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I have to soy until recent event i would not believe that cougars were in Ky. But about a month ago my neighbor herd one behind her house. The following Sunday I wad in my yaed and herd a large cat roar when i turned to look i saw a cougar running up the road towards me. It stop turned sideways in the road and was as long as the road was wide after a couple minutes of a stare off it went one way and i went the other. I know am a believer. I have a pic on trail cam of what appears to be the cat that i saw in a thikit next to my house.
john b <john500@bellsouth.net>
McCarr, ky USA

yes there are black panthers in washington county alabama. i had one walk rite up on me one night in st,stephens.i had spent a month in a home made tent on some land we have way back in the woods. i had been feedind small bobcats and was not worried to much about them. but yhe night the BIG black panther eased up on me I thought that was the way i would die.I yelled and waved me arms in the air , it just looked at me. I thank God it turned around and walked back into the night. It was most beautful animal I have ever seen
mike suggs
st,stephens, al USA

The fact that their are black panthers in Alabama does not suprise me. I have found tracks and game managements officials have came and plastered the tracks. However they still do not think that they are actually panthers, i have gotten several pictures on my game cam not of deer or raccoons but of a black panther and even one with a cougar eating a deer. i have even seen one on my hunts
Jerilyn Curtis <jerilyn12@aol.com>
jasper, al USA

Yes, I am not suprised I am waiting any moment now for a cougar to be confirmend in KENTUCKY. In my opinion KENTUCKY has a lot of cougar habitat and it is close to the appalacian mountain chain which has millions of acres of forest. A remenant population of cougar could have easily survived in east KENTUCKY.
Ryan Clark <RCLARK@YAHOO.COM>
FRANKLIN, IN USA

On Sept 22, 09 I posted on this site reference that I had personally spoken to around 6 people that have seen cougar in the Red River Gorge area in Kentucky. This past weekend 2 hikers in the Gorge area encountered a mountain lion / cougar that leaped down off of a cliff some 40 feet above them onto the trail that they were hiking on and landed 30 feet in front of them on their trail. This was reported to the Eastern Puma Research Network.www.ohiomountainlionwatch.wetpaint.com
W. Davenport <wd41452@hotmail.com>
Cincinnati, Ohio USA

YES a MOUNTAIN LION WAS CONFIRMED near SALT FORK STATE PARK IN OHIO. Of course the dnr said it was a pet,but it was possibly a wild mountain lion. This is not a surprise to me Ohio has about 8 MILLION ACRES OF FOREST, lots of deer, and it is close to truly wild states like kentucky, west Virginia, and Pennsylvania. The Ohio dnr used to say bear were gone from the state many decades ago but people reported seeing them anyway. So bear never left Ohio, even though the dnr said they did, well I bet cougar never left rural Ohio either.
RYAN CLARK <RCLARK@YAHOO.COM>
FRANKLIN, IN USA

growing up in melville, lousiana as a child we would occasionally see large black cats and find there tracks/paw prints. they are definitely there. just my 2 centavos. cheers.
lauren <xusemoi@yahoo.com>
USA

Cougar / Puma caught on hunters trail cam in Jefferson County, Ohio 2 days ago. View news clip http://www.wtov9.com/news/21308155/detail.html www.ohiomountainlionwatch.wetpaint.com
Wendell Davenport <wd41452@hotmail.com>
Cincinnati, Ohio USA

What you are seeing in ALAMAMA could be FLORIDA PANTHER, I know that last year a wild FLORIDA PANTHER was shot near the ALABAMA/ GEORGIA BORDER I think it was near the Chatohoochie River near Columbus Georgia. It is possible cougar could still be in parts of ALABAMA the state has around 22 million acres of forest. I know for a fact that their are mountain lion in the south in states like NORTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE, AND KENTUCKY. Try to set out some trail cameras and get some pictures.
Ryan Clark <RCLARK@YAHOO.COM>
FRANKLIN, IN USA

People can say there are no panthers or cougars in alabama, but i beg to differ. On several occasions both my dad and myself have come within 30 feet of them while hunting! people always say its just a coyote or bobcat, but what we saw was not a bobcat or coyote! this cat weighed around 80 pounds and had a long tail. Early one morning I had an up close experience with a panther. He came within 30 feet of me and stopped. It was not a bobcat or coyote. If there are no panthers or cougars in Alabama, then why are there laws protecting against killing these animals. There are several occasions where I could have easily killed these animals, but I really don't want to go to jail!! It is time to give up and admit that these cats roam alabama. I have seen them and I am not lying!
Cason Martin
Mobile, alabama USA

The liosting of different local names were: Couger Mountain Lion Puma Panther catamount. you missed PAINTER
keith <keith@burton-anderson.com>
new berlin, wi USA

Kentucky does have cougar I agree, I have seen one last year in the Land Between the Lakes recreation area. I was in hunting area 8 near Barkely Lake. I am poitive it was a cougar I have hunted here for 35 years and this is the first cougar I have seen, I told LBL staff about the cougar they said they have gotten other sightings recently. I have heard about cougar sightings in LBL before, in fact last month I was talking to a guy about hunting when he said him and his wife saw a cougar while fishing last may on kentucky lake, they said the cougar was on the east shore in LBL. They seemed credible to me , the man had hunted here his whole life and he grew up on a farm in calloway county. The truth is a few cougar are still raoming western kentucky. I have also seen a Black Bear here in western Kentucky over in Butler County, I guess Black bear are moving west into this part of kentucky.I also would not be suprised if a few remenant wolves were not still in part of tennessee and kentucky. But as far as cougar are concerned they are here I promise I have seen one, And I think they have always been here. My father grew up in southeast Kentucky in Harlan County, he says that stories of Couar were common in that area, and he says he saw a cougar behind his house, I fully believe him the area where he grew up is very remote you can walk 7 miles behind his old house before you come to a road, he also said black bear lived around southeast kentucky, even though the dnr said they did not. So I believe cougar have always lived in KENTUCKY.
Brad Milner <Brad@hotmail.com>
Benton , KY USA

I used to work for Peabody Coal Comapany from the early 1970s untill the mid 1990s. I happen to see a WILD COUGAR while working. I saw it walking across a feild one evening when I was leaving my job. The cougar would have been in the area now known as Peabody wildlife management area. I saw it back in the late 1980s. I am sure it was a cougar it was about as big as a yearling deer, and had a tail about 2 or 3 feet long. I hunt and fish in this area alot and have recently heard of many cougar sighings down near butler county kentucky.
Tom Williams <Tom@yahoo.com>
Central City, KY USA

This video is for anyone that may not know that mountain lions / pumas/ cougars can swim long distances across rivers etc. This one crossed a 1km river in Vancouver. If this video doesn't come up simply "Google" search for " Mountain Lion Swims". http://ohiomountainlionwatch.wetpaint.com/video/7491737/Mountain+LIon+swimming+1+km+%21 www.ohiomountainlionwatch.wetpaint.com
Wendell Davenport <wd414152@hotmail.com>
Cincinnati, Ohio USA

The DNR needs to be more open minded when it comes to cougar sightings. They always deny them, but the so called experts are ALWAYS WRONG! For years the DNR denied cougar in states in the east now almost all of those states have had cougar confirmation, you would think the so called experts would learn their lesson. Usually when a species is labled extinct then it will end up being REDICOVERED in a few years. The bottom line is there are not that been people who work for the Dnr so, they cant know every animal that is out there. MOUNTAIN LION COULD EASILY SURVIVE IN KENTUCKY, THERE IS 12 MILLION ACRES OF FOREST WILD ELK, AND DEER, AND OVER 90 PERCENT OF THE STATE IS UNDEVEPED. if mt lion can survive out in southern california with 57 million people, and over 200 people per square mile THEN MT LION CAN SURVIVE IN KENTUCKY, THEY DONT NEED BIG MASSIVE MOUNTAINS TO LIVE IN THEY CAN ADAPT ANYWHER IN FARMLAND AREAS OR IN A MIX OF FARM AND FOREST AREAS, out west where my relatives live in wyoming MT LIONS come in peoples backyards near towns. They dont need to be a hundred miles from town, they can live in your backyard and you may not know it. THE BOTTOM LINE IS COUGAR ARE HERE, THEY ARE A REMINANT POPULATION probably 95 percent of cougar were wiped out of the east and south in the early 1900s but some survived AND OVER TIME THEY HAVE REPRODUCED AND THAT IS WHY THERE ARE SO MANY RECENT SIGHTINGS, COUGAR HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AROUND. THERE MAY ONLY BE A COUPLE DOZEN IN KENTUCKY,THAT IS WHY THERE ARE NO ROAD KILLED COUGARS, WHAT IF THERE WERE ONLY A FEW DOZEN DEER, THEN PEOPLE WOULD NOT HIT ANY DEER, OR SEE ANY DEER EITHER, THEN PEOPLE WOULD THINK THEIR WERE NO DEER, BUT THERE WOULD BE, WELL THATS THE STORY WITH THE MT LIONS, THERE ARE ONLY A FEW DOZEN AROUND. BUT WILD MT LIONS ARE IN KENTUCKY!
RYAN CLARK <RCLARK@YAHOO.COM>
FRANKLIN, IN USA

YES, MOUNTAIN LIONS LIVE IN KENTUCKY, I AM MOVING TO MURRAY KENTUCKY SOON, NEAR KENTUCKY LAKE. THE KDNR HAS SPOTTED COUGAR IN THE MAMMOUTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK, CALL THEM FOR MORE INFO. I ALSO HAVE HEARD ABOUT MT LION IN LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES, I HAVE TALKED TO A LAND DEVELOPER WHO CLAIMS HE HAS SEEN MT LION NEAR PARIS LANDING STATE PARK ON THE KY/TN BORDER OFF OF HIGHWAY 79 20 MILES EAST OF PARIS TN, THIS IS NEXT TO THE 160,000 ACRE KENTUCKY LAKE, AND NEAR THE 170000 ACRE LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES.
RYAN CLARK <RCLARK@YAHOO.COM>
FRANKLIN, IN USA

THIS VIDEO WAS SOMETHING TO SEE. I LIVE IN ROAN MOUNTAIN TENNESSEE UP A ROAD THEY CALL TIGER CREEK. FOR YEARS WE HAVE HAD SIGHTINGS OF THESE BIG CATS. ABOUT A MONTH AGO THERE WAS ONE ABOUT 1/2 MILE FROM MY HOUSE CROSSING THE ROAD IT WAS IN OUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER THEY ARE ALL OVER UP HERE. THEY HAVE MOUNTAINS TO LIVE IN AND DEER TO EAT. THIS VIDEO WAS VERY GOOD AND TO SEE ONE OF THESE CATS IS SOMETHING YOU WILL NEVER FORGET. MY BROTHER ALSO GOT UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH ONE WHEN HE WENT FISHING AT 2:00AM IN THE MORNING AT WATAUGA LAKE HERE IN EAST TENNESSEE. IT WAS UP IN A TREE LOOKING AT HIM AND NEEDLESS TO SAY IT DID NOT TAKE HIM LONG TO HEAD FOR HOME IT SCARED HE TO DEATH HE SAID IT WAS B-I-G AND HE TOOK PICTURES THE NEXT DAY OF WHERE IT SCRATCHED ITS CLAWS ON THE TREE SO IF YOU EVER GET TO SEE ONE ENJOY THE SIGHT BUT NOT TO CLOSE THEY MIGHT BITE LOL THANKS LORI FROM ROAN MOUNTAIN TENNESSEE.
Lori Tester <bearrunner1980@yahoo.com>
Roan Mountain, TN USA

I have personally spoken to 6 individuals that have encountered mountain lions in Kentucky. Several were in the Red River Gorge area.www.ohiomountainlionwatch.wetpaint.com
Wendell Davenport <wd41452@hotmail.com>
Cincinnati, Ohio USA

I am glad you all are reporting KY cougar sightings. I have lived in west KY for 21 years now. I hunt and fish regually. I also have trapped my entire life. I myself have a 1,100 acre property that I hunt located in Butler County Kentucky, near the green river not to far from the West KY Parkway. I have seen dozens of bobcats in my life. But I have also seen a MOUNTAIN LION. I saw it back in 2007 while deer hunting. I am 100% positive it was a MOUNTAIN LION. I saw it coming up a creek bottom about 100 yards away. I watched it for about 30 seconds then it went out of sight. And last week I found tracks that are without a doubt COUGAR TRACKS. I found them on my property while I was hanging my deer stands. I have hunting the last couple days but have yet to see the cougar that left the tracks. But YES, MOUNTAIN LION do live in KENTUCKY!
Dale Davis <DaleDavis@yahoo.com>
Paducah, KY USA

I also have been fortunate enough to see a COUGAR in KY. I say a wild cougar while driving down the Western Kentucky Parkway last month, which was AUGUST of 2009. It was about 2 AM.I was near the Green RIVER around Peabody wildlife management area. This is no suprise to me, the area is very rural and has thousands of deer and wild turkey for cougar to eat. I have grown up here, and I have heard about Cougar sightings for years, this is really nothing new to me. But I also am not suprised at the sightings of cougar in Land between the lakes recreation area (LBL). LBL is huge its over 170,000 acres and has been preserved since the early 1940s. And their is over 500,000 acres of preserved land in WESTERN KY. Not to mention the fact that Kentucky has over 1.7 Million acres preserved, and nearly 12 million acres of forested land.
Mike Miller <Mike@hotmail.com>
Murray , KY USA

YES their are MOUNTAIN LION in southwest Kentucky I myself Have seen A MOUNTAIN LION in LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES NATIONAL RECREATION AREA. I saw the cougar last year while I was turkey hunting in the KENTUCKY portion of LBL. I was hunting just about 1 mile east of KENTUCKY LAKE. I have also heard about MT LIONS in other parts of LBL, and in other places in WESTERN KENTUCKY.
Rick Davis
Benton, KY USA

All of my family members have spotted two very large cats in our community and heard sounds late at night like a baby or woman in destress. I know there are panthes in Misissippi. I live in a rule area mostly woods and the creatures like panthers comes near to our home for water and food.(our chicken, ducks, turkeys ets, come up missing)
Stephanie Gates <snggifts@yahoo.com>
paulding, ms USA

This i believe i have seen two panthers in Union Grove, Alabama
Kaleb Spann <Spann6@hotmail.com>
Union Grove, AL USA

I am moving to MURRAY KENTUCKY soon an have heard many people talk about cougar sightings in the 170,000 acre land between the lakes recreation area. Has anyone seen any cougar here or in the WESTERN KENTUCKY area.
Ryan Clark <RCLARK@YAHOO.COM>
FRANKLIN, IN USA

