do not realize that there is mostly undeveloped property from mid-Alabama through southern Georgia, stretching into the Florida panhandle and peninsula. The cat I saw easily bounded across the entire road in one leap. Plenty of prey available: large deer, bobcats, turkeys, possum, dogs, etc. Made me rethink my afternoon forays into the woods without a firearm. Do not think the authorities want people trophy hunting what are basically extinct animals trying to make a comeback.
Dennis Bird <deneyeone@gmail.com>
Phenix City, Al USA

We've seen a black panther 3 times since last summer, chocolate with black rosetts, (1) weighing about 100 pounds came off a hill crossed in front of our hse following 4 deer. did not have a big head small head small pointed ears long tail curved at the end, definately not a hse cat. We think there's more than one because 2 that we saw were younger than the one we saw in Oct. All 3 times was during the day. 3 pm, 5 pm and 8 am. The last time we saw it was Aug.24 2012 at 5 pm. Everyone thinks we're crazy we called the TX dept of wildlife, game warden, trapper.
Sandra Wright <sandij42@centex.net>
oldthwaite, TX USA

We have seen the same kind of cat 3 time, thought it was black the 1st time behind the hse at a tank Aug.2011 at about 3 pm but seen it again Oct. 1 8am 2011 following 4 deer it crossed in front of our house - then we new it was chocolate w/black rosetts, probably weighed 100 lbs. Then this year Aug.24 at 5 pm we saw it crossing from our neighbors property to ours. It looks like a black jaguar (panther). No body believes us, we called game warden, trappers, TX Dept of wildlife.We are still trying to get a picture on the game camera. The 1st and 3rd cat probably were 75 to 80 lbs but the 2nd cat was larger and heavier. So we think there's more than one. There's also a bone pile in the cedars about 50 feet from our deer feeder of deer bones 1 of which was a large buck. No ribs on the spine all chewed off. We both saw them the first time I only saw it and it saw me. It was walking away from the tank and I was filling a water bucket for deer, it switched it's tail back & forth I dropped the wtr hose trying to get to the pump hse it bounded over the fence to the next ranch.
Sandra Wright <sandij42@centex.net>
Goldthwaite, TX USA

I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN SEEING A COUGAR IN AR. I HAVE A PICTURE OF ONE ON MY GAME CAMERA. SO MUCH FOR THOSE WHO SAY THEY ARE NOT HERE.
earl
pine bluff, ar USA

well it started last night really this morning about 3am i went out the front of the house to relive my self /we live in the country no close neighbors / i heard a noise like a buck snorting but sorta moore of a hissing sound over toward the garbage trailer ,enclosed trailer with wire on top to keep out scavage anamials i went back in the house and came out the back door with powerful led flashlight and 410 guage , i alearted rambo watch dog blood hound bull dog mix i saw the eyes on top of the garbage trailer apx 5 ft off the ground the distance between the eyes told me bear or something big with black body but when rambo started barking it jumped off the back side not in a big hurry and went toward the deep woods behind the house. But it only went about twenty five yards and just looked at me it moved so quietly in the woods i realized this was no bear it had to be a cat i wish i had grabbed the camera . I know that officly they don"t live here but hey i saw that cat cougar black panther or whatever they call em the way it just melted into the woods with no sound ,it was a big cat not a house cat not a bobcat not a bear JD aug 22 2012 habersham county northeast ga apx 80 miles northeast from atlanta.
jd hall <jdhall45@hotmail.com>
toccoa, ga USA

Lol: Any fool knows animals can see thats a German Sheperd. But There were 11 big Cats turned lose in newton county ,Ms in 1996, by wildlife & fisheries.
william beckham <bill3old@yahoo.com>
conehatta, ms USA

I know these large cats are hard to believe but I have seen a black cat at fort mclellan and a cougar in randolph county. No one believes me but I really don't care I know what I saw. I was bow hunting in randolph when I saw the cougar and it was in bow range and could have killed it if I wanted to but I was frozen stiff. It had to have weighed at least 100 pounds. I knew if I took a shot and missed it could've climbed the tree faster than me knocking another arrow. I was the second person to see it on my club I was in. They are in Alabama no matter what the so called experts say!!!
jared
oxford, al USA

There are many Pet Mountain Lions roaming around every state. They are surviving but hunting for food, so they might as well be wild. Also, Missouri has had around 30 Cougar confirmations over the last decade. Some people think Missouri will have a breeding population of Cougars within the next few years.
Jordan <Jordan@semo.edu>
Paducah, KY USA

Regarding the cougar shot and killed in a tree in Manona Cty. I hope there was disciplinary action taken against the police officer who shot the cougar. If the cat was treed, it could have been tranquilized by wildlife officials and transported to a remote area. I would hope that all law enforcement officers would have knowledge and/or be trained as to what species are endangered and/or protected. What a tragedy that another cougar has been slaughted, apparently, due to ignorance.
Elizabeth Chiepalich <ewc1961@yahoo.com>
AL USA

I have seen two black cats. They look similar to yours and are about the size of a coyote, 2.5 ft. high and 2.5 ft. long. The body of mine was just like yours with a very tiny waist and long legs. The difference is that it had a huge head of hair like a chow (couldn't see the ears, but the eyes were slanted) and a tail longer than the body that curved up at the end.
Linda McCracken <lmccracken2002@yahoo.com>
Marlow, NH USA

In Eufaula Alamaba maybe 10 years ago I saw a very large solid black cat across from the lake from me. The distance would be 100 yards at most. I saw it both walking under tree shade and walking in clear sunlight in the middle of the day. I watched it for maybe 20 seconds before it disappeared up the bank.
Josh Presley <jtp313@gmail.com>
Eufaula, AL USA

On friday 6/15/12, I was cutting a field in front of our home in Salitpa alabama,when I decited to take a break and get a bottle of water. As I steped down from the tractor I notice about 75 yards from me in the bottom of the field a large animal was crossing the field at a steady pace,not a run but a steady lope. At first thought I thought I was looking at a coyote then I notice to round head and tail,then the long body it was tanish,brown in color and looked to weight about 100lbs. That's when I realized I was looking at a cougar or brown panther. I had heard of this in this area but this was my first sighting.It was really amazing
Michael York <mry51@yahoo.com>
Salitpa, Al USA

My father and I were driving on I-65 in south Alabama below Montgomery in the middle of the day when a large black panther jumped over a wire fence and ran across all four lanes of the expressway. I would estimate it to be over 100lbs. I worked at Lion Country Safari for several years while in High school so I am very familiar with large cats, and we did some times have some large animals escape from the park, mainly bears and hippos, and primates. It is possible it was and escape exotic pet or zoo animal, but we had no doubt it was a large black panther or Jaquar.
John Judy <jlj51858@yahoo.com>
Fayetteville, Ga. USA

Champaign Urbana Courier 8-30-1978. Confirmed cougar kill in an article. Urbana Free library archives. Shot on North Lincoln Avenue on the previous Sunday 8-27.
stan white
champaign , il USA

The last 2 months have been overwhelming with mountain lion sightings in Ohio. www.ohiomountainlionwatch.wetpaint.com Mike, I will get you some photos that were submitted asap.
Wendell Davenport <wd41452@gmail.com>
Cincinnati, Oh USA

I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THIS PIC WAS TAKEN..NORTH OF ATHENS ARKANSAS ON A TRAIL CAM OWNED BY MASON GREENE. SW ARKANSAS TOWN NEAR LANGLEY THAT HAD THE DEVASTATING FLOOD A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
CHEYNE MANNING <christopher.manning@afbic.com>
umpire, ar usa

White Sand is a rural area outside of Poplarville, MS. I don't remember the date, but I saw a large cougar run across my neighbor's field into a wooded area on the property. The siting was in broad daylight on a clear sunny day. I'm a woman so, of course, I've been asked if I'm sure it wasn't a deer. I have seen hundreds of deer of all sizes. I know what a deer looks like, and how it runs. I also know what a dog and a house cat look like. This was a cougar, and a large one.
Corry <nikitagram@yahoo.com>
White Sand, MS USA

I saw a cat just like this a month ago outside of Steinhatchee, Florida, which is on the west coast in the big bend area. I got no photos, but have been doing research ever since to see if I had just lost my mind. As big as a large dog with a very long tail, this sleek black cat crossed the road thinking nothing was in the area. I was parked on the side of the road making a phone call and this area is very remote and not frequently traveled at this time of year. It was NOT a bobcat. It looked like a black cougar or panther, depending on what you call them in your area.
Cassie Selleck <CDSelleck@aol.com>
Mayo, FL USA

I know for a fact that there are black panthers in Alabama. I grew up there. When I was about fourteen years old, walking thru the woods I heard the awfullest scream I had ever heard. I was so frighten I couldn't move. We lived in an isolated area nothing around us but woods, so that was where myself and my brothers would play. I happen to be by my self the day I heard the panther. My daddy had also seen one and heard it scream. This was back in the 70,s. Later on in the 90,s I seen one with my own eyes, it was huge and sollid black with a big head. At this time I seen it out the window of our home.it came thru our back yard. In my own opinion I do strongly believe they still exsist there in alabama.
Glenda <Ggunsmoke1@aol.com>
Lusby, MD USA

I grew up in Tishomingo, OK and lived right next to what is part of the Wild Life preserve there near Pennington Creek. My mother has personally had 3-4 sightings of mountain Lions and I have seen them twice. I also had a cat named Kitty Tom that was seen regularly by the bet and was considered to be half either panther or cougar. Kitty Tom's mother was calico and We picked this particular cat because he was solid black. He lived 20 years and was enormous.
Mickey Trammell-Strelecki <mic98989@gmail.com>
Tishomingo, OK USA

My granddaughter and I were looking for deer tracks in our new subdivision, and came upon what appears to be cougar tracks (same pad markings, no claw marks and four-five inches across)along with some deer tracks. I photographed them, Googled cougar tracks, and it appears genuine cougar... here in Chelsea, Al, living and hunting down the street from my house!
G. Sherrer <65gsherrer@gmail.com>
Chelsea, AL USA