I have heard about many cougar sightings on the mississippi alabama border around PICKWICK LAKE. and in Hardin county TENNESSEE near pickwick lake I am not surprised the area is very remote, and forested. Back in around 1998 the TN DNR found cougar tracks one of a mother with a cub in the Chattanooga Tennessee area near NICKJACK LAKE which is also not to far from alabama.
Ryan Clark <Rclark@yahoo.com>
Franklin, IN USA

Hi! Wanted to let ya'll know that WE TOO up in North Alabama have seen panthers. The wildlife services all laugh because one hasn't been hit and reported. It only missed my tires by 30 feet - was LARGE - about 4 1/2 feet long and as black as midnight w/o the moon. It still visits my property and my parents' property regularly and has at least one cub. Sounds awful! Makes ALL HAIRS stand up! I spoke with with 2 older persons that lived in my area in the 70's and they said they released a couple to get rid of certain deer overpopulations. real smart, huh? Real people hunters would have been glad to oblige, I think. It kept us from having a funn summer outside with our kids: growled at my husband when he walked by some brush and did not see, was apparently too close to a cub. Thanks for the site.
D. Fowler <fowlerweb@aol.com>
Somerville, Al USA

Yes and it was wild and was the Florida subspecies as well I think. The hunter has not been charged yet at least. Most of the pro cougar organizations are not calling for the hunters head much to my surprise since the Florida Panther is Federally protected. Still waiting to see if the Feds press charges. The law in Georgia does not protect western cougars. It is impossible to tell from sight so after this incident the laws are being looked into to put in changes to protect all panthers so this delima doesn't happen again.
Mike Guerin <omegaman66@cox.net>
Greenwell Springs, La USA

A WILD FLORIDA PANTHER WAS SHOT IN GEORGIA ON THE GEORGIA ALABAMA BORDER, IT WAS THE FIRST FLORIDA PANTHER CONFIRMED IN GEORGIA IN DECADES. DNA RESULTS SHOW IT WAS A WILD PANTHER.
RYAN CLARK <RCLARK@YAHOO.COM>
Franklin , IN USA

There is no doubt that that cat is black, but I have seen a LOT of black housecats. That was not the first.
frank <frankmayfield@msn.com>
quincy, USA

Great site...after being called liar and idiot and a host of other insulting names, I feel I'm not alone. Seen the big black cat twice in my life...looks just like the one in the video with the buck. I challenge anyone to not call that cat black! Haven't seen the black one since 1987, but at my current home, the brown cats are a regular occurance. Again, great site!
JMizell <jimmie.mizell@gmail.com>
USA

A WILD JAGUAR HAS BEEN CONFIRMED IN ARIZONA IT WAS THE FIRST JAGUAR IN THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1905. IT PROBABLY ROAMED INTO THE UNITED STATES FROM MECICO, WHICH IS PROBALY WHAT THE BLACK PANTHER ARE DOING. IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE A WILD BLACK PANTHER IS CONFIRMED.
RYAN CLARK <RCLARK@YAHOO.COM>
FRANKLIN, IN USA

I totally agree that there r Black Panthers 1983 my dad and I were jogging down a lease road on our property and we come around a corner and had one run from a dump in front of us about 4ft lg with a tail about 2.5 ft lg
Rod Mills <mills8996@yahoo.com>
Oilton, Ok USA

DNR have seen cougar in MAMOUTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK IN WEST KENTUCKY if you call their office they will admit KDNR staff has seen cougar in the park.
Ryan Clark <Rclark@yahoo.com>
Franklin, IN USA

I couldn't agree with you more Brenda. These so called experts that have a 4 year degree in Biology and that work for DNR's that drive around in a government issued vehicle that call themselves experts is laughable at times. Hundreds if not thousands of sightings of big cats both "Tawny and Black" can't be overlooked. People are not stupid and I can tell you of many that I have spoken to that were highly offended when they shared their story of seeing a big cat only to be humiliated by a " So Called Wildlife Expert" that said the person was mistaken and must have seen a dog or deer." www.ohiomountainlionwatch.wetpaint.com
W. Davenport <wd41452@hotmail.com>
Cincinnati, Ohio USA

Cougars NEVER left this part of the country-East of the Mississippi. They've been seen by natives in my area through out the history of settlement in our region. Although it is not documented by many photos it is documented in plenty of writings throughout the last two hundred years. Just because no DNR officials seem to be able to spot them while they're driving around in their trucks doesn't mean a lick. We've always had the habitat here in the midwest (yes even EAST of the Mississippi) so why would they ever leave? I live in a very isolated area where we hear them regularly and see them at least 2-5 times a year. My girls thought they were being chased by one last week while riding their bicycles...I'm not sure if it was chasing them or they were chasing the cat (wink), but they got a good look at it AND were pretty shook up as you can imagine. We have bob cats in the area as well. We all know the difference so don't go there. You cannot possibly compare a bobcat to a mountain lion visually... You may not find many scholars in our region or scientists, but the people who live here know the land and what is on it. The work it and hunt it everyday. I think some credit needs to be given to the true wildlife experts who gain their knowledge by experience-- not by book learning in some classroom in the city. Just a sidenote...We also have BLACK cats here in this region of Illinois. I've done the research and understand that black mountain lions are not documented...and yet people are continuously seeing SOMETHING. Whether they are cougars or melanistic jaguars remains to be seen, but they ARE here. My husband has seen one twice within a mile of our home...my daughter saw it cross through a fence and noted the LONG, THICK tail that seemed to go on forever. Two of our neighbors have also seen a black one at different times...it was within ten feet of them as a matter of fact. They were sitting in tree stands during deer season and the animal walked right underneath them. We WILL get a picture of a black, one of these days and I can't wait to say "I told you so" to all of the nay sayers!
Brenda <equine75@yahoo.com>
Rushville, IL USA

Cougar have not been officialy confirmed at LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES but they probably do live there. Acording to the Dyersburg Tennessee gazette john vinroot did his own study and confirmed a wild mt lion in Land Between the lakes national recreation area in southwest Kentucky. I think cougar could still be roaming this area there is plenty habitat and thousands of deer to eat. In east Kentucky there is even over 10,000 wild elk for the cougar to eat and millions of acrs of habitat. GO TO GOOGLE, THEN TYPE IN KENTUCKY ELK POPULATION.COM
Ryan Clark
Franklin, IN USA

There is a lot of misconceptions playing out across the USA as to cougars/mountain lions in the east. As far is known, NO evidence exists of big cats in Land Between the Lakes, although 100s of sightings have been reported. CONFIRMED proof in way of pictures does exist of a cougar cub being killed by a car on Hippo Hill in Floyd Co, KY in 1997. Evidence CONFIRMED evidence of WILD, NATIVE cougars/pumas do exist in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina, Tennessee, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin & Minnesota. The primary reason most evidence has not been placed on the internet is do to irresponsible individuals or what I call hackers who reload evidence, then redistribute pictures of (evidence) as occurring in states where the incident did NOT occur. This hacking of such evidence is confusing the issues & evidence confirmations. Such events help the cause of policy-making state wildlife officials. There is a huge assortment of proper evidence, some from retired wildlife personnel which should convince people, of current cougar populations in at least 15 of the 26 eastern states.
John A Lutz <epuma@hardynet.com>
Maysville, WV USA

Just thought I would add to the other comments about seeing a cougar in Illinois. We live on the south east edge of Marshall, IL. I saw a young cougar walk out of the corn field across the road from us this morning (01 AUG 09). I called the police since it wandered into town but they didn't seem convinced. He said the state released some bobcats not long ago and thought it might be one. I don't think it is THAT difficult to tell a bobcat from a cougar!
Brian <mycrofte61@hotmail.com>
Marshall, IL USA

I really wish I had a camera on me. I was driving home about 20 mins. ago still daylight and I had to slow down because a Cougar/moutain lion whatever you call it ran across the road with a cub in her mouth dropped the cub on the side of the road and they both took off.. Im almost 35 years old and I have never in my life seen anything like this before where I live..It was on Cities Servie HWY. I hope someone else in this area has seen this before to prove to myself and others what I saw...
Kayla <frmthebayou@yahoo.com>
Sulphur, La USA

Did anyone catch the " Black Cat" special on the History Channel last night? www.ohiomountainlionwatch.wetpaint.com
Wendell <wd41452@hotmail.com>
Cincinnatti, Ohio USA

If you cannot tell this is a coyote, or german shepherd you need glasses. The first thing I noticed was the sharp, pointed ears.
Bill <rebelyell@gmail.com>
Jackson, MS USA

BLACK CATS ARE NOT NATIVE TO AMERICA, BUT I THINK SO MANY HAVE BEEN RELEASED THAT THEY HAVE BEGUN TO BREEED. ALSO SOME MAY BE MOVING TO AMERICA FROM CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA BY MIGRATION, THE OSCELATE CAT AND THE JAGRUNDI CAT HAVE ROMED TO AMERICA OVER THE PAST YEARS SO MAYBE THE BLACK PANTHER HAVE DONE THE SOME.
RYAN CLARD <RCALRK@YAHOO.COM>
FRANKLIN, IN USA

I AM MOVING TO HENRY COUNTY TENNESSEE SOON NEAR PARIS AND THE 160,000 ACRE KENTUKCY LAKE. I KNOW FOR A FACT THERE ARE STILL A FEW WILD REMENANT COGAR IN THAT AREA, I HAVE TALKED TO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEEN THEM IN WEST KENTUKY AND IN THE TENNESSEE PORTION OF LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES NATIOAL RECREATION AREA. COUGAR COULD HAVE EASILY SURVIVED IN TN/KY OVER THE YEARS THE COMBINED STATES HAVE AROUND 26 MILLION ACRES OF FOREST. COUGAR ALSO HAVE LIVED IN THE APPALACION MTS FOREVER THEY HAVE NEVER LEFT, THERE IS STILL TENS OF MILLIONS OF ACRES OF FORESTED LAND IN THE APPALACION MT REGION. GO TO WEST TENNESSEE COUGAR SIGHTINGS.COM
RYAN CLARK <RCLARK@YAHOO.COM>
FRANKLIN, IN USA

If there are no mountain lions or panthers etc. in all these states why are they protected species in the hunting regulations? Why do the "experts" so vehemently denie the reports and why do people report sightings now when they just lived with the cats around before? The facts are these big cats, black or not, are in all the lower 48 but the governments denie it so as to protect them from those horrible hunters. Just in case some one is a smart aleck and kills one to prove the government is wrong they make killing them illegal. For years farmers have killed them and wolves in the south and buried them, mum is the word, when these predators have become a problem. Now common folk that hunt or hike or just enjoy outdoors and not farm see these predators and they get offended by "experts" on tv and start reporting when ever they see them which causes "experts" to denie existence even more. In the swamps of south alabama in the 1980's lived large black cats, I won't tell where because if they are still there I don't want any one hunting them. But if the "experts" will contact me I will gladly tie them to a tree in those swamps and video them peeing all over themselves when a big black cat screams in the night like a woman being murdered. They will pee!
Ken Bostrom <baldwinco@scottsboro.org>
scottsboro, al USA

Mr. Mayfield you seem to be a cynical type person. But, at "leasy" you could get a computer with " Spell Check." Have a nice Day :)
W. Davenport <wd41452@hotmail.com>
Cincinnati, Ohio USA

Things just got funnier here. I would like to see the study that John Lutz has done on Big Cats. If he is a serious researcher he has published a study in a reputable magazine. I want to at the very leasy read the abstract of that study.
frank <frankmayfield@msn.com>
Quincy, il USA

Around 2006 in rural part of bedford co. a large cat crossed the road in front of my truck, leaped a fence and stood as if to pose . this was indeed a cougar, I know my animals. he was tan with a white belly and black around his whiskers, length about 5ft, weight average was 100-120lbs my daugther had one crouch down by the road the morning of june 16 and then it leaped out 4ft from her car cleared the whole road and this cat was tan as well. I questioned her thinking she had seen a bobcat . she described this animal and called off all the species of big cats, and told me she know this cat was a cougar.
walter phillips <wphilli8@att.net>
wartrace, tn USA

Wow, I too am honored to have someone of your stature post on my humble website. There may be some truth to cougars in the east are not immigrants from the Midwest, but there ample evidence that the cougars showing up in the south, and Midwest all up the central Mississippi valley are indeed immigrating in from other populations and not resident populations. Most corpse are of dispersing males, and some have even been cougars known from other populations such as South Dakato are from further west.
Mike Guerin <omegaman66@cox.net>
Greenwell Springs, La USA

Wow! Thank you to John Lutz, What a honor to have arguably the most renowned mountain lion / cougar expert in the US chiming in to The Jump.Net ... John, was recently featured on the National Geographic special on "Black Cats" which many from this website watched on national TV recently.John has been studying and researching these majestic animals since 1965.
W. Davenport <wd41452@hotmail.com>
Cincinnati, Ohio USA

Cougars are NOT moving east from the midwest. Ancestors of the cougars seen in the east today, were the cougars Bruce S. Wright, Prof. Harold Hitchcock & Frank Weed identified thru track evidence in eastern Canada, New England & the Southeast States in the mid-1900s. Additional evidence the cougar's presence was provided by field studies of this writer in the Mid-Atlantic States in mid 1960s. More recently, videos & tracks confirmed as cougar have been found by field researchers & ID by professional animal trackers in Maine, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Va, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin & Minnesota. For more data & evidence on current presence of cougars/mountain lions in eastern North America, contact us at epuma@hardynet.com
John A. Lutz <epuma@hardynet.com>
Maysville, WV USA

In addition to your pictures, we also have an array of actual cougar photos & their tracks in multiple eastern states. There is NOT the slightest doubt,WILD, NATIVE cougars or mountain lions have been reinhabiting eastern forests for well over 65 years. To further discuss this subject, U can reach us at epuma@hardynet.com or thru our website: www.easternpumaresearch.com
John A. Lutz <epuma@hardynet.com>
Maysville, WV USA

During the summer of 2008, there was also a tan colored big cat,about 120 lbs... cougar I suppose....that had been hit and killed on the west bound side of I-40 between Jackson and Memphis. We passed it, turned around at the next exit and went back again. We slowed down to get a good look at it and it was indeed a huge tan cougar-type cat.
Peggy <plcox7182@aol.com>
Robertsdale, Al USA

I just moved here from northwest Tennessee, lived there about 5 years in a small town between Camden and Paris. I lived in the country and HEARD THE SCREAMS of the big cats and also SAW A VERY LARGE BLACK CAT! I don't know if it was a cougar, panther, or what kind but it was a HUGE black cat about 100 ft from the road. The field was full of tall wheat so there was no mistake that it was black...and if it was a house cat, then he had the longest legs in the history of house cats because it's body was plainly seen over the top of the wheat! Both my grandson and I saw it, I turned the car around and went back and it was still walking slowly across the field. I turned around again and this time he was walking back a fence line toward the woods. THREE times we saw this black cat and at just 100 ft there was also no mistake that it was NOT a house cat as we plainly could see the huge-ness of it's sleek muscular body. Also numerous times during the night we have heard the screams of big cats in the woods behind our house. A friend of my son's spent the night once and during the night heard one scream. They went out on the porch and started screaming back....and this cat came right down to the back corner of the house (after the boys came in of course!) The dogs were going wild but being little inside dogs we didn't let them out. When we first moved there, I had no idea there were big cats in Tennessee until I started hearing strange screams, so I looked it up online....and found the website about cougar sightings in West Tennessee....blew my mind!!! So I don't care WHAT the "experts" say.....they are HERE and they ate HUGE and they ARE BLACK!!!!!!!
Peggy <plcox7182@aol.com>
Robertsdale, Al USA

Some of you crack me up. When the cougar population is increased and you start to lose your pet dog and or cats. When you go out for a walk and carry a stick while walking your dog, and a big kitty cat comes over and could care less about you stick, it just wants to kill and eat your dog. I am a hunter and could show you picas of these cats but I won't cause if they see me and stalk me then it is my turn to stalk them. I do not poach but I will not tolerate my farm animals being killed cause the state says there is no big wild cats in our area. Bull.
Dave Porter <dtfreshair@yahoo.com>
Parsons, WV USA

some people from ohio bought some land in a place call redlick,Ky.My job is put in water lines,this place called red lick is in the middle of no where.Has I was going this a black cat crossed in front of me.At first I notice he was a lot bigger than a house cat then I saw his tale it almost has long has his body and look like he weigh 40 to 50 pound. I know what I saw I had house cats all my life this was no house cat.Red lick is about 5 miles from my house
tim morris
breeding, ky USA

Cougar lure is used. It is made of cougar urine. You might try a trapping website. Do you have any pictures of the injuries to your horses? Could you email them to me?
Mike Guerin <omegaman66@cox.net>
Greenwell Springs, La USA

I hope someone could give me some helpful feed back. In the spring of March/ April 2008 I had 2 horses due to foal. As a crow flies I live approx. 2 miles from the Pearl River, which is normally rising from the northern snow melt. During this time I had a pony of mine get brutally attacked by what the Veternarian claimed to be a very large cat. He said the bite marks were two large to be a bobcat, coyote, dog or anything other than a large cat. There were very large sets of claw marks covering the entire backside of this pony. The ponies neck was also covered with claw marks, more like 1/8" to 1/4" in depth. when all was said in done I could put my hand in one side of her mane and out the other. It was a good 6 months of extensive therapy to fully recover from her wounds. Meanwhile my 2 mares had foaled with no foals to be found! The Vet came out and examined the mares and said they had foaled, but could not explain the disappearance of the foals. So I bred the mares again last June, which would make them foal May, early June at latest. Well the first mare was full term and delivered once again, but no foal was to be found. Now my other mare which carries later has foaled and once again has delivered, according to the Vet, but there is no foal to be found. This is extremely disappointing 2 years in a row for this to have happened. Another thing to note is that both mares were locked in stalls at night and turned out only for the day under suppervision in a 3 acre field. My neighbor about 3 years ago was mowing his yard and came within 35 yards from what he describes as a very large chocolate colored cat, weighing about 50 to 70 lbs., with a very long tail curling at the end. If you speek to the old timers in the area they will all tell me tales of there being cats around the area. I have exhausted so much effort, but getting no where. The MSDWFP told me to shoot it. Are there ways to bait such an animal? I am desperate to do something, I have small children and if there are such cats in the area, I feel something should be done. After doing some research in Spring of 2008 there were 5 other case of ponies within a 30 mile area that had also been attacked by something very large. If there is any feedback you could give it would be appreciated. thank for listing, Lynda Kauzlarich
Lynda Kauzlarich
Carriere, Ms USA

This is the time of year when the cougar offspring leave their mothers to venture off into the real world by themselves.They have been taught by their mother how to effectively attack prey, deer, rabbits etc.Sub adult or rabid cats are usually the ones that are being seen by exposing themselves out from the cover of the woods or forest. Locally, here in Hamilton County, Ohio we have had a rash of sightings. A local Sheriff Deputy and his wife were grilling out in their backyard when a mountain lion / cougar came out of the woods and was clearly observed by the officer and his wife. These kind of sightings are becoming common place. www.ohiomountainlionwatch.wetpaint.com
W. Davenport <wd41452@gmail.com>
Cincinnati, Ohio USA

I too saw the program on the history channel just now... I must say, I'm convinced... the fact that 2 out of 3 pieces of evidence were unexplainable or favored the theory of their existence was enough to make me believe.
John <niagrafal51@yahoo.com>
Cloquet, MN USA

when i say jaguars look like female lions i mean their body structure. their head. their face. how it is shaped. cougars heads and faces are more compact and rounded
tim mcintire <mcintire.tim@gmail.com>
ft worth, tx USA

im totally blown away right now. there was a documentary i just saw on the history channel with all these people acting like they do not exist. as if its like bigfoot or something. when i was a child between 22-25 years ago my mother and i saw one run from the side of the road by my grandfathers farm in velma oklahoma. it was really cool but no one thought it was that big of a deal. two of my uncles have seen one and so has my cousin. i am sure that many many more people in velma have seen one. it is NOT a jaguar. it is a cougar. also known as puma panther and mountain lion.jaguars are bigger. they look like a female lion.. they have a bigger snout. cougars are more flat faced rounded heads... so what we saw was not a black jaguar. im freaked out to find out that this sighting is such a big deal. wikopedia says that cougars are extinct in texas and oklahoma.. that is also a bunch of crap. endangered yes, extinct no. just a few weeks ago my cousin and i saw tracks of a mountain lion on the banks of the red river. it was not a bob cat.. way too big... not a dog or coyote.. the tracks were round... not like k9 tracks where the toe is pointed. they were of a cat. obviously enough time has not been spent researching this animal. it was either a black cougar or maybe some hybrid that was bread with a jaguar, introducing the black gene into the animal. all i know for certain is the body structure is exactly like a cougar, not a jaguar! the person from choctaw is not crazy and he has not mistaken what he has seen. i would bet my life he saw the exact same breed of animal that i saw. if just minimal effort was made i am sure one will be captured... i think the problem is, most people dont know how rare it is... i didnt. i just knew that it was an endangered animal and a very rare color of the endangered cougar. i didnt nor did anyone else realize that there are people claiming that they do not exist. argh. this really ticks me off
tim mcintire <mcintire.tim@gmail.com>
ft worth, tx USA

I thought I had posted this earlier. Here's the original photo of the mountain lion. http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j308/enetconsignments/mountain_lion_sc58.jpg
Todd Macko <ftmacko@aol.com>
Brandon, Ms USA

Here's the photo that the cam picture in question was photo shopped from. Tsk...Tsk! http://s83.photobucket.com/albums/j308/enetconsignments/?action=view¤t;=mountain_lion_sc58.jpg
Todd Macko <ftmacko@aol.com>
Brandon, Ms USA

The old cliche "Follow the Money" definitely applies when it comes to endangered species such as Mountain lions / Cougars. If lions or cougars are legitimized by confirmed sightings $$$$ Millions of dollars of new construction could potentially be halted or deterred based on lawsuits from the animal rights folks for endangered species.Tax monies would dry up or be reduced so there are many variables involved in the "Confirmation" of animals.If you get a chance please read the book " Beast in the Garden"
W. Davenport <wd41452@gmail.com>
Cincinnati, Ohio USA

How many of those sightings have been confirmed by groups like the Eastern Cougar Network? Most people trust them.
frank <frankmayfield@msn.com>
quincy, il USA

In mammals there have always been "Albinos and Melanism" so to say that black cougars don't or can't exist is being gullible at best. We at the www.ohiomountainlionwatch.wetpaint.com took over 100 credible cougar / mountain lion reports last year and numerous reports were of black cougars. Reports from park rangers, fire fighters, animal rescue personnel and common citizens with no axe to grind with anyone. No hidden agendas etc. And " Yes" the authorities play most of them down with excuses that the person actually mistook the "big cat" seen as a deer or dog which in our opinion is irresponsible on their part.The state of Michigan denied for 50 years that they had cougars. Today they have signs posted in their Parks stating for people to be cautious and that they could be in cougar habitat.
Wendell Davenport <wd41452@gmail.com>
Cincinnati, Ohio USA

Could we see that picture?
frank <frankmayfield@msn.com>
fowler, il USA

Show the picture. People always claim to have that clear picture, but they never show it.
frank <frankmayfield@msn.com>
quincy, il USA

Your levity is well taken Frank. A Jaguarundi is much smaller than a cougar or panther as a adult. Your statement on melanistic cougars is well taken as well but,not definitive. You may not have read in a journal or personally observed a black cougar / panther? but I have a friend that has a photo of one taken with a trail cam next to a deer kill in southwest Ohio.
Wendell Davenport <wd41452@hotmail.com>
Cincinnati, Ohio USA

Let's see Wendell. A melAnistic cougar....Never been verified. Or a jaguarundi. Seriously, how sad would it be if people could not tell the difference in size. Oh wait, this is what most of you would do: http://www.freep.com/article/20090515/NEWS04/905150422?imw=Y
frank <frankmayfield@msn.com>
quincy, il USA

I agree with you Mike. This is obviously a melonistic cougar, black panther or possibly a Jaguarundi. www.ohiomountainlionwatch.wetpaint.com
Wendell Davenport <wd41452@gmail.com>
Cincinnati, Ohio USA

So your saying someone went through the trouble to fake a video of a small house cat? Hope your not an umpire. Clearly the cat is larger than a house cat. It is house cat size BEFORE taking into account that it is well beyond the deer.
Mike Guerin <omegaman66@cox.net>
Greenwell Springs, LA USA

Wow, I see bigger cats in my neighbor's yard daily. That video is about as fake as it gets.
frank <frankmayfield@msn.com>
quincy, il USA

I have to disagree. The black cat is well beyond the deer. That cat will be smaller in the picture because of that. Things look smaller and smaller the further away they are. Now if you use a paint program and cut the black cat out of the picture and place it on the deer (bringing it forward without enlarging it) the black cat is the size of a very very large cat. Which means with ANY enlargement the cat would be too large to be a house cat. House cats just don't get that big, feral or not.
Mike Guerin <omegaman66@cox.net>
Greenwell Springs, LA USA

First, I would like to know what type of deer that is. If it is a White Tailed Deer, as is common in Alabama, the cat is quite possibly a house cat, for lack of better terminology. It must be understood that when a feral cat colony develops, The cats tend to get progressively bigger with generations. This is at the very least a very large black feral cat. But without knowing for sure the species of deer, I hesitate to say that it is not a panther. It is just unlikely that that cat is a panther.
Renea Perry <reneaperry1@hotmail.com>
Colorado Springs, CO USA

I don't see any evidence anywhere reference a confirmation in LBL.I'm optimistic but I like to see credible evidence. I don't see any at this point.
Wendell Davenport <wd41452@gmail.com>
Cincinnati, Ohio USA

Tell us more about the John Vinroot confirmation of a cougar in LBL, Ryan. Where can we see the evidence?
Helen <helenmcginnis@frontiernet.net>
Harman, WV USA

A COUGAR WAS CONFIRMED IN WEST TENNESSEE RECENTLY IN LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES.BISON AND ELK HAVE BEEN REINTRODUCED INTO TENNESSEE.
Ryan Clark <rclark@yahoo.com>
Franklin , IN USA

It was freaken awsome I thought they were exticted.
nath
Texas USA

A COUGAR was confirmed in LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES NATIONAL RECREATIONAL AREA BY JOHN VINROOT OF THE EASTERN COUGAR NETWORK, THIS IS IN WESTERN KENTUCKY AND WESTERN TENNESSEE.
Ryan Clark <RCLARK@YAHOO.COM>
Franklin , IN USA

This video does not surprise me. I've been hearing and seeing these big cats in Pike and Coffee counties in Alabama for the past 40 years. I've also seen the brown or tan ones as well as the dark grey ones. I saw a dark grey one with a kitten about 2 months ago.
Frank Paul <ironhog331@gmail.com>
Semmes, AL USA

I saw a black cougar like this or maybe a black bobcat in Québec, Canada. The scientists in Canada tells that it doesn't exists here. I wish to have some informations about it please. Thanks!
Jimmy Turcotte <hiddenj_00@hotmail.com>
Québec, Québec Canada

on DECEMBER 22, 2008 A 800POUND HORSE was killed by a COUGAR in CHURCHVILLE WEST VIRGINIA, PICS OF THE DEAD HORSE WERE TAKEN, AND COUGAR TRACKS WERE FOUND.THE CLAW MARKS MATCH THAT OF A COUGAR AND HORSES OWNER SAID THEY SEEN A COUGAR KILL THE HORSE.
RYAN CLARK <RCLARK@YAHOO.COM>
FRANKLIN, IN USA

I know this is a COUGAR SIGHT but I just wanted to say their have also been a few WILD BLACK BEAR CONFIRMED IN WEST TENNESSEE RECENTLY.And their have been several sightings of bear in WESTERN KENTUCKY TOO!
RYAN CLARK <RCLARK@YAHOO.COM>
FRANKLIN, IN USA

A man by the name of JOHN VINROOT who is trained in identifying wild animals has confirmed a WILD COUGAR in LAND BETWEEN the LAKE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA! A 170,000 acre area in southwest KENTUCKY and northwest Tennessee.There has been 28 trail cameras set up to confirm COUGAR in this preserve. The EASTERN COUGAR NETWORK and JOHN VINROOT say their are prabably around 50-75 WILD COUGAR in the GREAT SMOKEY MTS NATIONAL PARK. According to John vinroot a WILD COUGAR was confirmed there in the late 1970s, but the DNR denied it. The truth is the DNR knows there is a WILD POPULAION OF COUGAR IN TENNESSEE, but they are afraid to admit it in fear of loosing money from tourism,hiking, camping etc. Their have been claw marks on cows,and horses, and tracks found in the state.Several college professors who teach wildlife classes have seen Cougar over the years around the state. A professor from a museum of natural history had reported seeing a cougar in the SMOKEY MTS. Their is a interesting website called WWW.WEST TENNESSEE COUGAR SIGHTINGS.COM I hope you will all find this interesting.
RYAN CLARK <RCLARK@YAHOO.COM>
FRANKLIN, IN USA