Just last week I was out riding around our pastures. Out from behind a cedar tree pops a very large black cougar. His tail was about 2 to 3 feet long. It walked right out infront my my truck.
Lynda <autumn7140@msn.com>
Red Banks, MS USA

Found this site yesterday. Thanks so much for all your comments. I am starting a book on mountain lions/cougars in Nebraska and am particularly interested in the black cougars, which some say don't really exist. This site has some very credible sighting that they do. My World Book encyclopedia, yes, old, 1959 copyright says cougars sometimes are black. We have had a couple reports of them in Nebr. I'd like to use a few of your sightings in my book but will have to check with the webmaster. I respect copyrights. Thanks again. Fascinating details.vv
Valerie Vierk <vierkv@hotmail.coml>
Ravenn, NE USA

saw a dead mountain lion north of Sandersville on interstate 59, it was laying in the median, about 2 miles south of the Heidelberg exit, the first mountain lion that I ever saw was in Marengo county Alabama, one mile north of beaver creek on state hwy 69, Jan 1 1965, the second was 4 miles south of Linden also on state Hwy 69 Nov 24, 1968, and I had no sighting of a live mountain lion until Feb 12 2012 in Shubuta, Mississippi
ROBERT
BATON ROUGE, LA USA

saw a black mountain lion in Shubuta, Mississippi on Sunday Feb 12, 2012 within the city limits on the river bank
ROBERT <GXLFNUT@YAHOO.COM>
BATON ROUGE, LA USA

I have seen one of the same cats in Chelsea Alabama. It is definitely not a house cat. I saw this one in a field at about 100 yards.
Dusty Thornton <thorntondusty@yahoo.com>
Sylacauga, Al USA

I live on the border with Minnesota. We have had several sightings (most recently today)of large black cats in our area (15 miles north of border). Today the cat was mid sized and all black. approximately similar in size to a wolf... i have photos of the footprints but the cat was too far into the bush line for my iphone to take pictures. I'm not sure if it was a cougar but it had a long tail. two paw prints side by side is as wide as a standard pen length as in my photo... so much bigger than a house cat, but if it was a cougar it was a juvenile.
Daniel Young <daniel@pryo.net>
emo, on canada

My son and I spotted a cougar in Yazoo County a few weeks ago. I have heard them "scream" throughout different areas in Mississippi but finally got the chance to actually see one for myself.
Amanda <flyinwhirlwinds@yahoo.com>
Yazoo City, MS USA

About 8 years ago when I lived in Zachary, La., I not only heard the scream of the cougar, but I saw him. He came from a swamp area next door to me and onto my land. I heard the screem "sounded like a womans scream", was looking to the south side of the pasture. He walked up to a small tree, raised his tail as if he were marking his territory. He started walking across the pasture, I claped my hands really loud, he turned and looked at me and trotted on down into the bayou that bordered my land. Two years ago one came through and killed one of my miniature horses and drug in down into the bayou. Always said I would not believe they were there until I saw it. Well I saw it!
CLAIR
Winnsboro, TX USA

31 years ago on my very first deer hunting trip i came within twenty feet of a large, sleek solid black cat that i would estimate weighed between 50 to 60 pounds. it had a very thick tail and was nearly as long as its body. the cat was absolutely beautiful and terrifying at the same time. i was standing in the edge of the woods off of a field road. i had grown impatient and tired of holding my gun and had rested it against a tree within arms reach. i had spotted a covey of quail browsing in the road and field about 50 yards west of me and figured if they flushed id have plenty of time to grab my firearm and be prepared to make a shot. sure enough the covey flushed, i positioned myself to see up the road to where the quail were to see what was coming....had one hand on my gun barrel. at first i thought it was a black dog as it trotted down the road towards me. i soon realized what it was as it kept coming and i dont think ive ever had that feeling of fear as i did that afternoon. not that it was stalking me or anything like that...the cat had no idea i was in the woods as it approached. so out of fear i went to raise my gun...i really dont know if i would have shot at it or not...the barrel drug accross the bark of the pine tree it was laying against. i knew the noise was enough for the cat to hear and i snapped my head back towards it to see its reaction....it froze in its tracks and snapped its head right at me with its front end slightly crouched down. it seemed we were both frozen for a couple of seconds and then the cat exploded back from the direction it came and i ran as fast as i could across a open field in the direction my brother about a half mile away hollering the whole way. im not going to lie....i still get nervous in the woods at dusk and dawn...sometimes your just not biggest baddest thing out there. i have never doubted what i saw. i have seen a dead cougar on I-10 just east wilcox exit. stopped to verify what i thought i saw. it was tan kinda lighter colored on the belly with a long tail. pretty decomposed but looked to have weighed 30#'s. the black one was located about a half mile south of the co rd 38 87 intersection near the first creek south of the intersection.
tt
baldwin county, al USA

There is definantly a cougar in Ashley County, AR. Just outside the city limits.several hunting cams have caught very close, unmistakable shots of it. And for us that live out in the country we have heard the unmistakable sound, so far no dead domestic animals have been reported, we had two in our little zoo, that are no longer there, may have escaped or were let loose.
Gidget Gestring <ggstring@yahoo.com>
Crossett, AR USA

yes big black cats exist. im not sure if they are technically panthers, but black and big non the less. they are big enough that one drug one of my dads full grown cattle through his metal fence. we chased it down in the night but came up short. every one here has seen these cats we have them on our game cameras attacking our deer. this is why im ing a 458 ar 15 so next time i see one when im hunting i can drop it n not have to chase them. buggers are fast.
K.C.
USA

ve seen one twice nnow, once today! I called 911 and they asked me to decsribe it...your picture is exactly what I saw. My dog alerted me...she was scared. It had a huge long tail and was in the woods ear the brush pile behind our home. There are rabbits and mice back there.
Kris <kpriessler@yahoo.com>
Minnetonka, MN USA

Oh, those black panthers exist alright and I believe the state wildlife officials, game wardens, ect. know they do but they won't or can't let us know that. The reason I say this is because my neighbor, who has lived in this town all his life and he is about 50, was tearing down an old barn/shed on his property. The black panther came out of no where and ran off toward the wooded area and disappeared. The man called the state wildlife official and reported seeing the black panther and asked if it should be removed, shot or if there was any precautions he should take cause he was plain freaked out. The wildlife official (game warden I guess) told my neighbor(stan) that he did not see a black panther. My neighbor said, "Yes, I am most sure I did see it". The swo-gw told Stan that he did not see it and here is the reason why; The black panther is an almost extinct creature and if any of those organizations (that tend to go over board in some cases but do great jobs in others)that protect wildlife at any cost got wind of it then they would be at your front door getting any info they could so they could save this creature and his ENTIRE habitat. Which means this; If the black panther is about to be wiped out then one of those orgs are going to fight to make sure that it is kept alive at every cost and the land that it exists on will become no longer yours but the creatures and,,aahhuummm,,the states or the organizations. You would have no rights to do anything else on it. Kind of sickening isnt it????? I have actually heard of this kind of nightmare happening to someone that had some kind of endangered salamander on his property and he basically lost all rights to his own property. government!!! So, maybe these game wardens or state guys are actually helping us or maybe they just don't wanna help those 'crazy' organizations...you be the judge ... I am in my late 40's and, like my neighbor, have lived here all my life. All my life I have heard folks around these parts talk about the time they saw the 'black panther' and the spooky way it sounds when it screams. I really wanted to hear or see one but never had, that is until last week. When you hear it you can in no way not know what it is. Our home and my moms home is way out in the 'boondocks' and a mile or so from each other. It was about 9pm and my grandson and I drove to my moms and would be there alone. When we got out of the truck we heard it way down in the woods.It was eerie but so cool to hear and after we ran into the house and turned on the porch lights I couldn't help but stand out on the porch and wait for it to scream again. The next time I heard it was about 3 or 4 days later at my house when I was working out in the yard that evening. It was way out near the swamps and thankfully not to close to our house. It was pretty cool to hear that evening too. I was excited to finally hear the panther after all these years. The very next day after I heard the panther at my house I was at my moms house again, housesitting. That evening some friends had rode by our house on 4-wheelers and our pit bull thought it'd be fun to follow then to my moms where she happily stayed with us. NO dog had been on this property since my mom was a little girl and she had a puppy here in her grandparents house before it burned down. Our pitbull dog began barking after we went to bed and thankfully my fan drowned her out some. About midnight I heard her under my bedroom which is at the very end of the trailer that extends almost into the woods. She was ripping out the underside in search of an unidentified animal. I went out on to the porch and hollered at our her and she ignored me. I got my truck and drove right up to the trailer, lights showing me everything underneath except the varmint (yes I had a flashlight and my grandson lost it) Dirt was flying due to the dog wrestling with the trailer and sniffing and running around in circles trying to get to that creature. I killed the truck but left the lights on as I searched and found a stick to beat the dog with hopefully stopping this mess, heck I had to get up early in the morning. She was moving to fast and I was hitting her at every chance which she obviously did not feel cause she kept working on that trailer and acting crazy.. I moved around to the corner of the house with my back toward the woods and thats when it screamed at me and I thought I was going to die right then and there. The panther was directly behind me and survival and a million thoughts raced thru my head in a split second. WAs it going to attack me?? I was so scared! The lights were still on in my truck so I ran hard to the truck and jumped in and hit the horn, long and hard. Then I turned on the radio loud, then the horn again. Thank God my grandson did not wake up and come outside. I turned off the truck lights and got up enough courage to run in the house. I was shaking hard and was so scared. I have decided that I never want to hear another panther again. I have also decided that pitbull dogs must be tone deaf. She never heard or reacted to that panther.
Sonja <SonjaNeatherland@aol.com>
Dodson, LA USA