If you are in the State of AL and have your sites on one of these black panthers... better bury him deep or make sure there is a tranquilizer in that piece. I might be wrong, but these animals were first sited in 1860 by a naturalist. It is not sure if they are a species jaguar or descendants of animals brought over here and accidentally freed by Europeans or settlers and they bred. Who knows. Even a zoologist at the B'ham Zoo admits their existence and said no one can get dna to sample. They are smaller than Central American jaguar, she did say that is certain. For some reason, if they are all jaguar, they are a strain that are all black. There maybe a very old law on the Alabama books that protect these cats. I would check into it before....
Melissa <MEWertz@earthlink.net>
AL USA

Good video. I have heard about them all my life. The scream like a woman. My mom and I saw a kitten/cub on Monte Sano Mountain Spring Break of 1978. We were hiking the trails and gotten off the beaten path. It was the size of a medium/large dog, rounded ears, long tail & long body. Not like any house cat. It was young and it was big! And it was playing in the clearing with a moth or a butterfly like a kitten. When it saw us, it just stared at us with these glowing yellow/green eyes and they walked behind a bush to disappear. My mother turned and took off for the trail as fast as she could saying "let's go!" I wanted to hang around and go after the cat. Then my mom said, "You and I both know that was no ordinary house cat, it is a kitten and it's mother is watching us! She is BIG!...." My mom was raised on a farm. Hiked & wandered woods all her life. She had heard about them, but it was the first time she had seen one.
Melissa <MEWertz@earthlink.net>
AL USA

I agree COUGAR could also live in OHIO especially southeastern OHIO. It is belived the most likely states that have a REMENANT COUGAR POPULAION are VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA,and PENNSYLVANIA. I think any place in the APPALACIAN MTS. could have REMENANT COUAGAR the DNR in Shenandoah NP belive WILD COUGAR now live in the park, of course they have always lived their.Hundreds of people in and around the GREAT SMOKEY MOUNTANS NP have reported cougar DNR will not admit they are afraid if people here this they will not hunt, fish,camp, or hike in that area,and they will loose money. There are many ways reasons people see cougar in the east. THEY ARE-pets are released/escape, WILD COUGAR are moving into the east from the west.and THERE IS A REMENENT WILD POPULATION OF COUGAR IN THE EAST THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN HERE.It is not either or all of these are reasons people see cougar in the east. I am moving to the MURRAY Kentucky area in 6 months. There are dozens of credible cougar sightings in southwest kentucky, maybe I will be one of the lucky ones to see one.
Ryan Clark <Rclark@yahoo.com>
Franklin , IN USA

It doesn't matter if they are or some of the cougars are released pets. I guess we don't have any deer either since most are the offspring of transplanted deer. Bottom line is it doesn't matter if the wild cougar you see was once in a cage. Who really cares why the cougar is running wild. And when people report cougars it is pretty rare for then to report that the cougar they saw was having sex. Never seen that mentioned, so why is that subject always brought up by the government employees.
Mike Guerin
Greenwell Springs, La USA

I agree with you Ryan with no disrespect to the Alabama Game Warden.The DNR in Michigan denied for 50 years that there were no cougar/ mountain lions in their state until one of their park officials was stalked by one in the woods. Subsequent to that occurrence along with hundreds of other signs and sightings by credible witnesses ie Law Enforcement, Park Rangers, ie visual sightings, scat, scrapes, and unique deer kills. Michigan currently has signs posted in their state parks advising visitors of possible cougar habitat.I live in southwest Ohio and belong to a animal tracking group that has been seeing signs of cougar/ mountain lions for over 20 years.The DNR in Ohio denies their existence as well.I have a relative that lives next to a Game Warden that had a cougar cross in front of his vehicle in southwest Ohio. He mentioned it to my relative off the record and stated that "cougar are here but the DNR doesn't know for sure how many." Please check out www.ohiomountainlionwatch.wetpaint.com
Wendell Davenport <wd41452@gmail.com>
Cincinnati, Ohio USA

I think there could easily still be a wild remnant population of cougar in the eastern and soutern U.S. The dnr do not know what is out there they have been wrong over 100 times on other species. There are over 100 species that the dnr has said is extinct AND A FEW YEARS LATER SOMEONE ENDES UP REDISCOVERING THEM such as the woodpecker in Arkansas. There could even be FLORIDA PANTHER in parts of the south other than Florida, AND THE DNR WOULD NOT KNOW!The dnr says there are know bear in west kentucky/tennessee but recently some wild BLACK BEAR have been confirmed. There is no differnce in east/west KY/TN to a bear it is all connected ANIMALS DO NOT OBEYED BY THE DNR BOUNDRYS!
Ryan Clark <rclark@yahoo.com>
Franklin, IN USA

THIER MAY BEE COUGAR IN ALABAMA EVEN IF DNR SAYS THERE ARE NOT.THE DNR IS ALWAYS WRONG ABOUT THIS THEY SAID THERE WERE NONE IN THE EASTERN US, WELL NOW 10 STATES IN THE EAST HAVE CONFIRMED WILD COUGARS NOT PET! THEERE ARE NOT EVEN THAT MANY WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST IN ALABAMA THEERE ARE ONLY A FEW PER 3 OR 4 COUNTIES THEY COULD NOT KNOW EVERY ANIMAL THAT IS OUT THEIR. THERE ARE 23 MILLION ACRES OF FOREST IN ALABAMA AND ONLY A FEW GAME WARDENS AND BIOLOGIST AROUND THERY DO NOT KNOW EVERY ANIMAL THAT IS IN 23 MILLION ACRES OF FOREST THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE THEY NEED TO LISTEN TO THE MILLIONS OF HUNTERS AND OUTDOORSMEN WHO ARE IN EVERY CORNER OF THE STATE THEY KNOW WHAT IS OUT THERE MORE THEN A FEW DOZEN GAME WARDENS AND BIOLOGIST.
RYAN CLARK <RCLARK@YAHOO.COM>
FRANKLIN, IN USA

Look, my husband is the head Game Warden of the state of Alabama... while is is the chief enforcement officer, he is also a wildlife biologist by academic training. He tells me that there IS NO BREEDING POPULATION of black OR normal-colored cougars/mountain lions/panthers/painters/whatever in Alabama! I think he knows what he is talking about. He doesnt deny folks occasionally SEE them, but the ALDCNR Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division's intrepid game wardens and wildlife biologists CANNOT find evidence of a breeding population which MEANS they are illegally released pets. If you want to call him and talk to the Chief Game Warden of Alabama personally, email me privately and I'll give you his personal desk or our home phone # for goodness sake! Sheesh!
Shannon Andress <andresh@auburn.edu>
Montgomery, AL USA

I liked your black cat picture. Probably 10-15 years ago, Lamar Marshal of Wild South was called out to someone's farm in Lawrence County Alabama regarding a large black cat sighting. He has a video of it. He recently moved to Franklin North Carolina to work for the Southern Appalachain Biodiversity Project which is based out of Asheville North Carolina. I don't have his new number, but you might be able to find it and get a copy of the video. Wild South still maintains an office in Moulton Alabama in Lawrence County as well.
Ken Wills <memontei@aol.com>
Hoover, AL USA

Chris Capps (comment below) on al.rodngun.com the first and third picture you posted are bogus and are from well known cougar territory. I have never seen the second picture before.
MIke Guerin <omegaman66@cox.net>
Central, La USA

I saw these game cam pictures on Alabama Rod N Gun Website. You might be able to email the guy who posted to get more info. http://al.rodngun.com/potb/PicView.asp?PicID=114981 http://al.rodngun.com/potb/PicView.asp?PicID=115890 http://al.rodngun.com/potb/PicView.asp?PicID=114980 I belive they are out there. The old man who works the railroad bridge in Eutaw alabama say he has seen one a few times from way up in his tower.
Chris Capps <chriscapps004@gmail.com>
Tuscaloosa, al USA

Cougar have know been confirmed in Illinois, West virginia, New York, Maine, Missouri, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Wisconson, Minnesota, and in Massachutsas, Several sightings occur each year in all the other eastern states. I KNOW COUGAR LIVE IN KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE I KNOW PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEEN THEM AND THEY KNOW WHAT THEY SAW IF THEY SAY THEY SAW A COUGAR THAN THEY SAW A COUGAR PERIOD!
RYAN CLARK <RCLARK@YAHOO.COM>
FRANKLIN, IN USA

Someone please shoot a cougar in MS so it will be proven that one did exist here.
GT
MS USA

Can we say Photoshop!
RT
MS USA

I know cougar live in KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE I know there are dnr staff at MAMMOUTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK in KENTUCKY who told me they have seen cougar inside the park. cougar probably live in various parts of the South, I have heard of many sighints in the PICKWICK LAKE AREA, and in the KENTUCKY LAKE area of western TENNESSEE. Black Bear have also been seen recently in the northwest Tennessee area.
RYAN CLARK <rclark@yahoo>
FRANKLIN , IN USA

I seen one in Bibb county Alabama. I was rding my dirtbike at my house in Centreville. I was goin down the road when i noticed sumthin big and black to my right running beside me about 30 yards. It looked like at was about 6 feet in full stride, then it crossed 20 yards in front of me. My neighbor has also seen it. She had about 90 rabbits and they all dissapeared. One night the dogs where barking and she looked outside and there was a big black cat carryin a rabbit off in it's mouth.
Adam Freeman <maf0008@auburn.edu>
centreville , Al USA

Last year 2008, First week in March I saw not one but two Black panthers, same time together.One very large the other about half the size. Yes I say black Panthers because one black off strain cougar is super rare.For 30 Min. I watched them while I fumbeled with my wifes dead battery camera. I did manage to get one long range shot not of the cats but after putting this on my computer enlarged it enough to see a man standing in the woods on top of the hill what seemed to me he was waiting for the cats to return to him. I can't let my grand children play outside alone anymore.Game commision says they didn't bring them in and they don't exist. If they don't exist then if I shoot one how can I be punished? My Grand kids come first. Ps. got a new camera and box of shells.Havn't decided which I'd shoot first if I see the PANTHERS again. Depends, If the kids are around I quess. People should not have these animals as pets!
David <do_u_hoo@yahoo.com>
Little Marsh, PA USA

I had always heard that there may be Cougars in my area of South Mississippi and there have been sightings at Stennis Space Center of a large "cat-like" creature that may be a cougar. To add to that, this weekend (Saturday) we were walking one of the trails in our five acres and ran across a print. At first we were thinking black bear, but after taking pictures and comparing to bear and cougar, it is clearly a cougar. The spread of the print is about 5 1/2 inches, too large for a bobcat. There is no doubt in my mind, regardless of wildlife and fisheries protestations to the contrary, that cougars are alive and well in this area. If you would like me to send you a picture of the print, email me and I will send. Thanks
Tracy <geekygirl63@yahoo.com>
Pass Christian, MS USA

In Dec., 09, I along with a friend clearly saw a long tail, black cat when we stopped at the intersection of Marengo County Roads 53 & 30. County Road 53 runs between Lamison and Thomaston, AL. and is commonly called the Whitehall Road. The cat stepped out in the road (County Road 30), stopped and looked at us from a distance of approximately 50 yards. After the cat crossed the road and disappeared into the woods, we looked at each other in amazement and both acknowledged what we had observed. It has been a conversation piece since that time.
Gary Smallwood <gary.smallwood@uop.com>
Saraland, al USA

Malinda, cougars don't put their prey in trees so the cat that did that would have to be an escaped African leopard, which isn't unheard of. With regard to the deer in the video. It might appear to be stupid behavior but it is not and it is typical. To make a kill a big cat has to get close. As long as the deer can see and keep track of the cat the deer is safe. By standing his ground while the cat crosses the food plot the deer can keep track of the cat, not entice the cat to chase by running away, get a better idea of where the big predator is going and what it is likely to do next. You can bet your bottom dollar that as soon as the cat entered the far side of the food plot that the deer vacated the premises.
Mike Guerin <omegaman66@cox.net>
Greenwell Springs, La USA

We have seen this EXACT same creature in central MS. We have 86 acres and about a 3 acrea pond in a hollow. Well, the cat put a fawn it had killed up in the tree! I watched it at dusk one evening jump a fence, hit the middle of the dirt road in one leap and was gone! The tail is as long as the cat! Not to mention the "screaming" this thing did at night. The coon hunting dogs had enough sense NOT to get out from under the truck! I will say that the deer in your video is awfully brave or stupid to linger around this bad boy.
Malinda Sanders <m.m.sanders@gmail.com>
Ethel, MS USA

Picture is up! http://www.thejump.net/multimedia/cougar/louisiana-tangipahoa-cougar.htm
omegaman66
Greenwell Springs, La USA

Picture real soon. I have a picture of cougar and the picture is from Tangipahoa parish!!! Will add it to the website real soon. Tied up at work till 6pm today.
omegaman66 <omegaman66@cox.net>
Greenwell Springs, La USA

bamawrx and John Dow Would like to talk to you about the cats. Contact 251 769 3287 or gvm@millry.net
Glenn McDaniel <gvm@millry.net>
Chatom, Al USA

Hey i have been hearing yal talk about these big black panthers i think it is pretty cool. I have a picture of a huge one on my deer camera last year. I have seen it several times but i only have one picture of it. The picture was took in Hamilton Alabama.
Blake Inmon <*******@hotmail.com>
hamilton, al USA

i have seen this cat 6 times and boy is it big it runs off all the deer and killed some cows around here good luck dealing with this
hunter peters
ozark, al USA

I know for a fact there are big cats in and around lower alabama.I was running deer dogs several years back and the dogs ran one across a powerline cut that we have on the land.And on the wildlife refuge there has been a pair of cougars seen that the game officers want tell anyone about that have been on state property suppoosedly for several years.
bill sellers
phenix city, al USA

There were three recent sightings of a cougar near Natchez, MS late last year. And, there have been numerous other sightings of cougars elsewhere throughout the SE states including two separate sightings in North Louisiana where the big cats were photographed by trail cameras. These sightings along with many others throughout the nation strongly suggest that cougars are definitely extending their range east of the Mississippi River. I lived in Billings, MT for 3.5 years from 2002 to 2006 and actually saw two cougars there. It is likely that it was the same cat that my sons and I saw on both occasions because both sightings were less than one mile from each other. Everyone knows that cougars are known to exist in Montana, but if you look at the range maps, they are not supposed to live near Billings which is in south central portion of the state. My point is that although cougars are seen in and around Billings at all times of the year, they are not supposed to be there according to the latest range maps. But, they quite obviously are living in and around Billings. I firmly believe that there are a few of them that exist throughout the SE and that these populations are expanding.
David
St. Amant, LA USA

I know for a fact that there are Cougar's and at least one Black Panther in and around our area southwest of Woodward. My father saw a cougar on his morning walk stalking a turkey. He was glad it was a younger cat and not too hungry. My cousin saw the Black Panter on Hwy 60 west of Vici. It just sat there on the side of the road and watched her drive by. Another friend has seen the Black Panther at her ranch not far from the other site of the Black Panther. I will no longer take walks out into the fields and pastures. My daughter lives out there and spoted a large cougar in her back yard just looking at the house. They have seen many tracks out there too. One late afternoon just as we were turning into the driveway a not full grown cougar rain across the road from the east to the west and we were able to get a good look at it. Nope, no more long walks in the country for me. I am a believer even if the warden doesn't agree.
D Theriault
Woodward, OK USA

This is a good video. The most interesting fact here is not so much the video of the cat. It is the video of the deer's attention to the cat. If a 12 pound house walked 40 yards behind a deer it would not attract enough interest with the many natural noises of the woods to grant a deers and especially a large bucks attention. Whatever it was it was large enough and make enough noise walking through the forest to attract the deers attention which is very important in detemining authenticity of the video. The cat does look larger than a house cat using the tree as a point of reference, but you should advice an expert in video to determine the size of the animal using the tree as a point of reference.
Dr. Chris Wagner
Marina Del Ray, Ca USA

bamawrx e-mail me. I'm interested in your pictures of the cats in Choctaw Co.
Glenn McDaniel
Chatom, Al USA

about 5-6 years ago I was driving into town on route 522 and saw a Large back shape moving up the hill along a tree line behind a farm across from Kay's place dinner, well I could have sworn it was a large cat but I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me and went on about my way, well hold on brother last night on my home from work around 1030 at night I was coming down the mountain on RT 16 into town and not 10 feet from my cat along the road on the shoulder was the a large black cat, at first I thought Bear because I have seen one in the area befor then it registered as a Cat and besides its early Feburary and Bears are still in their Dens I about wet myself, it was the size a Newfoundland Dog thats how big this sucker was. So now I am a firm believer in big cats making a come back into the north east.
ReC
McConnellsburgh, PA USA

I really enjoyed your video! I just finished watching a special on Monster Quest about Black panthers in North America! I have a friend who has seen a Cougar in my home state Massachusetts. When he reported it to the Game Warden they laughed at him! He is an avid hunter and knows the difference between a bobcat and a cougar. They also have pictures of Jaguars in Arizona. Anything is posible!! I believe that the video you have is proof they exist! I also enjoyed your Website! Thanks. C Webster
Christopher D Webster
Cummington, Ma USA

On Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009, my husband and I both saw a big black animal behind our house. We believe it was a panther. It was much too large to be a cat. It had a long tail and walked like a panther.We watched it walked all the way across our back pasture.
Evelyn McMillan
Pelahatchie, MS USA

On Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009, my husband and I both saw a big black animal behind our house. We believe it was a panther. It was much too large to be a cat. It had a long tail and walked like a panther.We watched walked all the way across our back pasture.
Evelyn McMillan
Pelahatchie, MS USA

Cougar still live in much of the east, some survived under the radar for many years, they have always been in the east people are just know starting to get evidence. In rural areas their have always been cougar surviving under the dnr noses they just denied it. I know their are cougar in western kentucky. And some are reported every year around kentucky and barkely lake area.
Ryan Clark
Franklin, IN USA

I have heard of many cougar sightings in the pickwick lake area. Most cougars were wiped out of the east and south, but some survived under the radar, and their populations are growing, this is proof, dnr staff in mamoth cave national park have seen cougar recently, kentucky lake area and land between the lakes has dozens of sightings each year.
ryan clark
franklin, IN USA

I used to Live in Andover, New York in Allegany County on State Route 417 at the foot of Independence Hill Road. It was around 11:15pm in September. When I was eaten a late dinner after driving back home from Buffalo I herd what sounded like a baby crying then going into a loud screem, so I grabed a flash light thinking some animal got hit by a car but didn't see anything till a car turned onto Independece Hill Road when I saw this huge black cat, I would say if it was standing in front of a car it's head would come up to the grill of a car. I called the New York State Dept. of Enviromental Protection and they told me that there's NO BLACK PANTHERS IN NEW YORK STATE. But yet why is there so many report of Black Panthers all over New York State? I now live in Galeton, Pennsylvania where I've herd a black panther about a few times a month and still do but haven't seen this one as of yet since there's lot's of woods in North Central Pennsylvania. Paul Haines Galeton, Pennsylvania formily from Andover, New York
Paul Haines
Galeton, PA USA

We have spotted a large black cat two years in a row at our hunting lease in Escambia County, AL. I have photos from a trail camera taken in Choctaw County, AL of several large tan pumas. They are as large as the doe they are eating. We don't have the black cat on film yet, but it will show up eventually.
bamawrx
Atmore, AL USA

I just saw a whitish looking cougar right behind my house. It is January 15th, 2009. I live out in the woods near Picayune, Mississippi. I heard of several sightings in the area in September and October of 2008. The last few nights I heard a large animal rustling in the woods, while I've been out wrapping pipes and covering bushes because of the cold temperatures. It was dark, but I got a good look at him because of the lights on the back of my house.
Michael
Picayune, Ms. USA

I'm from Colorado, know lion tracks. 7 years ago saw cat tracks on Whiskey Chitto sand bar. Called DWLF and they laughed at me, said they were extinct. They don't want us to mess with the cats, but their behaviour is childish. Of course there are cougars around here. Idiots. There are so many of them they have ruined one of my best deer leases.
teddt mak
eunice, la USA

My daughter and son-in-law have 1600 acre ranch that is on the red river btween Texas and Oklahoma. Back in December , my wife and I had been to the ranch. On the way back down the gravel ranch road we had a big cat that looked like a cougar cross the road in front of us. This one was dark dark brown and showed no fear of us. The dogs had tangled with something and been cut up. We thought a wild hog, as they are plentiful, but now are not so sure.
River Rascal
Bonham, Tx USA

had a cougar run across the road in front of my car a few years back,son and hubby also saw it. Rumor has it they where released by DEP to keep deer populations in check. Of course they (DEP) refuse to admitt they are around here in the northeast. But being a vet. tech I know my critters, and this was definately a mt. lion, puma, cougar!
ct yankee
washington, ct USA

I have seen seven black panthers like this or larger in East Central Alabama in the past thirty years. I have countless friends, aquantainces and co-workers who have seen them as well. It's the local high school mascot for goodness sake!
Joe Tom
Mount Cheaha, AL USA

Well, people have spotted black panthers in Texas, Mexico, Arazonia, Oklahoma their moving up because of lost habatit in the Amazon. And thats bad for us cause they will kill livestock, pets and kids.
Katy Stallings
Pasadena, TX USA

I saw what I considered to be a large black panther near the Talladega Creek in the Alpine community. It was in the Fall. I believe the year was 2003 or 2004. I will never forget how unique it looked.
Susan
Talladega, AL USA

great photo!! I'm originally from monroe co and I too have seen a large black cat crossing hwy 41 about 50 miles south of selma so I know that panthers are here!! Noone seems to believe me either b/c I don't have proof but I know what I saw!
micheal collins
wetumpka, al USA

A few years ago i was hunting and a few hundred yards away a saw a huge animal thought to be a doe put as a put my scope on it i noticed that it was black and had a very long tail biggest cat i ever seen had to be at least 75 lbs. a week later a friend of mine who is in his 40's and been hunting his entire life made the same mistake saying he saw what he thought to be a small doe turned out to be this huge cat only a mile or two from where i had saw it. i do believe there are black panthers in the south.
Ryan Palmer
Folsom , LA USA

THIS MORNING ON MY WAY TO WORK A LARGE CAT CROSSED MY PATH ON 2208, HALF WAY BETWEEN JEFFERSON AND HARLETON. I SAW A RED TINT TO THE EYES, INSTEAD OF THE WHITE REFLECTION OF DEER. COMING UPON IT I THOUGHT IT WAS A LARGE DOG, BUT THIS WAS INDEFINITELY A CAT.HUGE ANIMAL. IT WASN'T RUNNING ACROSS, JUST SAUNTERING, SO I GOT TO SEE IT UP CLOSE. AMAZING! THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY, IT BEING A FULL MOON AND ALL. GLAD IT WAS, IT ALLOWED ME TO SEE IT. SPOKE TO A FELLOW AT THE GAS STATION, AND HE SAID THEY HEARD ONE THE PAST WEEKEND FISHING AT LAKE DEERWOOD. SO, BE ON THE LOOKOUT EAST TX!
COLLEEN
HARLETON, TX USA

This is like the cat I saw crossing the road. I drive a school bus and just made a morning pick up at 6:30 and pulled the bus back onto Hwy. 360 near Hwy. 25 north to Pickwick. This animal was black. He or she was slowly moving across the road. The tail was as long as the body and the ears lay low. I could see the red pigment in the under coat as it move across the road. On the afternoon route a young 11 year old stated "Guess was we saw this weekend? , A Panther." Two days later the same crossing in the road and at the same time within 2 min. of the last. I spoke to the wildlife officer and he acted as it was funny to see such an animal in this part of the world. I pick up a child who walks from a cabin on the lake trough the woods about 100 yards from the crossing. On the second crossing, there were cars who flashed there lights at me. As to say did you see that!
Angie
Iuka, MS USA

wow! this is like the one i saw. i was hunting in durant, ms when a solid black panther chased a doe out of the field and clawed at it.....i was scared to leave the stand!
Seth Reeves
Elliot, MS USA

I live in Northern Louisiana, not far from Bossier City. I myself have seen the Black Panther in the area. I read many of the comments and I have something to say to the lady that says leave them alone. I would like to know if she would like to find one of her children mauled by this thing. I wouldn't and I'm sure I can say she wouldn't either. So, you can bet your sweet ass that if I am out hunting and see it .... it will DIE!! I have family that hunts everyday of deer season here...And I'm sure they would kill it if it came up on them. Panthers aren't a wild animal you would want to mess with. I know they don't stay long where they stop, but that isn't the point. The point is, is that they are a dangerous animal and will kill if need be...so all you hunters out there be very careful.
Ina
Oil City, La USA

There was a cougar killed in Bossier City,La. yesterday.Agents tried to take it alive but I think it died,they sent it for an autopsy.
D.R.Davis
La USA

Sorry, but it looks like a big wild dog to me.
Dee Stowe
Oxford, MS USA

November 27 th 2008. I checked my cattle and realized one calf a month old was missing. After searching the bottom land of my ranch, I noticed buzzards. I went to point of buzzards roosting in trees and and searched for calf. Finally I saw a food pertruding from under brush. There I found my month old clf half eaten and covered up with leaves. The land is dry in this area now and could not see any trcks but know it is a cougar kill as I have seen this cougar several times over the years and even had the surpriise of seeing to half grown cubs two years ago. I need tips on trapping this cougar. I can not afford to loose calves. My neighbor has lost 2 calves to her in last three years.
Kevin Farmer/bandanaone@yahoo.com
Corsicana, Tx USA

November 11, 2008, had a big brown cat walk up behind me in Pearl River WMA. It sat about 35 yards from where I was sitting and then took off.
donald
gonzales, la USA

Hello, I know this may sound strange to some folks but I live in western Hamilton County in SW Ohio. I belong to a animal tracking club that has been tracking bobcats and cougar for 20 years and finding all of the big cat signs ie scrapes, scat, deer kills consistent with cougar ie hair hanks etc. Thanks for the format. PS: Cougars / mountain lions are being spotted in the Indiana , Kentucky and Ohio area on a regular basis. We are starting to receive photos of obvious big cats via our website that I coordinate. Please check it out www.ohiomountainlionwatch.wetpaint.com
W. Davenport
Cincinnati, Ohio USA

Living just north of Meridian I have on 5 different occasions had the opportunity to see these animals live in this area. The most recent being 11/5/08 in my front yard around 9:30 p.m. it seemed to be really interested in the area I have a deer feeder set up.
Tom Herrington
Philadelphia, MS USA

I dont think that is just a black house cat. My son saw the big black panther in our yard at dusk yesterday. It worries me that he is hanging around this close to my home. We have small pets and small children in the area. This is not the first time my son has seen the black panther in our area. But it is the first time we have seen it in our yard.
Anna Montz
Greensboro, AL USA

My wife saw a "big cat with a long tail" on Redstone Arsenal about a year ago. She said it ran across the road in front of her car. It was between Madden Mountain and the Sparkman Center.
Tom
Huntsville, AL USA

Kim, you don't need to bother scaring him off as he will move off on his own shortly. Cougars have huge ranges and even if you are within a particular cougars range it won't be around for very long. If you get any pics or tracks let me know via email.
Mike Guerin
Greenwell Springs, La USA

Mike, You should move your deer stand to our property which is also in Greenwell Spring, LA. Saturday night we saw a cougar in our yard. Our head lights caught him crossing our driveway and he froze for about 20 seconds. It was long enough for my husband and I to be completly freaked out and come to the realization that their was a huge cougar in front of us. I had no idea cougars lived in Louisiana. I also spoke to a friend down the street and they have seen large tracks around their pond. We have also have been loosing a duck about every other night out of our pond. Is their anything we can do to scare him off?
Kim
Greenwell Springs, LA USA

My house sets about 100yrd from a creek and it is heavily wooded. I was just glancing out the back window when I saw it. At first I thought it was my dog which is a 120#black Akita/rotty mix. But he was in the house. I only saw it for a couple seconds. But it moved like a cat through the brush before vanishing out of sight into the woods. My first thought was a black panther. I don't know if this is possible in central GA. But I know what I saw.
Norm Bayless
Conyers, GA USA

Hi everyone, I am from Montgomery and have seen several of these big cats. In fact I could take you somewhere that you could see them now about 1 hr from town, but due to the fact that you would probably kill them, I will keep them to myself. They are not just killing machines though, in fact,they can help deer populations. Before you think that I am crazy, I am an ecologists and I study invasive species effects on existing communities. The panther/cougars feed primarily on other small animals that the deer compete with for food. This eliminates much of the competition for high protein meals for the deer, such as acorns and soy. The deer that they do feed on are usually older or injured deer that carry deleterious genetic mutations. The elimination of these deer is also beneficial to the population. So, think before you shoot one of these guys. I have been on the ground within 20 feet of them and it is pretty cool. Although, I have never seen a black one, I am glad that they are making a return to central Alabama.
John McDow
Montgomery, AL USA