To:breanna bresky01@yahoo.com THere is no large cat anywhere that is 4 foot tall. I love visiting this place to read all the BS stories that people post. I get quite a kick reading how this 200 lb 4 foot tall cat stood there infront of them and ate thier pit bull. Keep em coming. And let me know when yall find big foot. YES Panthers exist. YEs the occur in places once believed they were not. We are seeing it in LA (south Tx population moving east because of drought) but BLACK panthers DO NOT EXIST. NEVER IN HISTORY HAS THERE EVER BEEN A DOCCUMENTED BLACK Mountain Lion.
Biologist <jwcountryboy78@yahoo.com>
Somewhere, LA USA

do you know if mountain loins or black panthers live around bibb county alabama? ive heard about them around there but im not sure if thse peoplr really know or not. email me what you know. themadmax8@gmail.com
andrew <themadmax8@gmail.com>
lexington, ky USA

Early evening on this past Sunday, my 2 West Highland terriers were luckily fenced in barking at what I believe was a black panther . We immediately brought our babies in . The panther leaped gracefully out of our sight. We shutter to think what would of happened without our super vision that early evening.
Suzie <Suzienesmith@yahoo.com>
Patkersburg, WV USA

my bff lives there i have seen it band it sure did come in her yaurd were only in the 4th grade shes nine im ten so we dont go nowhere now were to scared because we were riding the forweeler and i turned and i saw a young it was about 4 feet tall and thats how tall i am and it was probaly a male we screamed because i was whachting are backs she put in forth gear and we ran up on the porch and we were like screaming so bad we couldent evan stop and her dad was asleep so we only stay in her yard but then i want to go down there and find it but then i get to scared to do it so what the heck me and my bff always went down there we evan climed the rocks and we would go to the creek but nothings there but now i know they come out at night
breanna <bresky01@yahoo.com>
sandsprings, usa oklahoma

i have a fair sized property in Portland, Alabama, and this year, at 6:26 a.m., September 24, i discovered from a game camera a relatively large buck laying on the ground, as if he had been shot by a poacher. Unfortunately, it is a picture and not a video. The picture frame immediately prior to that, shows a large cat of some sort coming for the deer. So, i changed position of te camera, and caught on camera a very large black (panther/jaguar) The tail has awesome markings/designs on it, and the cat is very dark n color and has some dark brown on its throat area. Looks to be around 200 or more pounds. The experts say cats don't exist, well i have a very clear photo of evidence they do; also, in same night, have a tan/brown couger, but if you look closer, appears to be a jaguar, b/c of the markings on the cat;
Ric Gilmore <ricgilmore@gilmorelawfirm.com>
Selma, al USA

About 30 days ago I was driving on Highway 59 about 4 miles north of Picayune, MS. at just after 1am I saw a cougar walking on the south bound shoulder of the road walking north, directly towards me. He was larger than my 90 lb. labrador retriever
Mark Silvestain <marksilvestain@hotmail.com>
USA

On Sept. 12 at around 3PM Central time. my son was fishing in our creek about .75 miles from our house. He is 15 and an avid outdoorsman. He told us that he heard a scream then turned to look over his shoulder when a deer burst from the brush and a cougar lept over the creek and landed on it. As the cougar was killing the deer my son hid behind a tree and while the cat was distracted, he ran all the way home barefooted. I have no doubt of what he saw as he described it perfectly. Unfortunately it started raining right after and we could find no tracks.
Terri Brannan <dayclearplantation@yahoo.com>
Cragford, AL USA

We at the Ohio Mountain Lion Watch have been getting consistent sighting reports from across the State and surrounding states. www.ohiomountainlionwatch.wetpaint.com
Wendell Davenport <wd41452@gmail.com>
Cincinnati, Ohio USA

About 10 years ago I was walking in the woods behind my home in Wilmington VT when I saw what appeared to be a large black cougar run across my path about 30 yards in front of me and my Shephed Aja. He appeared to be a juvenile, body about the size of my full grown shepherd and a tail equally as long, thick and sleek. He was startled by us and ran up a tree just like a cat would. He looked down at us from about 15 feet up and we stood still and looked at him. He had a face almost like a bear with rounded ears but coal black head to toe and as I said a tail about 3 feet long. He was a magnificent creature but I had never seen an animal quite like him. I did not have a camera so we stood for several minutes and studied him; fortunately my shepherd was calm and did not get excited or bark. I tried to find out what I saw and was told by the Bronx Zoo I saw a fisher cat. (this guy was much bigger!!) I still think I saw a panther or cougar. A woman called me from Maine a month ago and had seen a similar cat and had found my report on the internet. Seems this is real folks!
E Eskridge <eskridgee@aol.com>
Mt Vernon, NY USA

On two occasions I have seen a large dark colored cat in the vicinity of the Davis Pond diversion project. Once it was by the side of LA 18 and the other time it was going up the levee. Cougar, mountain lion, couda mundi, or whatever you want to cal it.
Lloyd Alexander Alexander <lloyd_alex@yahoo.com>
Luling, LA USA

BACK AROUND 1985 OR ARE 86 I SAW ONE IN TENSAS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AND REPORTED IT , BEING IT WAS BLACK THEY WOULD NOT BELIEVE ME THEY SAID IT MUST HAVE BEEN A BLACK BEAR, BUT I KNOW IT WAS A CAT NOT A BEAR. THE AGENT WOULD NOT LET ME SHOW HIM WEAR IT WAS , HECK I COULD HAVE SHOT IT BUT HE JUST WOULD NOT BELIEVE ME,SO WHAT ELSE CAN I SAY, AND ABOUT 18YRS AGO I FOUND SEVERAL BIG CAT TRACKS ON BIG M, HUNTING CLUB WHILE TURKEY HUNTING. MY HUNTING COMPANION HAD A MINOR DEGREE IN BIOALOGY, AND SAID THEY WERE BIG PANTHER TRACKS. BELIEVE ME I HAVE NO REASON TO LIE AND NOTHING TO GAIN .
WAYNE HAMMOND
WEST MONROE , La. USA

I live about 10 miles north of the MS Gulf coast. About 2 weeks ago as I was walking on the property, I saw a cougar walk about 30 yards away from me out into the wide open. Hawks were gawking and driving it from their area. It was the middle of the day, wide open space. No doubt what I saw.
David Depreo <ddepreo@sunherald.com>
pass christian, ms USA

My friend had just left my home (near Spring Ridge, S. west of Shreveport) the other night in the early morning hours. She called me saying she just saw a large black cat cross the road in front of her. She was stopped at a stop sign and under a street light, therefore, was able to get a good look at it. It had a long tail, big and walked like a cat. I live in a rual area thats wooded for the most part, some farms with cattle. I have heard of other sightings of big cats in this area. I believe thay are living and surviving in La.
Sandy <ebersolesleywe@aol.com>
Keithville, La. USA

It was in 1968 in Southeastern Missouri at a place called Hail's crossing that My Father,Brother and I saw a black panther cross the road in front of our truck. We grew up hearing them scream here but we haven't heard one in years now.
Donna Collins <davidlcollins@centurytel.net>
Dora, Mo USA

I've been in al most of my life and like some others in the south, I just thought big black panthers were common. We used to drive out one rd we new as teenagers to listen to this one "scream" in the evenings. You could see it from the bridge crossing it's territory. You don't see house cats 1/4 of a mile off, and last I ask mine they don't "scream".
Melanie
enterprise, al USA

i have lived in the south all of my life and have always heard reports of black panther. i never thought knew until recently that they were not supposed to exist, they have always been something we knew about and i have heard many people i know say that they saw one, but as an avid hunter i have always known that some things in the woods are very illusive and hard to find, for examplei have only seen two minks in my entire life and i am 39 years old and have been hunting since i was 6 years old. but in context to this discussion , my father who drove a truck cross country for years saw a cougar in ms. just across the ms. river about twenty years ago and the thing that we were shocked about was that it was tan, and not black because we knew that there were only supposed to be black ones here. at least that was the assumption we were under
Jesse <mjasper@cmaaccess.com>
mooringsport, la USA

Unfortunately this American Lion had to be found dead be4 CT. DEP would believe there was a cougar loose in the area. It is a beautiful specimen of a puma, only 1 of several who are now roaming free in the Lower New England States, based on eye-witness reports in CT, MA & RI. Witnesses need to report there sightings & NOT be intimidated by wildlife officials who continue to deny their presence. If U have seen a cougar recently, report it to epuma@hardynet.com or www.eprn.homestead.com
John A. Lutz <epuma@hardynet.com>
Maysville, WV USA

I am a runner and was running down a dirt road in Madison County Georgia with my dogs. My dogs started getting nervous and sniffing the ground running faster down the road. I looked up and saw a light colored panther, full grown, long tail and larger than my 60lb standard poodles. I think it was much larger. It bounded from one side of the banked road to the other, only touching down once in the middle of the road, disappearing into the woods. When I got up to the point in the road where it landed, the paw prints were 8 inches wide and clearly cat. I will never get over it. I keep running on that road hoping to see it again. I lived up in Cashiers NC when my son was a baby where panthers are part of common knowledge. One old timer told me not to leave the baby's window open because folklore had it that panthers had been known to take babies off. Scarred the wits out of me! But when I saw one years later, I was really not afraid. Love to see one again, a little magical.
farmgirl <edustaf@aol.com>
Athens, GA USA

I was in Washington Parish, Louisiana, last weekend and saw a medium sized COugar crossing the road in front of "The Castle" (about 2 miles east of Franklinton on Hwy 10). Very beautiful, first Cougar I have ever seen in the wild. There have been sporatic reports of cougars in Washington Parish over the last 50 years.
Steve Vise <vise357@yahoo.com>
Pine Grove, LA USA

I was driving from New Orleans to Biloxi at 3:00 AM on I-10 and a cougar ran across the expressway at mile marker 6 right in front of my vehicle. It stopped three feed from my vehicle and I got a very good look at the body and long slender tail....but not the face. Definitely not a coyote. I see those all the time in north Georgia. It was definitely a big lion/cat....or was it the Bourbon Street booze? Ha! Nope! Was not drinking at all. Had been playing the WSOP at Harrahs.
Jack Clark <Jackkclark@aol.com>
Trenton, GA USA

Don't shoot to kill. If they come around use an air horn. That will scare the living **it out of them. If you skin deer clean up really good or it will call attention to the cat. If you have livestock that's a whole different issue. I am not a farmer so I don't know what to say about that. Maybe a few german shepards ?
andy <mail@nomail.net>
Brewster, NY USA

Don't shoot to kill. If they come around use an air horn. That will scare the living **it of of them. If you skin deer clean up really good or it will call attention to the cat. If you have livestock that's a whole different issue. I am not a farmer so I don't know what to say about that. Maybe a few german shepards ?
andy <mail@nomail.net>
Brewster, NY USA

We saw a cougar that had been hit by a car on the side of the road today. I thought at first it was a large dog, but then realized it was a large cat, so my husband and I slowed down to look at it to identify it. It was definitely a cougar, and now I'm wondering if the coyotes that everyone has been talking about killing their chickens and goats might be cougars as well.
Courtney <88stevens@att.net>
Jackson, MS USA

we have had black panthers on our land for years now and tonight we had one on the top of our house my husband try to get a shot of it but it was way to dark my father in law had one attck his horse and when he called the game wordon he told him that there was no such thing as a black pather in the state of louisiana i think some one needs to do something about them they are now starting to come in to neighbor hoods ....
candace <power_stroke_2006@yahoo.com>
leesville, la USA

I witnessed a very large black cat - I'm positive it was a panther - crossing Hwy. 17, north of Oak Grove, LA, on May 8, 2011. It was running very fast, and I'm sure it was escaping the water from the Mississippi River. It was a beautiful creature.
Linda Alexander <lalexander@wcpsb.com>
Oak Grove, LA USA

No one is denying the presence of cougars, merely that of black panthers. That being said, there is no way that the animal in this video is a house cat, unless someone managed to find a house cat the size of a rottweiler! We are trying to get footage of a black one like this that we spotted on our property several times over the last couple years.
John
USA

On August 31, 2010 in rural Coosa County, Alabama, I saw a very large black panther on the side of the road. I was driving with the top down on my convertible and my dog in the back seat. On approach , I could not believe what I was seeing. It did not appear scared of my car but moved to a crouch on side ditch as I passed. I was afraid to stop or slow down and turn my car. I would guesstimate a weight of between 85 & 110lbs. Much larger than a bobcat or my 57 lb dog. As we passed, I was probably a maximum 15ft away and had a clear view of the panther, solid black with no discernible markings and a very long tail. All I can tell you is it was scary. I thought you only saw these things at the zoo.
sbf <forsyths@bellsouth.net>
Birmingham, AL USA

Was watching TV late last night and heard outside my country home a loud scream like a woman screaming, went to the door and seen nothing or heard it again. Looked it up online and it sent me to you... kind of scary....
Emmitt Owens <plizayaplaya@yahoo.com>
Haleyville, Alabama USA

Cows were spooked so I walked down to pasture thinking about coyotes. Big black cat leaped onto the road about 50 yards from me. It's tail swished once as it looked at me. In one big leap, it jumped into the brush on the other side of the road. It was bigger than a large dog. August 2012 was the date when I saw this in Delta, Al.
Deb <diggermom@tampabay.rr.com>
Delta, AL USA

Has anyone put the sightings to a map with dates? I was just messing around in google maps and the sightings seem to be in a concentrated area... which I fall right in the middle of... my elevation is 1700' and I do live in the Ozarks where there are caves and LOTS of farmland. I would be interested in seeing a list with dates and locations if anyone has one.
Veronica <vb_stroud@yahoo.com>
Squires, MO USA

Saw a cat that was identical to your video at the edge of the woods behind my house 2 days ago. WAY to big to be house cat!
Kim
Hokes Bluff, Al USA

In my opinion, Alabama "panther" video could easily be a black color phase Jaguarundi.
MDW <choclabs_mw@hotmail.com>
Sulphur, LA USA

I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN SEEING A COUGAR IN AR. I HAVE A PICTURE OF ONE ON MY GAME CAMERA. SO MUCH FOR THOSE WHO SAY THEY ARE NOT HERE.
earl
pine bluff, ar USA

Champaign Urbana Courier 8-30-1978. Confirmed cougar kill in an article. Urbana Free library archives. Shot on North Lincoln Avenue on the previous Sunday 8-27.
stan white
champaign , il USA

saw a black mountain lion in Shubuta, Mississippi on Sunday Feb 12, 2012 within the city limits on the river bank
ROBERT <GXLFNUT@YAHOO.COM>
BATON ROUGE, LA USA

I have seen one of the same cats in Chelsea Alabama. It is definitely not a house cat. I saw this one in a field at about 100 yards.
Dusty Thornton <thorntondusty@yahoo.com>
Sylacauga, Al USA

I do not understand why the officals are denying credible sightings of panther/cougars. These animals have been seen and heard in Northwest Alabama for decades. As a matter of fact, one has been seen and heard in my neighborhood, and I live in a fairly populated area, but near Bear Creek Watershed and about 10 miles from the Bankhead Forest. Several people in and out of this area have seen at least one black panther and also a brown cougar. Credible folks.
S.D. Miller <sdmiller@centurytel.net>
Haleyville, AL USA

Ghosts of the Forest also called 'cougar, puma, mountain lion or panther' have been reported and identified in 22 of the 26 states east of the Mississippi River for the last centuary. They have NOT decreased in numbers, nor are they being misidentified as housecats as state & local DNR & wildlife officials would like you to believe. Report your incidents to the ONLY active professional research team in the east, by contacting epuma@hardynet.com or www.eprn.homestead.com
John A. Lutz <epuma@hardynet.com>
Maysville, WV USA

My husband and I live on the Bogue Chitto River in Tylertown, MS. One morning he was standing on our front porch when he saw a very large cat, mousy gray/brown, with a very long tail that he believed to be a cougar. A week or so later he was talking with some guys in a body shop and the owner who lives on the other side of the river from us began, "you will not believe what my appliance repairman saw in a tree out behind our house." My husband said, "how about a large cat that looked like a cougar." Needless to say the shop owner was shocked to learn of another sighting, giving validity to the story his repairman told. So, since these cats have a very large range, it does seem to be hard to dismiss the sightings.
Kay Newman <kay@dougrushingrealty.com>
Tylertown, MS USA

I know there are very dark colored big cats in my area of Suwannee County, FL. I live near the Suwannee River and close to management areas. There are wild hogs and plenty of deer. While riding a horse in an unpopulated area, I saw a dark panther cross a trail in woods. A few minutes before, there had been deer browsing in the logged area and I suspect that is why the cat was there. Another time, a young panther came into my back yard to inspect my sleeping rottweiler that was tied up. Dog woke up right when the cat went to sniff at him and then when dog jumped up , cat whirled and went loping down a trail,unfazed from the encounter. Those were seen in early 2000. In 2009, while in a treestand...a black bobcat with bright yellow eyes cam walking up a trail. I kept trying to rationalize what it could be. It was in fact a very dark colored bobcat in the middle of winter. I observed in disbelief as it walked by. These cats were not true black, all were a very dark gray. I call it a gunmetal gray, almost black. So, YES...they do exist.
DM
Live Oak, FL USA

Over the past 10 yrs I have seen three Panther in southern Mississippi. Two in Stone county and one in Jackson county. the first time was in the pascagouls Swamp about 10 yrs ago then one below the seed orchard in Stone county and one in leaf River Management area. I' am an avid hunter but i know they are here in south Ms
Bubba
Biloxi, Ms USA

I have figured it out. These may be magic panthers. When they die they go poof into thin air so as not to leave any bones to confirm their existence. They may also sprout wings from time to time to avoid leaving cougar tracks. Could also have the ability to shrink to house cat sized animal when camera's are around.
Jack <multiscan17sfii@yahoo.com>
Russellville, AL USA

I was coming home from deer hunting at barbour wma and saw a leprechaun riding a unicorn down the middle of highway 51. I have heard stories of little men with red beards riding horses with horns coming out of their heads as a child, so this sighting did not surprise me. The shocker was when a pack of black panthers jump out of the trees and ripped the poor little fellow and his horse to shreds. I jumped out and took a reactionary shot at the pack of cats, but luckily I missed. I picked up the unicorn's bloody horn and the leprechaun's blood-soaked hat and took it to the game warden for DNA testing. He said they didn't need to look at it.
Plunger <bigplunger@yahoo.com>
Clio, AL USA

In the early to mid 1990s, I saw a black panther cross a road near one of the most populated buildings on Redstone Arsenal. Afterwards, several people acknowledged they had periodically seen black panthers across the road in a field catching ground hogs. It has been rumored that some of the test facilities on the arsenal have video of these black panthers.
Gerald
USA

Have you seen the local Huntsville, Alabama channel 19 news lately, WHNT television station.....A black panther, is how it is described, attacked a man and his dog in the woods about 5 miles from my home in Morgan County, Alabama last week, tried to make him lunch...The man had a knife and stabbed him twice before he would stop clawing at him. Two years ago on my place a large black cat, not a house cat, was seen in my pasture, then a tan mountain lion was seen near my creek. I live on top of Brindlee Mountain, just west of 231 Hwy. We called the game warden who said poo poo....no panthers or mountain lions in your area.....Guess what......who's crazy now.....open your eyes people, so you don't become lunch for one of them, which doesn't exist!
Debbie A
Somerville, al USA

You can believe what you want but I have seen several cougars in the wild here, but wha amaze my wife and I one day in 2007 we watched a balc panter walking in the road on our hunting lease and it was no house cat. we were about 100 feet away driving into the lease. That my story and I'm sticking to it
rich lange <bravocharlie@aol.com>
madison, fl USA

Guntersville, B'ham, & Mobile AL newspaper reported today (12/5/2010) that a Mr Frank Harmes was attacked by a black panther while walking his dog near Morgan City, AL (Marshall County).
Paul <rpmoses@earthlink.net>
Mobile, AL USA

there has been several sightings of cougars here in southwest louisiana. I would say that their are at least 8 cougars and several big black cats in the area for about 5 years since hurricane Rita hit. The hurricane must have pushed all of the cats out of the swamps, and now they are searching for a new home, and food. A very large panther was spotted in leblu settlement about 2 weeks ago, wildlife management will not verify that these big cats are here because they dont want all the cajuns in the area killing what remains of our courgar population off.
kirk
lake charles, la USA