Couple of points. The number of cougars that have ever attacked people is very very low. You need to much more concerned with humans instead of cougars. Florida has a lot more cougar than we do and they have never had an attack. The danger posed by cougars is not nearly what most people think it is. Chicken bones kill more people than cougars every year. The fine for killing a cougar in Louisiana is 100,000 dollars. So you better think twice before you take such drastic action. I find it sad when people are so scared of wild animals that they want them to be eradicated. Don't people still take vacations to the west and Africa etc just so they can experience a little wildness? I for one hope for their return and look forward to seeing the first one in the wild. I think it would be awesome to be sitting in my deer stand and have one come walking by.
Mike Guerin, Site Owner
Greenwell Springs, LA USA

Look Cindy,As a avid deer hunter in response to your stupid comment about leaving the cats alone-what makes you think one would be killed just to hang on someones wall?Obviously,you havent done too much research on the predators.They are killing machines.If these things population grows in this state,it will only be a matter of time before fatalaties occur from attacks from them.Would you want your small child mauled by one of these damn things,or perhaps your little fluffy dog(assuming you probably have one).California has these things gutting people all the time.You ask if i would kill one?You bet your ass i will,and could care less what LDWF thinks.If you think they are so pretty and tame ,why dont you try and pet one next time you see one.Go ahead,but remember what i say as your scalp is being sewed back on your head and your arm being reattached.Maybe then stupid people like you will understand they cant be allowed to populate lady.
Chris
Shreveport, La USA

Cougar sightings confirmed by LDWF http://www.wlf.state.la.us/news/?id=1130
Butch
Slidell, LA USA

I know there are panthers in La. I saw one cross in front of my truck while going to my drilling rig early one morning. My son saw one behind our house in a cutover while deer hunting. Also, about 45 people heard one early in the morning at our hunting camp. The following weekend, at the deer camp, a cousin killed a deer. When he went in search of the deer, it had been dragged about 25 yards away. It's testicles and guts had been eaten on. The next day, another cousin was leaving the woods and saw a panther cross the trail behand him. He did not know about the deer that had been eaten on.... there are panthers in La.
E. D. DeRamus
Calhoun, La USA

I SAW A COUGAR HIT BY A CAR ON THE I-10 at the Picayujne/Kiln exit 603 yesterday. I was so upset I pulled over into the right hand emergency lane and looked back at the hit animal which was DEFINATELY a big cat. Today, I drove by again, and it lay there in the same spot where it had been hit. IT IS A COUGAR, no doubt. I called the Hancock county HUmane Society and reported it.
susan
picayune, ms USA

I had a cougar within 20 yards of my deer stand this evening while bowhunting. It spooked after getting down-wind of me. There was no mistaking what it was, and I immediately came home and looked for information of cougar sighting in Louisiana. This was in the Luna/Cypress area.
-----------------
Monroe, LA USA

I saw a cougar, back in the seventies, in Greene County, AL. (not too far from Meridian, Ms). It walked out in an green field. I even searched for and found some of it's tracks. I've since heard of many sightings in the same general area.
jim
Tuscaloosa, al USA

I believe it was the day before hurricane Katrina hit. (maybe the day after) My mother-in-law and I were leaving Hattisburge, MS heading South on Hwy 59 to her house in Lumberton, MS. Their was very little traffic and something that looked about 6' long, Black and long tail ran in front of the car about 100 yards away with a low profile. It crossed by a bridge and went down towards a creek. I have hunted MS, LA, and AL for years. Seen a lot of Bob cats, Deer, Dogs chasing deer and lots of other animals but I've never seen anything that looked like what we saw crossing Hwy 59 that day.
Butch
Slidell, La USA

I have to say that there is a mysterious black cat here in the south. I live south of Canton, MS, between Madison and Canton. A large black cat has been seen by both my neighbor's wife while looking out the window in the field behind our houses, and by the developer that developed the recent neighborhood on our street. It was a large, black cat, much larger than a bob cat, and both sightings have almost the same description. Panther.....?
Brennan Ward
Canton, MS USA

i have seen this video on a few other sites..some claim it came from mississippi, GA and even FL.. one site claims it was a father and son hunting and another claims it was a father and his niece...i personally think there is a "black cat" in the south.. i have never seen one but there are to many sightings to just dismiss it.. but i dont think this video is real..
tera
ms USA

Thanksgiving 1992, 20 miles east of OKC, black cat bigger than a german shepard, LONG tail. saw it from corner of eye when deer hunting in the rain mid-day. It was in a gully walking, only saw it 3 or 4 seconds. in 1 leap it was out of gully (14 ft deep) and gone.. wild life officals laugh.
dwight
Harrah, ok USA

I live about 20 miles from wilmington,nc and for about 15 years now ppl have been talking about this black panther that has been in the area. It's kinda hard to believe when you haven't seen it first hand.Just yesterday, a friend stopped by to let me know one was spotted about 500 yards from my home.I have 2 small children at home. My community has alot of homes in it. In fact, my street is 3 tenths of a mile long with 33 homes on it.We live about 500-700yards from the river with farm land on the outskirts of our neighborhood.We live about 20 miles from the beach. Our county is very rural with lots of deer,turkey and other wildlife that could attract a black panther I guess. Any thoughts????????
clay
burgaw, nc USA

Cindy... cougar are protected in both Louisiana and Mississippi as well as most of the states in the Eastern US.
Mike G.
Greenwell Springs, LA USA

I CAME UPON YOUR WEBSITE AFTER A COWORKER TOLD ME HIS WIFE AND SOME OF THEIR NEIGHBORS HAD SEEN A COUGAR LAST WEEK IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD IN ST TAMMANY PH,LA. I TOLD MY COWORKER THAT HE WAS PROBABLY THE 5TH PERSON OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS TO TELL ME THEY HAD SEEN A PANTHER IN ST TAMMANY AND NEARBY WASHINGTON PH. THE COUGAR HIS WIFE SAW WAS TAN, BUT ALL OF THE OTHER SIGHTINGS HAVE BEEN OF BLACK PANTHERS. MY QUESTION IS, WHY DOES ANYONE WANT TO KILL THEM FOR SPORT. THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL AND OBVIOUSLY RARE ANIMALS. WHAT KIND OF SICK, SELFISH INDIVIDUAL WANTS TO MOUNT ONE ON HIS WALL. THIS IS WHY WE HAVE SO FEW OF THEM NOW. IF YOU ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO SPOT ONE OF THESE CATS, PLEASE LEAVE IT ALONE AND ALLOW THE REST OF US A CHANCE TO OBSERVE THIS TREASURE.
CINDY P
COVINGTON, LA USA

Just saw a cougar cross a creek in front of me about 100 yards ahead. He was as big as my hundred pound dog that was with me on my side by side 4 wheeler. Alexander Creek is where we saw him.
Rob Enfinger
Saint Francisville, LA USA

I am working (oil business) in upper east Tex. every week, on my way home, yesterday, Fri., July 25, 2008, 3 mi. outside center heading toward Nacogdoches (Hwy. 7), a cougar "ambled", not running crossed right in front of me. I have seen one before where I live (Hill Country of Tx.) so I know what I saw. He was tan in color, black on the end of his long, curved tail, black on the back of his ears, very long body, as big as a large collie dog. He seemed confused, I honked and he turned to look at me, and growl (mouth open). Wish I had a camera with me. It was quite a sight. The area is piney woods with lots of oaks as well, but there were a few houses in plain sight!
Kathy Pyeatt
Center, Tx USA

The comment I left below pertains to the Alabama cougar video. The Illinois video just isn't clear enough. Dan
Dan Hudzik
Mt. Olive, IL USA

There are tons of cougar sightings throughout the U.S. every year. Many are proven to be house cats because people misjudge distance all the time. Black phase cougars DO exist. They call them "melanistic", I may have misspelled that a bit. It is a fancy word for black basically meaning no pigmentation coloring. The video seems a little blurry but the body mechanics show a larger cat than a house cat. It's obvious in the way it runs. You can tell by watching how it handles it's own wait as it bounded through the weeds. I would say you have captured a melanistic cougar on film. If you know any trappers they can try to track the animal. Also look around the area for paw prints. Good luck. In Illinois we can shoot them but every state has different laws so I would check your local laws 1st. I have seen cats like this in Illinois as well and have been called by people wanting them mounted since I am also a taxidermist. I have had a shot at one myself but it was about 100 yards away. If you want to find out how fast they can run just scare it and watch how fast they run and disappear. A mature whitetail is slow compared to one of these big cats. Good Luck with your videos. Dan
Dan Hudzik
Mt. Olive, IL USA

I wAtched the video 2 times and noted the way the tail was curled @ the tip. I have several cats and yheir tails never curl like that. Also the body is configured larger than a cats.I have heard a panther scream before on my grand parents property.Every now and then me and my weimerainer (lab sized dog) and my two shelties will be out in the pasture and the dogs will totally freak. The neighbors have seen a large black cat raiding their garbage and walking through their yard. one day they were feeding our horses and saw a tree swaying there was no breeze and in the top of the tree was a huge black cat. By the time he got his gun the cat was gone. All of the cat sightings have been of a giant black cat with a curled tail. I have even seen and taken pictures of panther prints by the creek.I TOTALLY THINK THERE ARE BLACK PANTHERS IN ALABAMA!!!
Roccogirl
nunya, Al. USA

I was just telling the story of the a black panther I saw last year and found this site. I saw this cat on South Shades Crest Rd. in Shelby County. The cat I saw was about 2 ft tall and its body was about 3 ft long,thin body and long legs, it was NOT a house cat. However it did not look near as healthy as the cat in this vidio, it only appeared to be about 40-60 lbs.
Ron Brown
Hoover, Al. USA

I am a rural mail carrier and have seen several cougar/panthers in this area. One near our state park. This tawny colored cat was trying to pull a large white tail deer across the road. This was about 5 years ago. Just last night my neighbor called and while seated on her back patio an extremely large wildcat ran through her yard and we're not talking about a large feral housecat! Several neighbors have seen this cat.
L Romain
Moss Bluff , La USA

"I think its possible for big cats to live and hide in Alabama. That video looks like the real deal. One thing I did notice is the rack on the deer. The 1st shot of the deer shows the rack almost touches at the tips and another shot of the deer shows a bit wider tip to tip spread. I guess its possible there were 2 bucks on the field but the video never shows both. Whats up with that? jim selma, al. USA - Monday, February 18, 2008 at 21:16:33 (EST)" Jim, It is two different deer. The first one was already in the field when the video began. The second came into the field after the cat arrived. It looks to me like he is trying to put distance between himself and the cat. Bucks are not like does; they will try to get away without bringing attention to themselves. If the second deer was a doe she would have been running and making all kinds of noise.
Mike M.
Hueytown, AL USA

"That video looks retarded. Anyone who honestly can't tell that's a house cat is either totally nuts or just blinded by their pointless desire to believe in something mystical or see something unique...I can see how black panthers would fit nicely into that type of delusion. Matt Trailer Selma , AL USA - Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at 13:01:17 (EDT)" Matt, You're not to good at range estimation and coordinating the size of an abject to the estimated range, are you? Obviously you aren't. The cat in the picture is a minimum of 100 yards from the first deer shown and it is still as large as a housecat. Based on a distance of 100 yards the cat in the picture weighs in the neighborhood of 100 pounds and is a minimun of 6 feet long, including the tail. It seems to me you're the one who doesn't have the ability to "think outside the box."
Mike M.
Hueytown, AL USA

My grandparents lived between Eucutta and Shubuta in Mississippi. One day while we were feeding the pigs there was a huge black cat up in a cedar tree near us. My grandfather shot it with a 20 gauge, and the cat jumped out of the tree about 10 yards in front of us. This BLACK CAT was at least 6 feet long with tail and looked to weigh about 130 - 150 pounds. It took off like it was not even hurt. I have heard that Black Panthers don't exist, or is it that they do not exist in Mississippi; but wheter it is a misnomer or not my country relatives called them Black Panthers. I have seen bobcats before. This was no Bobcat! If any one is familiar with the Petal Panthers mascot, it is a black panther, long, sleek and muscular. Similar to a cheetah, but black and about 30 to 50 pounds of muscle added. Since that time , I was 12, I have seen tracks and HEARD the blood curdling screeching roar of a female Black Panther protecting its kittens from wild dogs or coyotes. Here in Petal I once lived near the Leaf River. I could hear them and see their track near and on the sand bars. So, whatever anyone wants to call them, they are BLACK and big. I will continue to call them Black Panthers. I am glad that this video was captured, even though it was at a distance, I could tell that it looked exactly like what I saw myself.
Steve Lindsey
Petal, MS USA

Read on MSNBC news today. NEOSHO, Mo. - Missouri state biologists said Sunday that a big, black cat killed by a sheriff's deputy has been identified as a leopard. James Dixon of the Missouri Department of Conservation said the animal was identified by the St. Louis Zoo. Newton County Sheriff's Corporal Donn Hall shot the animal when it charged him on May 19. A woman had reported the cat was scratching at the door of her home near Neosho.
Ronnie
Lafayette, La USA

Today - 8:45 am. Driving North out of Ruleville on Hwy49W north an animal in a cotton field caught my eye on the West side of he highway. Stopping and turning around and (to the disgust of my wife) I got out of the car and not 40 yds. from me were 2 catlike creatures. At first the ears and profile gave it away, but when one stood up to move to the woods my jaw hit the highway. I have been hoping to see something like this my whole life - I thought it would take a lifetime - but there it was. The biggest damn thing I have ever seen, and not just one, but two. Laying in the cotton fields, letting birds come down on them and playing - from that fact I guess they were young but nonetheless a day I will never forget.
Bradley
Oxford, MS USA

I have hunted and trapped in Alabama for 40 years and I can tell you that is no house cat. Also, in 1987 a friend and I were hunting quail and we came out of the woods into a large pasture with a pond in the middle of it. We both saw a large black cat about 3 feet long with a 3 foot tail. It ran for cover but we were able to watch if for about 30 seconds. I have talked with several respected outdoorsmen who have also seen the black cats over the years. This animal exists , whether it is a black panther or not I do not know. It may be another species or a subspecies of another big cat. Most hunters will not shoot one because of the fine if caught. A road kill is coming and then the game dept, will have the "proof" they want.
louis
troy, al USA

On June 8, 2008, the Jennings Daily News (local news paper) reported 2 horses were found dead in a pasture on Highway 26 south of Jennings. The horses were over 3 years old and weighed approximately 800 pounds each. The horses had severe wounds to their necks and mutilation to their faces. One of the horses had a broken neck. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries was notified. LDWF Lt Bobby Buatt responded to the call and investigated. Buatt gave a press release and stated Louisiana does have bears and panthers. On June 12, 2008, Jennings Daily News reported that large cat tracks were found in the same pasture where the two horses were killed. The newspaper contained a photo of one of the horses with wounds and a photo of an apparent cat track.
Confused
Jennings, La USA