I'TOOK PICTURES OF FOOT PRINTS AND FOUND A PILE OF SCAT AND TOOK THEM TO THE GAME WARDENS, THEY TRIED TO TELL ME THEY WERE DOG TRACKS AND THREW THE SCAT AWAY AND SAID IT DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH HAIR IN THEM TO BE COUGAR SCAT. IV'E SEEN THE CAT 4-5 TIMES AND HAVE HEARD IT MANY TIMES. THERE TO MANY PEOPLE IN THE AREA THAT HAVE SEEN IT OR IT'S TRACKS, WE ALL CAN'T BE CRAZY? I SENT THE TRACK PICTURES TO THE EASTERN PUMER ASS.AND THEY SAID IT WAS PUMA TRACKS.
LORNA LETOURNEAU <ljlpas@yahoo.com>
OXFORD, ME USA

I took a shot at this same species of animal about five years ago while deer hunting in Grenada County, MS mainly because it scared the crap out of me. My wife and I were sitting over a food plot at dusk. The cougar walked out and sat down like a dog. It was almost dark so I couldn't tell what it was. I put the scope on it to get a better look and it stood up, stretched out it's tail and took a couple of steps toward us. It was about 50 yds. away. I took a reactionary shot and missed. I went home and did some research and was glad I didn't hit it due to the fines associated with killing a cougar. I talked to a local ag pilot that said he had seen the same cougar he thought and no one would believe him. Needless to say, no one believed me either. My wife actually got a very bad picture of one at about 200 yds. a couple of weeks ago, but it was much smaller than the previous one. Now I think back to all the times I walked out of those woods at night and thought something was following me.
Tyler Philley <tphilley1@yahoo.com>
Tupelo, MS USA

I ve lived here in lower Alabama on Perdido Bay for the past five years. A few years ago I heard one of the locals talking about seeing cougars in the area. At the time I pretty much wrote it off as local legend. But, on two occasions since then I have seen large cats running across the road that one might describe as cougars. Unfortunately, on both occasions the animals were more than 200 yards ahead of me so I couldn t really say I actually say a cougar. However, this afternoon my wife and I were walking with our dog in an un-built (streets, no houses) subdivision across the highway from out subdivision. This is a very rural area. As we came around a bend, we spotted 3 animals. At that point they were partially obscured by weeds. At first, I assumed they were just dogs that we commonly see in that area. As we got closer I could see that they were actually 3 large cats playing on the pavement. We got within about 50 yards so I could see them quite clearly. They were all the same size and color. The color was a very dark gray--almost back, with some very dark brown. I could see them very well because the sun was very bright and shining from behind us. When they finally notice us they ran off into the brush. They looked and moved like big cats not domestic cats. They were about knee high. I could easily judge their height because they were near the curb which is about 8 inches high. The shape and size (in proportion to their bodies) was the same as the cougars I ve seen in pictures and zoos. I believe these were juveniles because they we together and all the same size and color. I did not see an adult.
Bob M <bob@kmsys.com>
Lillia, AL USA

My husband is working in the Pleasant Hill, LA area in the gas field. He was leaving work to go to Mansfield about 10:30 p.m. He called me and said he had just seen a huge black panther on the lease road. While we were talking he said...There's another one! They were about 20 miles within each other. I had seen a black panther about 20 years ago in Natchitoches Parish around Flora, LA about a mile from my aunt's house. It was right about dusk. It looked like a huge german shepherd, but had a long tail, was black, and walked like a cat. When I got to my aunt's house I told them what I saw. They told me that it was a black panther. About 6 or so years ago when I lived in DeRidder, LA, there were reports about black panther sightings and reports of dogs and horses being attacked and/or killed. A supposed tracker came down and after a month or so of tracking said there was no such thing as a black panther in Louisiana. This was reported in the newspaper. Everybody laughed at him and said he didn't know what he was talking about. I have heard of sightings all of my 47 years from different relatives from all over the state.
Theresa <TheresaFerrell1963@att.net>
Elm Grove, LA USA

I live in Marianna Florida.I fish a lot on our local river the Chipola.I was fishing and on numerous occaisions have seen both the brown and black panther.The game and fish say that there are no panthers in the panhandle.I hate to inform them but they are wrong.
Dennis Love <cottontop32428@yahoo.com>
Marianna, FL USA

I live in east central Alabama and live in a rual area. While driving home on a country road after midnight, I saw a very large black cat cross the road in front of me. It did not hurry and it never looked in my direction. I had heard stories of black panther sightings as a child, but never really believed them. I am convinced that black panthers are in Alabama!
Jennifer
AL USA

My boyfriend and I were driving to Paducah,ky one day about 3 months ago. We were on 641 North right before the first turn off to Benton.I was looking out the window while he was driving and I see this quite large animal not known to me standing on the side of the highway as if waiting to cross lol I just stared because it was strange! we got right up to it and I said OMG! THAT WAS A FREAKIN COUGAR!!! I looked at my boyfriend and said I didn't know we had cougars here? we turned the car around to hoefully get a picture and it was gone of course!It was huge! it was like a light tan color and had dark brown around its nose and mouth I would say it weighed 100 pounds easy. I know what i saw,and there is at least one cougar in western ky I saw it with my own eyes no mistake about it!
robin sinclair <sunshine_girl42071@yahoo.com>
puryear, tn USA

i was squirrel hunting with my father in pleasant hill louisiana about 20 years ago. we were walking down a wet sandy ravine sneaking up on a tree full of squirrels. we rounded an embankment and heard what sounded like a woman screaming. we looked to our left to see a black streak tearing through the woods. i asked my dad what that was and he told me a black panther. he had seen them before at bodcau. i would say it was smaller than these cougar pics, but about the size of a medium dog. it was no house cat.
kristo <p8reotic1@yahoo.com>
shreveport, la USA

Yes i believe there are black panthers and brown cougars in the southern states. For the first time in my life i saw a cougar crossing the road just outside of sandersville mississippi.I was shocked but very pleased to see something so beautiful.
jamie walley <walleyjamie@yahoo.com>
laurel, ms USA

I too seen a seen a big cat, I was on my way to Movie Gallery maybe about 3 years ago when I saw in the dark what appear to be a big dark dog in the grassy area between 4th st and Sycamore st in town!. I slowed down around the turn stop rolled down my window and looked at it, it growl at me, now I had only hear that growl on T.V I look at it carefully and realize and was a big black cat it looked to me like a panther. then I quicky rolled up my window and rush to Movie Gallery to use there phone every one up there thought I was crazy and laugh at me, but I know what I saw
Nash <natash_haws@hotmail.com>
Murray, KY USA

Today I had a good friend tell me that he had seen a black panther near his house on two seperate occasions. I was very surprised because he is not the kind of person to let his imagination get the best of his judgment. I know there are cougars in Alabama, whether escaped pets or wild, because while out walking one day I came face to face with one at a distance of approx. sixty foot. We stared at each other for about fifteen seconds. Before he departed he showed me his nice set of choppers along with a loud hiss. I study cougars and collect any data I can about sightings in the southeast and I have never seen any evidence of a black cougar. Only the Leopard and Jaguar can sometimes be black or have a melanistic phase. There is a cat called the Jaguarundi which can have a color that is almost black, but this is a small cat. With all the black panthers that have been seen over the past few years, they would have to be either a Leopard or Jaguar, and if this is so there would be more missing from our woods and backyards than a few deer! I don't know what to believe when I hear people say they saw a black panther.
james
USA

In November of 2000 my husband took me one afternoon to Coosa County where he deer hunts. He was not hunting we were just out riding on the dirt roads in the woods where he hunts. There were dirt banks on both sides of the road and I spotted a HUGE black cat on the right bank! My husband stopped about 30 yards away from it and we watched it jump from the right bank across to the left bank! My husband was not shocked at all. He told me that there are big cats all over those woods. It was the most amazing thing I had ever seen. I will never tell the exact location of where we saw this black cat for the fear that it will be hunted and killed just to prove a point. I have nothing to prove. People say they don't exist but I know better. I know what I saw.
Anita <anita6042003@yahoo.com>
Sylacauga, AL USA

On August 13, 2010 at approx. 7:00 p.m., I spotted a large cat, which appeared to be a cougar hiding in thick brush near an unoccupied home on Highway 448, 5 miles north of Indianola. Corn had been cut and harvested, so the fields which had been obstructed all year became clear. I was looking for deer through my binoculars when I noticed a head sticking up out of the thick brush. The animal finally stood up and walked around. I could not believe it! It used it's catlike movement to jump some brush and that's when I knew I was looking at a big cat. I moved within 100 yards of the cat by crossing the Hwy as I stared at the cougar for at least 30 minutes. It did not attempt to run away. It simply sat down and licked what appeared to be paper with food on it. I stayed around and watched the cougar until dark. The cougar then began to walk around freely with no fear of being seen.
CL <4nsicbacker@comcast.net>
Indianola, MS USA

Oops 42 years old. LOL
John Cornelius <John.cornelius@gorhamschaffler.com>
Memphis, TN USA

By the way i am 41 years old now. That gives you a time referance. Born in 1968.
John Cornelius <john.cornelius@gorhamschaffler.com>
Memphis, TN USA

I have seen a black panther 3 times so far in my life. My grandpa woke me up at around 3am when i was in my early teens, took me out by the creek by his summer house in Corinth Mississippi. The dog had tree'ed a black panther and it was setting on limb about 25 feet up. It was hissing and grawling. It was definitly a black panther. The about 10 years ago i walked up on one early in the morning walking to my deer satd in the White Oak WMA near Savanah TN. It was still dark out. I heard turkeys up on the trail i was walking in on making alot noise and when i got close to where they was i shined my flash light up the trail and a black panther was about 6 feet away looking at me. Big pretty yellow eyes and black fur. It was smaller than a black panther you would see at the zoo, but way bigger than any Bobcat.
John Cornelius <john.cornelius@gorhamschaffler.com>
Memphis, TN USA

wAT KIND OF IDIOT HONESTLY THINKS THATS A HOUSE CAT ARE U RETARDED. mY GRANDDAD AND MY UNCLE BOTH SAW A BLACK PANTHER ABOUT A MILE DOWN FROM HIS LAND ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO WITHIN TWO DAYS OF EACH OTHER. WAD A DUMBASS
CALEB HOUSE
CHELSEA, aL USA

That's a black domestic cat or else the broon sage he went into is about 6ft tall.. the deer are obviously used to seeing him walk around
Michael Davis <m.d.davis@juno.com>
Bay MInette, AL USA

Enough evidence has been documented across the eastern USA since the mid-1960s, to more than prove a continued & current presence of wild, native cougars/mountain lions inhabiting most states east of the Mississippi River. The states with the most #s of identified big cat tracks are Maine, Maryland, Pennsylvania & West Virginia. Please contact epuma@hardynet.com or 304-749-7778 with whatever new data you wish to share. THANK YOU
John A. Lutz <epuma@hardynet.com>
Maysville, WV USA

I have proof on my dads hunting camera of two cougers in Forest Hill at last chance hunting club, eating a doe right in front of the camera. So for all the people who think cougers are not in Louisiana, they just need to ask the right natives. Its no reason to get scared, its just makes me carry my 3.5 SuperMag LOL!!!!!
Andrew Ward
Pineville, LA USA

I had spotted a black panther about a week and a half ago in my yard (15 July 2010). When I first opened my in ground swimming pool about the end of May I would go out to the pool about 8 PM to swim for I have a light rigged up at my inground swimming pool. I do not have a dog that runs around my place in the yard. I do have a pekingnese mix that stays in my house and he is trained to go on dog pads in the house. My swimming pool has a 4 foot chain link fence around it and it is located at the back of my house. Many times when I took my little dog out to the pool with me he would run back and forth in the pool area and keeping barking at the woods near my pool. I thought he was barking at deer, possums, or coons. Later on during the month of July the apples and pears started falling off the trees in my back yard .In past years when this happens I usually would find no pears or apples on the ground due to the deer coming in the back yard near my pool and eating them up. I also noticed a foul odor of urine in and around my backyard, I thought maybe it was possums or deer urinating around my backyard. I mentioned the deer not eating the apples up to my neighbor and my daughter and thought it was rather odd. One night about a week and a half ago I went out to my pool with my little dog in hand and went to the north side of my pool at between 7:30 and eight o'clock in the evening (it was still daylight) I put my little dog down and when I raised back up I noticed at about 30 feet from me what I thought was a jet black dog. I thought at the time it was a stray but wondered why the dog was heading for the woods (it was walking casually not running. I moved along my pool chain link fence to get a better view between my trees and to my suprise (for I was truly stunned) was a large jet black cat the size of german shepherd dog but longer and a long 3 foot tail. The fur was short and shiny like that of a mink and of course had the stride of a cat. I did not call to gets its attention for my jaw like to have dropped to the ground. The cat never once looked in my direction. I had a full side view of the cat and the cat was a mere 50 feet from my position. I believe the cat was lounging around in my bushes that surround my pool and when it heard me opened the back door of the sunroom and open my pool gate he decided to vacate but he was in no hurry. I also have no children that live with me for I live alone. I am a 60 year old man that works for the federal government and have always been truthful and very skeptical about everything. I hope to get a picture with my game camera that I have set up for I am certain he has taken up home around my place. I will say he or she is a beautiful cat but I am more caution now about my surrounding when in my backyard. I do not believe the cat intends me harm but I plan to keep my distance just in case.
John Stroud <jstroud@usa.net>
Parrish, Al USA

I have also seen a Cougar at Land Between the Lakes. I seen a cougar a few years ago, near the Bison Range, in the Tennessee portion of LBL. I am sure it was a Cougar. I reported it to the LBL Staff, but they said it was probably a pet. It looked wild to me.
Joe Allens
Dover, TN USA

I too have seen a big Black panther on 6 or 7 occasions, over a 4 or 5 year period. Each time it was around 3 to 4 am at the same section of rural road in Autauga County. I have work for UPS for 26 years and during the mid to late 80's I was working the late night shift where I got off work at 2:30am. On the drive back home down County Road 57 on 6 or 7 occasions I had the opportunity to see this big black panther. Always crossing the road at the same bend. On two occasions I could even see well enough to tell that she was nursing.
Mark Taylor <marktaylor@knology.net>
Prattville, Al USA

I agree there are still a few cougar in LBL. I was turkey hunting a last April, and I saw a cougar cross Highway 79 just south of Land Between the Lakes Recreation Area. I am positive it was a cougar. I have lived in this area for 22 years, and in that time I have heard nemerous cougar stories coming from LBL, and the Kentucky/ Barkely Lakes area. I wish the DNR would conduct a study around Kentucky or Tennessee. They should try to see if any of the cougar reports are true or not.
Dale Sants
Clarksville, TN USA

I know for a fact the 170,000 acre Land Between The Lake National Recreation Area has a few cougar still roaming around. I have heard numerous credible sightings from in and around LBL. I talked to a logger, who says he has seen a wild cougar in Calloway County, Kentucky near Kentucky Lake.
RC
Murray , KY USA

I belive you. OMG! I went to Turkey Creek Wild lIfe Preservation Sunday The 20th 2010. (around 9:40 A.M. ) I go to this park to relax and to get away from it all. There is a creek that flows threw here and its just a breathtaken view. I had my little dog with me. We, her and I needed a little spray from the bugs so I went to the back of the car opened my hatch and was sprying. I heard a growl.. grawl. I never heard anything like this .. I stayed still to hear were it was coming from. There's a cliff of rocks hidden by a canopy of trees. I went over to look my little dog fallowed .I dont know why I didnt run, I looked up and What was Looking Back Was a The Biggest Black Cat, It was up On the cliff. I froze.. I couldnt belive What I was seeing.. It was meerly a secound Im sure, but the longest look. I scooped up my little dog and ran to the car, I heard behind me that sound of leaves and bushes being parted i thought it was running after me. As I Closed the door to the car I looked and saw nothing. I dont know where that Panther went And i didnt wait .. I wont ever forget the sound and what I saw. Turkey Creek Wild life And Preservation in Alabama. Now, I told people about what I saw and they just dont belive me. I know what I saw and what I heard. Dawn
Dawn Simmons <holeheartnorout@yahoo.com>
Gardendale, Al USA

i saw a large black cat from a distance of about 20 feet. the cat was solid black with round ears and it was 6 1/2 to 7 feet long. the animal was sitting on its hind haunches watching my cattle while they were eating a roll of hay.the cat ran when it saw me, i contacted alabama game and fish and all they would say is that there are no indiginous animal to the state that match that description. i would also add that it has never botherd any of my livestock that i am aware of.
chad dawson <coachdawson@live.com>
Town Creek, al USA

I seen one on menz lane 4-14-10 and we found a dead deer two days later in the woods
tmac
cincinnati, ohio USA

Hi, I have lived in Curry/Smith Lake area since 1989. I have seen this cat twice and have heard them much more. The last 5-6 years,it has tapered off dramatically,as this area is being encrouched upon heavily. I was born in Arizona,and grew up in california. We had many sitings of Jag's and Black Jags. Unfortunetly,it was usually killed at the hands of a hunter. They live on Mule Deer,Peccari(wild pig)kuadamuday,and what ever else they can get ahold of. POINT BEING: I have seen these jags in the wild as well as the San Diego ZOO and the Moulton Exotic Zoo in Moulton Alabama. This is NOT a house cat. This is NOT a Leopard. This is not a sub-specie of Mountain Lion(catamount,Panther,Puma..etc) This IS a Black Jaguar! Some friends say,it is a HOUSE cat TOO....NAW! Their Arguement was,the deer just stood there. If it was a large predator,it would of scampered off. I submit that,most deer are fully aware of the big cats (bobs,puma and Jags) Living in co-existance,they are not "AFRAID" of the cats,but are very cautious to keep a safe distance and be ready to hit the GAS when needed. PLUS..... Jags,as most large predatory cats,are Ambush Predators. This one could be trying to distarct the deer for another one to ambush it. They don't hunt together often...even rarely,but I would always be on my toes,when you see one just cruzing like this. Alone,they also back track. Be Careful,especially with Children. Big cats don't normally attack humans,but as in california,the OLD mountain Lions are usually to Blame. they just cannot catch deer and other large prey. humans are slow,clumsy,and loud,so they are usually not paying attention. I LOVE THIS VIDEO. Thank You and Watch yourselves. They are Nomadic,but have been known to hang in one place if food and water and shelter are readily available,such as were I live,Smith Lake Area. Many cliffs,over-hangs and old Creek and Choctaw shelters. GOD BLESS these Creatures and YOU! Be SAFE! Take Care,Dave garrison,Curry/Smith Lake Alabama 5/29/10
Dave Garrison <daydrummer62@gmail.com>
Jasper, AL USA

four people have sighted a "big cat" behind my house on four seperate occasions that were weeks apart. when describing bobcats to them they say "no bigger, all brown, no spots" thats a cougar.. my husband seen him just the other night. I was wondering where all the opposums and armadillos were going..
Marta <martamorgan84@yahoo.com>
Abbeville, LA USA

http://www.in.gov/portal/news_events/53876.htm Go to the Indiana DNR website there is a link that shows a cougar on an Indiana trail cam. This is proof that cougar live in Indiana.
Rc
Murray , KY USA

last night i putn my 3 tiny dogs 3#s each out on the porch to potty and i heard what i thought was a cat getting ready for a cat fight . after 3 of these cries it got louder and i ran to the door and opened the screen and this huge black cat hit the porch steps with a thud and i quickly got the dogs in and it turned and ran off into the woods. it was huge,my firstn thought was a small black bear but they do not sound like that. no doubt in my mind it was a cougar, blk. pajnther or whatever people want to call them but one things for sure it was not a kitty,bear or my imagination, i know what i saw
helene tobertson <camphelene2@yahoo.com>
cherokee village, ar USA

A cougar was just confirmed in Indiana, it was photographed on trail cam by DNR staff. Look up Indiana mountain lion information. This cougar was just confirmed a few days ago.
RC
Murray , KY USA