BTW-"On-Time" feeders has a game cam pic of a mountain lion taking down a doe around a feeder. Someone should contact them and have them post it. I saw it in their office in Ruston.
John Collins
Lake Charles, LA USA

I have been a Surveyor my whole life. I have spent my life wandering around the woods of Louisiana,Mississippi and Texas. I have personally seen 3 mountain lions. One black panther outside of Jasper Texas. One mountain lion North of Oil City, Louisiana (North of Shreveport). One in Vernon Parish around the South end of Toledo Bend Lake. The Vernon parish sighting involved several survey crews. We found his tracks and scat everywhere. Every man in the crew carried a loaded pistol. Finally, early one morning we spotted him on an old logging road. Recently, on my deer lease in South Rapides Parish, I spotted those same familiar tracks. Sure makes me wonder each morning when I head out to my stand.
Johnathan Collins
Lake Charles, LA USA

I believe that they are real and exist. This is the third video ive seen and there is no way something that big is a domestic cat.
jared Cochran
Bolivar , oh USA

Maybe two years ago a Bibb Co news paper (I think Centerville AL) had a clear picture taken at night by a game camera put up by land owner who had seen a couger on his place. Several weeks later a State park ranger from TannerHill State Park between Tuscaloosa and Birmingham reported seening a couger running deer in the park. From time to time there are reported siteings by hunters. If you look up Alabama Mountian lions on internet there are several pictures of lions killed, one in Tuscaloosa co. in the 50's. NE Alabama has many siteings. Baldwin Co had a den with cubs in it found by a Dept of Conservation Officer last year or so. Don't know whats in the woods or rivers.
joe davis
Gallion , AL USA

You can tell that cat is big because it crosses that gap that appears to be a standard 12 foot wide four wheeler trail in two strides The person who was talking about Tigers for tomorrow, I have worked their and they have "scratchings" and even a fresh kill brought outside the perimeter fence when their female cougars are in heat. Northeast Alabama definately has a wild population of cougars
Tim Chandler
Geraldine, AL USA

I spotted a Black Cat from my hotel room in Pelham Hampton. It was around 6pm and was roaming around the open grass area bordering the bush behind the hotel. I wonder what kind of cat is that.
mic dis
Birmingham, AL USA

One was supposedly seen at Stennis Space Center this past weekend. It was captured on video but the quality was not very good. Game people think it was a large Bobcat. The person who saw it swears it was a Cougar. I saw the video, you could never make out a tail but the legs were long and it appeared to be too big for a Bobcat. Videos can be deceptive though.
George
Stennis Space Center, MS USA

The black cat is much to big to be a house cat. The black cat is well beyond the deer but is still the size of a house cat when you take direct measurements off of the photo. In a photo things get smaller the further away they are so without question the black cat is way too large to be a house cat.
Mike Guerin
Greenwell Springs, LA USA

That video looks retarded. Anyone who honestly can't tell that's a house cat is either totally nuts or just blinded by their pointless desire to believe in something mystical or see something unique...I can see how black panthers would fit nicely into that type of delusion.
Matt Trailer
Selma , AL USA

Me and my dad hunt an area in North Centrtal Texas StoneWall Couny just miles away from the legendary 6666 Ranch. We knew there were cougers in the area and one day one ran right infront of our car about 20 yards away and it looked alot darker than the normal pics of cougars
Tyler
Lubbock , tx USA

glad I found this sight...no one believed me when I said I saw a big cat I was standing in my front yard calling for my cat when a noise across the road caught my attention I saw a big big cat run the tree line towards the gulley it was too big to be a bobcat and it didn't have bobcat coloring...and..the body moved too smoothly to be a coyote and I thought..I'm crazy..there's no cougars in Louisiana but maybe I am wrong...just maybe there are cougars
J Lalonde
Eunice, LA USA

I am a contract surveyor and our crew stumbled onto a cougar south of Lexington MS this afternoon. One crew member was alone and about 2500 feet in front of us. He was cutting brush when he saw the cougar about 100 feet in front of him. The cougar charged at half speed and chased him for a few hundred yards before stopping. Our assumption is he was eating and tried to scare off a competitor. We left the area for a couple hours then went back. We found tracks, droppings, and a spot that appeared to have had a large prey drug through the brush. Anyone with knowledge of why the cougar charged and then stopped would be appreciated. Also I have photos of a 240 pound cougar that was killed in my home state of Kentucky three weeks ago. It was struck by a car and is the biggest cat I have ever seen.
Tom Downs
Itta Bena, MS USA

Hey man I like your website. I was searching the internet for wild panthers in the eastern part of the US. I have recently found pictures on my deer trail cam in Stokes County NC and it appears to be either a panther or a HUGE black house cat, although the pictures I have arent very discribtive. My buddies and I think its a panther I dont know what else it could be. Right now my buddy has the pictures on his computer but I'll send them to you whenever I get them.
Blake Canter
NC USA

Shannon
"SO... a video is taken of an illegally-released a pet black jaguar in Alabama and your point is?"

Point is a video of a large black cat was taken in Al,

"There is no BLACK "big cat" native to North America"

And your point is???

"They do not and never have denied that occasionally there will be a big cat in the woods, but it is ALWAYS proven to be an illegally-released "pet"."

That is another falicy, majority of cougars are turning out to be wild not released pets.
Mike Guerin
Greenwell Springs, LA USA

SO... a video is taken of an illegally-released a pet black jaguar in Alabama... and your point is? Look, this hoopla is hilarious. (1) There is no BLACK "big cat" native to North America, but even if it was a rare melanistic Florida Panther-Mountain Lion-Cougar-Painter(whatever)... (2) there is NOT a wild and breeding population of these -- or any other large cat -- in Alabama! And to imply that the AL DCNR is hiding something, avoiding the issue, ignoring it, etc. is simply ridiculous. Their biologists and Conservation Enforcement Officers (aka Game Wardens) would LOVE to find proof of a breeding population. They do not and never have denied that occasionally there will be a big cat in the woods, but it is ALWAYS proven to be an illegally-released "pet". Just ask TIGERS FOR TOMORROW, up in North AL... they are a big cat rescue operation (I heard that they are working with legislators who are considering drafting a bill to outlaw private ownership of big cats in Alabama -- hope they are successful). And the AL DCNR guys think it's pretty funny that whenever "proof" is presented it is always folks who say "My brother's neighbor's friend saw a panther..." etc. etc. etc. How come these so-called "eyewitnesses" never come forward personally? Respectfully, STA
Shannon Andress
Montgomery, AL USA

Agents with the Alabama Dept. of Game and Fish seem to agree that people are seeing some large, dark cat. Perhaps it is a panther. A set of plaster casts from the tracks is the best evidence as proof. Photos can and have been taken and claimed to be from somewhere in Alabama. If it is proven that panthers do in fact reside in Alabama, certain federal grant money will possibly be forthcoming; but, the state may be mandated to match the federal fund. Alabama has enough financial problems. This may be why little effort is made to ascertain the animals existance! Just my thoughts
Jed
Brewton, Al USA

other than the LA trail camera pictures which were definitely of a cougar, the other visual "evidence" is merely images of outsized and probably feral housecats. There is no doubt that cougars do exist in the eastern US, a Philadelphia news program having shown a video of one in Claymont Delaware a few years back, but a lot of the "reports" are from misidentification, viivid imagination, or just pure fantasy. the one "reporter" even describes huge claw marks in the cats tracks, and since the only cat that leaves claw marks in it's tracks is the cheetah, her "cougar tracks" were probably left by a Rottweiler. There are still a lot of open forests in the east and to assume that a secretive animal such as the cougar does not exist there is a more fanciful idea than believing that it does.
Bob Gular
Norristown, PA USA

In September of 2002 I saw a mountain lion run across a portion of England Air Force Base ( now Alexandria Air Park) in Alexandria La. The cat was running from the business offices of a computer firm toward the old base housing. I'm from Southern Ca. and was to pay respects to my deceased father. Believe me it was Cougar! Later that week while up at my sister's house in Bagdad La. my nephew walked into the kitchen and said that a big dog was outside. My nephew was only 4 years old and the look in his eyes prompted me to walk outside. My sisters dogs were on the porch and as I walked off the porch they ran in front of me toward some bushes near the driveway. I could not see the cat but it growled very loud and was attempting to fight the dogs from the brush. I was only 15 feet from the brush and was fearful for my own life. I did not want to turn my back on the brush and yelled for my brother-in-law to bring out a shotgun. Unfortunately he never heard me. After a few minutes the cat ran off back toward the woods. I was able to see a flash of color but not the actual body of the cat. I believe the cat was going to take the child but the dogs kept it at bay and all three retreated to the safety of the porch. Although I have no proof of the above, I believe that it was not a cougar but another species of large cat.
Cliff
Co USA

I saw a large black cat in N Otsego Co in the Pigeon River area on Sturgeon River Rd. It was croutched smelling the area of deer tracks at a well used deer trail crossing the road. When it heard my truck approach, it rose and turned, showing me how long its body and tail were. Its run down the deer trail seemed to be very long strides.
Tom Lamb
Grand Ledge, Mi USA

I have pictures of Panther tracks taken behind my house close to Kemper County
Dan McClure
Meridian , MS USA

i'dhate to be that deer, talk about a bad day
boobsmcquie
Athens, Ontario Canada

I have pictures of cougar tracks taken this past weekend in OUR Backyard. Taken after my wife and both neighbors saw him.
Barry Bissell
Shoccoe, Ms USA

That clip is just an edited down version of what they saw. Two different deer.
Mike G.
Greenwell Springs, LA USA

I think its possible for big cats to live and hide in Alabama. That video looks like the real deal. One thing I did notice is the rack on the deer. The 1st shot of the deer shows the rack almost touches at the tips and another shot of the deer shows a bit wider tip to tip spread. I guess its possible there were 2 bucks on the field but the video never shows both. Whats up with that?
jim
selma, al. USA

while heading fishing early last fathers day morning,me and my son witnessed a cougar attempting to cross hwy 21 just north of trinity marines ship yard,it was larger than a doberman smaller than a great dane, i was thinking a toddler wouldnt be safe with that around, this is a fairly populated area for an animal like that.
ram
bedico, la USA

I have hunted in Alabama for 30 years and seen everything but a big cat or bear. On the other hand I do believe there here. I have heard several first hand stories from north Alabama to south Alabama. That video looks pretty convincing to me. Maybe sombody will kill 1 one day and then the skeptics can't deny it.
Barry
McCalla, AL USA

My friends and I hunt and fish in Colbert County, Northwest corner of Alabama. My boss and his son saw a black panther sunbathing on a ledge of a bluff overlooking the Tenn. River while they were fishing from the Cane Creek area. This was about 5 or 6 years ago. Another worker saw one in the Freedom Hills management area 10 years ago.
Kevin
Tuscumbia, AL USA

The black cat is entirely too big to be a house cat. In the video the black cat is further away than the deer. If you were to take a cutout of the cat and place it next to the deer it would be as large are larger than any house cat and that is without even taking into account the fact that the cat is further away and would actually be bigger in the video had it been as close as the deer.
Mike G.
Greenwell Springs, LA USA

I'm a newcomer to the south and have been pretty fascinated by the whole black panther thing. The trail cam pics of the coug are pretty cool, but I'm very disappointed in the video. If everyone is so sure these exist, but the scientific community is in complete denial that such animal exists, then why doesn't someone post some of these pics and video they talk about in these comments. If the Black Panther is real, then please post some good pictures or video. There is enough high quality trail cams in the woods these days that someone has to have some pics to back up these stories. Trust me, I want to believe this animal is real, but all these stories with no pics or excuses of why they won't release the pics or videos is only pushing me and the rest of the skeptics further from believing all of you. The video on this site sure looks like a big housecat to me, and all these stories are starting to sound like a culmination of passed on tall tales. I have no doubt that cougars and mountain lions exist around here. But I have not seen anything that can back up anybody's story of the "black panther." Please I want to believe you guys, just post some of these trail cam pics everyone is talking about. This video is useless, why would they waste their time video taping the deer and never giving the camera a chance to focus on the cat, if it was something so unusual.
Jeff
Laurel, MS USA

A florida panther is a cougar. It is recognized as a distinct subspecies of cougar native to the entire southeastern USA. Can you email the pictures to me at omegaman66@cox.net
Mike G.
Greenwell Springs, LA USA

I have 4 great photos on a trail cam of what we concluded was a florida panther. But looks like a cougar to me.
roy
Picayune , MS USA

finally, some good evidense. Me & my dad were riding down a dirt road on our land in Quitman County,GA. On the right side of the road was a pasture and the other side was a thicket.a huge big black panther ran out of the thicket, stopped, and hissed at our truck. After that the panther took off into the pasture.
Max
Eufaula, AL USA

I have always been told that there ws no cougars in alabama so i didnt worry about them that much, but Dec.5 i was on my property hunting and my dog came out there and was running through the woods behind me and then i heard him go to yelping and barking and he coming running by me like he was on fire so i climbed down out of my stand and walked over to the hill looking over the hollar that he was spooked in and seen the but end of a cougar goin into the woods. Needless to say i high-tailed it back to the house and havent went back to that spot again.
michael
calera, AL USA

In early December in 2007 I was hunting deer in Bibb County Alabama and I was fortunate enough to see a black panther cross and green field at about 200 yards away. At first I wasnt sure what it was but after I put the binoculars on it there was no denying that it was a large black cat with a long tail
Carter Weeks
Auburn, AL USA

In 1990 I saw a tan southern cougar/fla panther cross the road less than 100 yards from me in Green Co., MS. In 1996 I saw another tan cat cross a grass patch at 60 yards while deer hunting in east central MS. In 2006 I saw the "black" panther. It was black, or it was the deepest charcoal gray I've ever seen on an animal. It had a deep bluish sheen. It was slick and shiny. Absolutely beautiful. It crossed a pipeline at 150 yards while deer hunting in east central MS. I watched it for approx. 10-15 seconds through a 10X scope, which provides a very clear view. The experts can say what they wish, but what I've seen is no bobcat. All these cats had long tails and were substanially larger than a bobcat. I've shot many bobcats in my time and I didn't shoot these because I've heard they are protected. I didn't have a camera with me, but I now do and it's only a matter of time til I get a photo. The cat was back last year with 4 to 5 inch tracks on a sand road, but left when activity picked up in the woods early in deer season.
Cuz
MS USA