I have personally seen a cougar here in KY, I seen one last month while driving across the Western Kentucky Parkway. I seen it walking across a feild early in the morning. I pulled off of the parkway, and watched it for about 2 minutes. I am 100% sure it was a cougar. It was as big as a small deer, and had a tail about 2 foot long. I am not suprised at all, I have heard dozens of cougar story's around this part of Kentucky. COUGAR DO LIVE IN WESTERN KENTUCKY, I AM POSITVE.
Mike talbot
Cadiz, KY USA

In my last post comment I forgot to mention that a local TV reporter from Channel 12 News in Cincinnati, Oh saw the mountain lion as well and did a report on the sighting. This was around a year and a half ago.www.ohiomountainlionwatch.wetpaint.com
Wendell <wd41452@hotmail.com>
Cincinnati, Ohio USA

Tis is so wierd a panther being in Alabama don't you think.I would run til it catches me if it catches me . How do you feel about it?
kayla James
Atlanta, Ga USA

I live in southwest Ohio 10 minutes from the Kentucky and Indiana state lines.I recently spoke to 2 gentlemen. 1 fellow travels along I 275 in Kentucky at dawn for his job.He has seen 1 mountain lion that was hit by a car and was dead along the road near Ft. Wright, Ky. He has also seen a live one on his early morning travels in the same area.The other fellow has seen a "big cat "along the Licking river in Kentucky. A local Cincinnati news reporter saw a mountain lion along the highway around a year ago near 1-275 in Kentucky. If you Google " Mountain lion in Northern Kentucky I was able to bring the " You Tube" story up that was reported on TV. www.ohiomountainlionwatch.wetpaint.com
Wendell <wd41452@hotmail.com>
Cincinnati, Ohio USA

I have personally seen a cougar in Land Between The Lakes recreation Area. I seen one a last week off of the Trace, which is a road that runs through LBL. That is the reason I am looking up cougar information on the internet right now. I have also heard about cougar in other parts of Kentucky and Tennessee. A friend of mine Saw a cougar a few years ago near Pickwick Lake in southern Tennessee. He was turkey hunting, and he watched a cougar cross a feild about 200 yards from him. I think cougar travel along the Tennessee River, and they may be expanding their range in this part of the United States.
Ben Stewart <B@yahoo.com>
Murray , KY USA

If you want proof of cougars in Mississippi, go ask your roads dept. at I-20 near Louisianna state line. We are returning to to Canada via I-20 through Mississippi. A cougar was hit and killed about 20 miles in. I'm sure the roads department has the carcass.
B.Andrews
Ont Canada

Wow. I didnt know until today that there could be cougars in Oklahoma. Our neighbor had been seeing one but we thought he was crazy but a cougar and 3 cubs were spotted on our creek near the back of our farm. Its kinda scary cuz I have small dogs and my son goes running back there alot.
stacy burleson <burleson_stacy@yahoo.com>
grove, ok USA

I used to live in Bremen, AL about 20 yrs ago and I remember articles in the local newspapers as far as Birmingham about black panthers being found nd shot in the coal mines of Nauvoo, AL. They were supposed to be getting ready some old mines for re-opening and they encountered well over a dozen adult black panthersand a couple dozen kits. A few poachers went into the cave and stole the kits after the adults were killed and sold them at Lacon Fair that summer.
Amy <rinksk8er@yahoo.com>
Twin Lakes, WI USA

I have seen two cougars on the Natchez Trace about 25 miles north of Tupelo in the last few years. About three years ago one crossed the road in front of in the creek bottom where I live. It was only a few feet from me and there was no mistaking that it was a very large cat with all the cougar features. The strange thing about this one was that it was a charcoal color. Just this week (April 9, 2010) I was fishing on Pickwick. My wife called me and said that she had just seen a huge gold colored cat walk through the pasture and go into the field behind the house. The next day when I got home I went to the field to look for tracks. I had just recently plowed the field so I knew that I might could find some tracks. What I found was pretty amazing, round tracks 5 inches across. I just got back from taking pictures of one. The older generation of my folks (and I'm 60)lived in the Freedom Hills (the area of NE Miss. and NW Ala.)and I often heard them talk about panthers being in the area.
John
Dennis, Ms USA

There has also been a lot of credible sightings in the 170,000 acre Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area in southwest Kentucky
Tim <Tim@yahoo.com>
Paducah, KY USA

I have seen a mountain lion in Kentucky about 7 years ago, on Peabody Coal Company land. I know there are cougar here in Kentucky. Across the Ohio River in Illinois there have been a lot of recent cougar sightings in the Shawnee National Forest. Wild Wolves have now been confirmed in Illinois also. And there is a plan to reintroduce Wild Elk into Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois. It sounds like this area is going to have a lot of wildlife soon.
Tim <Tim@yahoo.com>
Paducahq, KY USA

there is a large cat roaming around this part of the state seen it twice .never have a camera when u need one .saw it throw a ground hog in the air 15 feet . playing with it i guess .like a domesticated cat with a mouse . never got closer than 3h yrds to it shure is a beautiful cat
dog <oldworkingdog7@yahoo.com>
kearneysville , wv USA

2 men arriving for work at a Cincinnati, Ohio nursing home were startled to see a huge tan cat leap over 7 feet in the air and scale a school yard fence.They called 911 but when the police arrived with guns drawn the big cat was gone. See the local news interview of the men at www.ohiomountainlionwatch.wetpaint.com and go to " Breaking News" and click on the link.
Wendell <wd41452@hotmail.com>
Cincinnati, Ohio USA

March 10 a neighbor saw a black mountain lion about 5' long and as tall as his pitbull, walking up the hill between my brother's house and mine. On March 12,around noon, I saw the black cat walking along a deer trail behind my home. We live in Rogers Co.About 1/2 mi. from turnpike.1/2 way between Pryor/Claremore. My stepdad warned my son and brother about the "black panther" more than 30 years ago. This one stepped over lowest wire of barbwire fence, ducking under the 2nd from the ground. It was easily 5' in length. It walked casually, but by the time I got my camera, it turned a corner around a trailer farther up hill. It was breathtakingly awesome. No way you can mistake a dog for a big cat. It was like a house cat, magnigied to huge. Shiny black coat. Magnificant animal. I'm honored. Oklahoma wildlife-Erik- came out, told me there is no such thing as a black cougar, mountain lion, but if I had seen something it might be a melanistic jaguar. He said my neighbor Bruce probably only saw a pussycat, which is ridiculous from as far away as Bruce was 7 describing the cat. I've seen many photos online. The cat I saw looked most like a mountain lion. Whatever it was-it was huge! My husband and I now own a camera trap, hanging on a tree by that deer trail. Hope to entertain you all soon!
Murphy Yates <M.Yates@hotmail.com>
Claremore, OK USA

in 1978 close to down town at university dr, and martinsville rd,my wife and i heard the scream of a cougar at about 2:00am, we heard this cat about 3 night in a row,i spoke to my next door neighbor about it,he was an older gentleman that had been living there for many years and had heard that scream before,he heard it as i and my wife,on those same nights.
mr. bob
nacogdoches, tx. USA

People should get their facts right before they start telling other people whats real or not. First the term Panther does not just refer to the Couger. The Leopard of Africa has a black phase and the Jaguar of South America also has a black phase both are called panthers by the locals and both along with the Couger are in the Panthera family. There are no known black Cougers but they could exists, these black cats could be reminents of and old Jagaur population or possibly Jagaurundi, they also have a black phase and although a smaller cat than the Couger looks very much alike and unlike smaller cats like bobcats which have 36 chromosones it has 38 chromosones like all the other big cats. Whatever people are seeing, they are seeing big black cats.
sts <strachan@smithnephew.com>
corinth, ms USA

man im not suprised i don't know why it's hard for people to believe panthers are here their in louisiana and alabama mississippi in the middle and not far from florida, man panthers like a lot or predators like to hunt in the a.m. time, man back in November 16, 2005 i was on my way to Atlanta i was on hwy 12 near leroy percy park i had my highs on so i could see very well it's was around 4:30 a.m., i saw what i believed to be a panther it happened so fast it caught me off guard i was going at a high speed, i saw the back leg muscle structure it was ripped, with block feet it was dark gray and looked wet i know when animals get wet they colors tend to change get darker, but this was the animal natural color, have anyone heard of panther sightings in this area.
sean <dramabill04@yahoo.com>
ms USA

I had heard my dad, aunt, uncles, grandparents talk of hearing panthers when I was just a girl. My husband and I heard something near our home while living near Sulligent, AL in the late 80's that sounded like a woman screaming. My dad always told me that was the sound a panther made. But it never seemed real to me until I actually saw one near Wayside, Alabama a few years ago on Hwy. 107. It was dark black, quite large with a long tail. It suantered across the road in front of my car never even looking toward me. It completely freaked me out to know they are actually in our area. Thelma Mitchell Guin, AL
Thelma Mitchell <jmitchell@centurytel.net>
Guin, AL USA

I have been keenly interested in these black cats in central Alabama for many years.My relatives lived for many years in Greene Co. and many have heard these cats over the years. My uncle and several others have had good looks at these critters on several occasions. I came across a fresh track of one several years ago behind my uncles place while bow hunting. They are kin to the S. American jaguar. There is one in the Birmingham Zoo and if you look at the right angle in the light, they have a faint but vey distinct pattern of spots. They are very interesting and elusive creatures. There has been a young one spotted on four seperate occasions near where i live now. My understanding is that they have a very large range. One day i hope to capture a good pic. of one.
David Strickland <sipsey001@aol.com>
Coker, Al USA

I'm impressed with the pics I heard the same thing that the big cats do not live in Pa but that is a lie because on a clear summer moning in june of 08 I had one cross the road in front of me on my way to work and the Game Commissione said there was none afriend of mine has pics of one on trail cam not far where i seen that one so they are here talk to you later
Travis Roher <skippenrocks@yahoo.com>
Huntingdon, PA USA

http://www.cougarnet.org/totalus.html I know for a fact that cougar live here in Tennessee, I saw one a few years ago down near the Mississippi border, near Holly springs National forest.
R <R@HOTMAIL.COM>
Jackson, TN USA

You are right it is a different deer but not a tampered video. The camera was turned of a couple of times and then returned back on. It is just a different deer, nothing strange about that.
Mike Guerin <omegaman66@cox.net>
Central, LA USA

Not sure if this has been mentioned, but did anyone notice that the rack on the deer didn't match from one clip to the next? The tips of the antlers on the first one shown are clearly closer together than the second deer (same deer?) which has a taller rack. Were there two different deer in the video, with only one at a time being shown? If not, then this could prove that the video was tampered with. Too bad, because I happen to believe that there are cougars out there that the DNR won't acknowledge.
Kirk Bredin <klbredin@twmi.rr.com>
Farmington Hills, MI USA

I have lived most of my life in Wilcox County and I saw a cat similar to the one in the video. A friend and I were riding near the Alabama river on a seldom traveled farm -to- market road. We were just easing along talking and listening to the radio when a huge black cat walked out of the woods and crossed the road in front of us. It was not in any hurry and as it sauntered across the narrow road it easily took up one lane of the blacktop. I don't know about your video, but I know I saw what we all called a black panther.
Amy
Camden, Al USA

We have a cougar on the east-side of Norman.Our neighbors have a cast of the paw-print and took it to our Game Ranger and they made the ID. We have trail cams but havent got a picture yet. Plenty of deer,racoons and squirrels.We have heard of farmers out by Lake Thunderbird that have seen the cougars also and have lost calves,chickens and pets.We also have an abundance of coyotes and wild dog packs.It makes me sick that people get dogs and cats for pets then dump them out here to try and survive.Some people are so heartless!
Cindy Morrison <reddeltaflower@crawler.com>
Norman, Okla USA

My wife saw a tan cougar on Redstone Arsenal a few years ago. It was south of Madden Mountain.
Tom <XXXX@yahoo.com>
USA

My husband and I spotted a large black cat with a long tail on Martin Rd and James Record road in the middle of August 2009. I have possibly seen the same cat but a deeper shade of black on December 27,2009 on RSA off Zeirdt road. If anyone else has seen this large cat weighing about 100lbs, please call me 256-653-7603. Thanks, Maria
Maria Le'De <tm370@bellsouth.net>
Huntsville, AL USA

Cougar and Bear can potentially live anywhere they want Bear live in almost every state in America In recent years wild bear have been found in Illinois and several other midwest states. They also live in the south, the west and the northeast Cougar may easily live in places all over the United States. Most cougar were wiped out east of the Mississippi River by the early 1900's, but maybe a few survived in rural places in the midwest, the east, and the south. And over time those cougar have reproduced and expanded their range. That would help to explain the cougar confirmations in the past few years.
Ryan <RCLARK@YAHOO.COM>
Franklin , IN USA

Aha! I call BS. This stuff about the possum and black bear in the same camera's photos serving as 'proof' of the location is flat-out false. Here is the range of the Opossum in America: http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/opossum.html Here is the range of the black bear in VA alone: http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/wildlife/bear/black-bear-facts/ Black bears still occupy every province of Canada, much of New England, spotty populations in the mid atlantic, the southern counties of MD, ALL of Virginia, much of NC, etc. etc. WV, parts of KY and western PA are all thick with them. CO, UT have good populations. Northern MN, WI and MI all have lots of black bear. Much of Arkansas and Missouri hold a lot of bears. Even Louisiana and Florida hold breeding populations of black bear. Florida also has a protected, known, wild population of cougars. Sorry but these pictures could have been taken practically anywhere in the continental US except California.
Jackson Landers
Keswick, va USA

These are trail cam pictures of cougars for sure. But the internet is awash with mislabeled photos. None of this serves as 'proof' when you haven't identified specifically whose trail cam took the pictures and in specifically what location on specifically what dates. There is nothing here that someone could use to substantiate anything. I happen to agree that the cougars are probably here, but a photo really says next to nothing without verifiable documentation as to where and when it was taken.
Jackson Landers
Keswick, VA USA

The black cats in africa are jaguar not panther. big diff. and the panther from Bossier was originally from honduras. i.e. it was a pet at some time before he was released. DNA proved that. Also the 2 pics are believed to be the same cat killed in bossier.
jw
USA

If anyone near Red River parish has any updated vids, pics, or sightings, I would like to know. I had a panther in my gum tree last night after our yard cat. Despite the pit bull (that we keep chained), it still entered our yard and attempted to have dinner. I'm glad I had my husband with me, or he wouldn't have believed me either! It seemed highly upset we interrupted its dinner last night...and when it hit the ground out that tree, it sounded like a horse! It was a full moon last night, but I still couldn't make out the color, if it was tan or black. But the tail was enough for me to decipher what it was.
A Glover <aglove3@lsu.edu>
Coushatta, LA USA

Here is a web address to the Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries Commission Board meeting minutes. Read page 8. http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/pdfs/about/January_2009.pdf Also, there have been many reports of cougar sightings along the Black River in Concordia Parish the past 2 years that I know of. Haven't seen one myself yet. Have seen the tracks along the sand bank though. I've heard enough to convince me to lug along my camera on my next hunting trip in case I get lucky. Merry Christmas to the believers, and Humbug to the non.
Colin
Acme, LA USA

JW yes the video of the large black cat is old... I have had it here for some time. I am not passing it off as a brand new video. You say "It is like the photoshoped pic of the cougar dragging the deer infront of the feeder." Well the picture you are talking about isn't photoshopped. It was taken in Texas in know cougar range. I do not have it here on this site because it comes from known cougar territory. You say "There is no such animal as the "Black" panther." Wrong black panthers have been known for years in Africa and South and Central America. Nothing mystical about that. Do a search for black panther and you will see many black panther pics. You also said "All these comments about a "40 - 80" pound panthers are definately bobcats. Cougars are well over 100 lbs." Wrong again. There has never in the history of the universe been a cougar that weighed over 100 pounds that did not at some time weigh between 40-80 pounds! Also female cougar max out at close to the 100 pound mark normally.
Mike Guerin <omegaman66@cox.net>
Greenwell Springs, La USA

http://www.savethecougar.org/ This website has information on cougar confirmations in Michigan.
RYAN <RCLARK@YAHOO.COM>
FRANKLIN, IN USA

http://www.thebraziltimes.com/story/1578453.html This is a picture of a mountain lion in western Indiana
RYAN CLARK <rclark@yahoo.com>
franklin , in USA

i am from laredo tx i have a ranch about 35 miles from laredo on hwy 83 north about 4 months ago saw what it ppeared to be a black puma cause we have light brown ones but that was a first time we had seen that one and we been hunting there for 10-15 years i wish i had a camera that cause i would have been able to prove some people wrong
jrv <hunter956@att.com>
laredo, tx USA

That video is so old. I have seen it many times over the last 5 or 6 years. It is like the photoshoped pic of the cougar dragging the deer infront of the feeder. There is no such animal as the "Black" panther. Panther yes, but not black. All these comments about a "40 - 80" pound panthers are definately bobcats. Cougars are well over 100 lbs.
JW <jwcountryboy78@yahoo.com>
la USA

i was woods walking today, heard something coming out of the brush above me, i expected to see a deer bound out. it was a black panther. Looked about 60 lbs. so glad to read others sightings
faith hamilton <faithritter@yahoo.com>
jasper, al USA

We've been missing some chickens in the last month..no trace of anything. Last night my neighbor's 150 lb Rottweiler was attacked and killed, by what animal control's opinion that it was the work of a very large cat. The dog's throat had teeth marks of a cat and his skin had been torn off of his back, the dog had been drug across the ground to the end of his chain. It's been very odd also that for the last 4 days my domestic cat, will not go outside, she stands at the door and hisses...?? No one has seen anything yet...if anyone has seen any large cats in this area. I would like to hear about it.
Dinah Halterman <dinahhalterman@live.com>
Harmony, NC USA

i live in south Ga. about 30 miles north of okefenokee swamp.small creek/indian creek, runs thru my place.it runs into satilla river approx 7 miles down stream.the produce farmer that tends the place next to me claims he has seen 2 big black cats on 3 seperate occasions.i dont beleive in [black] panthers-just panthers.yesterday i was comeing out of my lane/i saw something odd to me.it was a black cat with bushy tail/strait up,about the size of a female bobcat.it had a gated lope -front feet to back/a bouncing gate.bigger than a housecat/not as big as a male bobcat.do domestic cats cross with bobcats?anyone have any ideas on what i saw?tlrussell75@yahoo.com
van russell <tlrussell75@yahoo.com>
douglas, ga USA

Funniest thing is that all the "experts" and officials who vehemently deny the existence of these cats in Alabama are pretty much telling us that we're dumb as dirt. I've yet to have the experience of actually seeing a cougar, but I've always heard the screams and having been obsessed with them from 8 years of age, i've read everything and watched everything there is about these cats, so i knew just what i was hearing. Finally, in winter of '88, my brother and i went hiking through the woods after it had snowed just to i.d. animal tracks when we saw cat tracks almost 5 inches in width, right in the middle of a bunch of deer tracks. It was a cat track because there were no claw marks, and there aint no such thing as a bobcat with feet that big!
bonbo <mcgeorgewatkins@yahoo.com>
moulton, al USA

My son and i was on our way to town, when we saw a black image crossing the road. The place where it was crossing is a well known deer crossing, so we are careful to watch for them. The closer we got to the image the more we couldn't believe what we saw. It was a black panther, believe me, it was huge! It was late in the evening but still not dark at all yet. Just then i remembered my dad talking about seeing them when he worked the night shift at the mines. The second time i saw one was on 269 hwy. My husband and i saw in the distance a black image crossing the road. Tt was long and its tale was just as long as it was. Without much effort at all it lept up a bank and was gone. My husband addmitted to me he thought i was just seeing things when i told him of the first time my son and i saw a panther. Now he said he believed us. I wonder if all the mineing in our area have driven them out into the residental areas? Because in both cases we where close to surface mines.
Catrina Sanford <catrinasanford@att.net>
parrish, al USA

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