For years I had hears reports of of panthers in the regional area but never payed much mind to it. Until yesterday.. I was looking out my window gazing away while doing the dishes and seen what I thought was my dog in our trash pile burning pit but realized that my son had the dog in his room. I went outside on the porch with my spot light to investigate. I had figured it was another dog being that it was the size of the family dog solid black in color. It was not yet dark outside just enough light to see that some type of animal was messing around. But as I shined the light on him it caught my eye that this was no dog. It was a cat. But no domestic cat could ever be that big, no-way.. It turned and looked directly at me, I was standing about 50 to 75 meters from it. This animal looked as if it had no care in the world I was there. It slowly walked awaw from the burn pit and headed towards the path to the back pasture and sat down to take a 2nd look at me. I turned to see the family dog had came out on the portch and spotted him. The panther got up and noticed the activity the dog was showing and cared less as it slowly got up from its resting spot and took a trot down the path to the far back pasture. I hope it returns tonight cause I will be ready with my camera... and...my shotgun.. I am convinced that they are in Texas now.
Stormy
Naples, TX USA

While squirrel hunting south of Lake Miss. about 15 years ago we found a big doe that had 4 holes in her neck and the rear end had been tore some and was partially covered with leaves. Next day was almost eaten & covered high with leaves.I bileive this was a cougar kill. I DON'T LIVE in Miss.
D.R. Davis
USA

a cougar seen running across the road on Camp Road in West Monroe Louisiana last month (Dec 2007) another cougar seen in Eros Louisiana in someones yard panther living on someones wooded property out in Luna Louisiana
anonymous
LA USA

I have heard several "Wildlife Experts" say there isn't such a thing as panthers..or they dont live in our part of the country. but last year on Easter while running to get a bag of ice my bro. in law and i saw something black cross the road. we stopped got out and watched as a panther,solid black, and her cub ,chocolate in color, climb up a steep rocky enbankment.We watched them for probably a solid 45 seconds...So say what you want, but i know they exist
joseph whitman
Porum, OK USA

That was a great, great video! Finally real, real proof.
Gerald Voigt
New York, NY USA

There is a long oral history of panthers in south Mississippi. Experts disagree of course, but experts are often wrong. My father has seen several while sitting quietly on his porch watching a very isolated area along a local branch. I am very interested in recording for our heritage these stories. I want the ones passed down and actual eye witness accounts. I am tring to get photos for this project. Email me with info at sixlees2dogs@bellsouth.net
Harrison Lee
Picayune, Ms USA

Panthers are definetely in this state,as i have personally had an encounter in the early morning hours with one coming very near our deer camp a few years back.This was on Bodcau WMA,and several fellow campers heard it that night as well.There is also one near The TX,LA state line that has been heard several nights.Needless to say,all hunters that were in that camp the night it approached were nervous about going on stand that morning.No tracks or sign of the animal were found,and it did not return the following night.Unfortunately,LDWF seem to blow these cats existence here in in La off as if were all crazy.Those of us who have heard or seen these animals know otherwise.
Chris
Shreveport, La USA

In about 1999 my dad and I were hunting about 10 miles south of newton, ms. We were in a shooting house and what we thought a big bob cat came out. I was too young to know what it was but it was a panther. I dont really remember but my dad said it had a really long tail and his fist fit inside the palm part of the cat print. I shot and missed thank god. My dad didnt realize that there had been sightings around the camp that we were guests at.
patton
newton, ms USA

In approximately 1965 when I was 18, my older brother and I watched what looked to us to be a black panther crossing our pasture field on two different occasions near Jackson, Michigan. It was about 250 yards away in a well-grazed pasture field, going from one set of woods to another. The jet black cat had a tail about as long as its body, and we judged the total length to be approximately 6 feet long. Last month I saw the special on Cats on the History Channel and thought I should send in this sighting. I have been an avid hunter for 46 years and harvested a mountain lion in Montana. I know wildlife and this looked like a black panther!
Sam Hoyt
Howell, MI USA

On a recent deer hunting trip just east of St. Francisville on Hwy 61, a friend and myself came across what seems to be a fresh big cat kill site. I've always heard there were big cats near Iota and never really beklieved it, but seeing this carcuss kind of makes me wonder if the ol timers were correct in their stories.
wayne
Iota, LA USA

As a native Michigander I am really astonished the Michigan sightings of large black cats along with the regular cougar sightings are not getting attention by State Wildlife Officials? Their comments seem to belittle anyone who reports such sightings. I really believe that we have a new species of wild big cat roaming around the country! The video footage of these animals is unquestionable. One night I heard a Florida Panther (cougar) scream once at about 3:30 A.M. just outside my bedroom window. There has also been an actual Panther sighting in South Fort Myers in my neghborhood a month or so earlier by a jogger. Keep the reports coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ray Abraham
Fort Myers, FL USA

Didn't mean to imply that all reports before 1990 were false, just that there has been a change where many more of the reports are now being presented with solid proof to back them up.
Mike Guerin
Greenwell Springs, LA USA

On the opening page "Proof of Cougars Return to Historical Range", its noted despite official extermination of cougars in the east, sightings never stopped & continue for over 100 years. You failed to mention, NOT only have events continued, but many included proof of their presence or documentation. Ghosts & other animals do NOT leave tracks or pictures of a cougar/mountain lion. Such material did NOT just begin in 1990s. That proof began back in the 1940s when Bruce S. Wright found & confirmed cougar tracks in New England & eastern Canada. Also playing a major role in the 40s was Herbert R. Sass, an early Mutual radio pioneer, who asked his listeners to send him infomation on any big cats they had seen in the east. The request ended in thousands of letters being sent to in from residents across the east. In 1964, we became involved with Cougars as a young Baltimore radio news reporter, which has led to a lifelong "love" affair with pumas & BLACK panthers, all flesh & blood mammals. Both South & Central America has BLACK pumas, leopards & jaguars. Why is it so impossible for North America NOT to have them?? A BLACK Jaguar was recently documented & filmed in northern Mexico, less that 50 miles from Texas. We'd like to hear from hunters who saw a cougar or black panther in the early to mid-1900s in any eastern state. Cougars & black panther confirmations began LONG be4 1990. They began a century ago & continue to this day. Send your reports to epuma@hardynet.com & we thank you in advance.
John A. Lutz
Maysville, WV USA

Since airing of the History Channel's Monster Quest series we have been swamped with over 400 e-mails & phone calls, from residents, hunters, foresters & wildlife officers in 12 eastern & midwest states. 97% agree that "unknown large black cats resembling cougar or puma, are prowling the woods & forests of the east, despite the negativity of mainstream American scientists. For 1st time in history, Monster Quest has gotten the attention of top-notch Minnesota & Oregon scientists, who are now pursuing the sasquatch mystery, since flesh & blood samples show this creature is a live being & not figments of inmagination. Can the black panther issue be far behind?? If anyone has information on black panthers in western Virginia, eastern West Virginia & western Maryland, send an e-mail to epuma@hardynet.com, as we need to discuss those reports. Have a good day...
John A. Lutz
Maysville, WV USA

Just got word that a woman right near where I live video taped two cougars in a field near the Comite River. The video is supposedly in the hands of the LDWF right now. I am going to try to get my hands on it if I can. Are at least find out if they were indeed cougars and not dogs are something. Cougars don't usually run in pairs. But it could be a couple of siblings or something like that. Might be Jan 2008 before I can find out much more as my SOURCE will be off of work till January.
Mike Guerin
Greenwell Springs, LA USA

Growing up, I saw a black panther near J.P. Coleman State Park in Iuka, MS around 1994. A friend was with me and saw it as well. He doesn't talk about it much and I've yet to find very many people who will believe me. My family saw a black bear in a pecan tree in a person's front yard near Rosedale, MS after the droughts around 2001. I have pictures of that along with two bears on the levee in Gunnison, MS. It seems they were crossing over from Arkansas when the Mississippi River dropped so low.
Adam K
Birmingham, AL USA

I can agree with big black cats in the woods of Alabama. I hunt Hollins managment area and have for the last 20yrs have seen big black cats on more than one occasion.. the first time was the worst and it screwed up my hunting trip.. My dad had told me he had been seeing the black cats for several years. sometimes two within minutes of each other.. being young and doubtful i didnt agree nor disagree with him. on one of our trips to Hollins we were going to the top of Rebecca mountain, to hunt and I stopped in a boulder field that had a few overhangs and some good trees to put my stand. as i was waiting on daylight to fully emerge I kept feeling like something was watching me. I would turn and bust my flashlight in the direction of where i thought something was and never could see anything.. this went on till about 6am. I decided to go ahead and get me a cup of coffee and eat a biscuit and all of a sudden i got that feeling again and the hair was standing up on the back of my head. I was at the time standing on a ledge and it was daylight, my gun was lying against the rocks so i could get the coffee. I wheeled around and about 20 yards behind me was a big black cat.. I yelled and I think i scared him as much as he scared me.. I was freakin petrified.. almost crapped my pants .. he ran by me about 20yds away and jumped of the small ledge and was gone.. ruined my whole weekened.. couldnt be still and constantly looking over my shoulder.. That was years ago, I am 50 now and accept that they are there..(I always get in my tree stand now) Me and My father(74) still see these cats on occasion.. I do know what a big cat looks like and respect what they can possibly do to someone. This year i have put up cameras and take my video with me. I am going in Jan for an extended hunt up there for a few days so I hope I can get a pic to post.. I also own a serval cat which is from africa and stand 20" at the shoulder. the cats we see are about 30-36" long.. block head with smooth blunt end tail..tail looks almost as long as the body.. I was a doubter until I saw my first one..
Bart Smith
Mobile, Al USA

The 'black cougar' in the second video clip was actually probably a jagarundi. A jagarundi sighting in the east would actually be more impressive than a cougar sighting. And if it wasn't a jagarundi, it was a cougar with melanism. But I don't think so, because the cat in the clip was walking like a jagarundi and had a long tail like one as well. We have a few jagarundis in Texas, and they may be extending their range much like the cougar is.
Rachel
Houston, TX USA

Cougars are also in the State of Maine.Instead of going to my tree stand ,I decide to watch this ridge from below looking up.Within 10 minutes-- this mountain lion is following the ridge line and never looked down to see me-maybe 80 yards or so.My safety came right off.Hunted Maine all my life and that was a first..this took place in 98..
Henry R Gagne
Port Clyde, Me USA

they deer are good but the camera footage suckd
josh
jasper, USA

I have family that live in Winfield, AL, a few months back they had found some unusual paw prints in the mud on the Auburn University Agricultural Research land where they work, we went there to see how big they were but, we didn't have anything to measure it with besides the hoof print of the bulls they have, this was no ordinary paw print! if there are anyone else in Jasper Alabama who has saw unusaul prints or extremely large cats around your land send me a email at: ltaylor05@peoplepc.com thanks and nice website!!! Justin Taylor.
Justin Taylor
Jasper, AL USA

A few years back we had a deer lease in the pineywoods of E. Texas several people on that six hundred acre lease saw a large black cat. None were ever taken and only one photo was ever captured.
Big E
Houston, tx USA

I am currently a Mississippi State Student but grew up and still hunt in Southwestern Mississppi. When I was leaving the stand empty handed after a deer hunt in Claiborne county I saw the biggest "bobcat" I have ever seen cross the trail in front of me. It had no spots and a long tail and everyone thought I was crazy. We even came across a half eaten deer carcass that was covered under some brush. My dad thought that it had probably drowned in the flash flood we had on the property and maybe thats what happened. All I know is that I saw a very large cat and I find it very exciting that there is photographic evidence for their presence in Louisiana.
Paul Watson
Starkville, MS USA

it's a damn good thing that my uncle isnt delusional
jake brigance
kellyville , ok USA

living in oklahoma, used to, the sighting of a cougar was nearly unheard of, i've grown up hunting, and i've always wanted to see one in the wild, thanks to conservation, people like myself might get that chance.
jake brigance
kellyville, ok USA

In 42 years of big cat studies, over 15,000 reports have been logged. 27% are of BLACK Panther type cats of 75 pounds or more. We have had dozens of pictures & videos sent in for identification by professional trackers & independent scientists, NO doubt exists that some evidence submitted are of native PUMA or BLACK Cougar. Cluster reports over extended time periods are excellent methods to detemine if specific regions have resident American Lions. Tell us about your sightings... Take a look at the tri-state map section on our website at www.easternpumaresearch.com to view regions of confirmed mountain lions since the early 1900s.
John A. Lutz, epuma@hardynet.com
Maysville, WV USA

Since 1965, I have conducted hundreds of field studies and investigations on cougar & black panther(aka puma, jaguar, leopard) sightings across the mid-Atlantic States. Though evidence is elusive, at a few locations, we did manage to find tracks, unusual looking hair and/or scat. While DNA has NOT honestly provided data, many tracks have, in being identified by certified professional trackers as those of a cougar or mountain lion. If tracks are being confirmed as a cougar or mtn lion, yet witnesses including trained observers, are reporting & in some cases photgraphing 'COAL BLACK" felines, the animal must exist as shown in some pictures. They are NOT 100 pound housecats, as some illiogical scientists want the public to believe. A few BLACK PUMAS were photographed or killed in the 1900s in Central & South America. Since BLACK LEOPARDS & JAGUARS do survive in South & Central America, why do scientists make it so difficult to believe, they do NOT exist in North America? Pumas are the MOST adaptable large predator on earth. There is NO valid reason why WILD Black cougars could NOT travel from South American mountains into the United States?? To see a few confirmed black panthers visit our website at: www.easternpumaresearch.com then watch the History Channel on Wednesday night December 12th at 10PM for a documenatry on BLACK pumas or mountain lions in the eastern U.S.. Based on the negativity of mainstream scientists, I do surmise they will play down if NOT fully deny the presence of a large BLACK Feline predator in North America today, but stranger things have occurred in nature.
John A. Lutz
Maysville, WV USA

Sure glad other people are seeing black panthers.I saw one @ work in St.Mary Parish near the Ach.Basin about ten years ago. No one belived me back then.As for black bears we have so many in St. Mary Parish I get more bear on my trail cams then deer.
Millard Simoneaux
Garden City, La. USA

I lived in Northern Vermont for 5 years. I heard this huge cat at night for 2 years before I ever saw it. I was fortunate enough to see one 50 feet in front of my house before dawn. The huge black cat was bigger than any dog. I watched it as it stalked slowly across my front yard...It walked just like a panther, high front shoulders. It was completely black. It had tufts of hair on it's ears. The tail on this thing was longer than it's body and very thick. I opened my front door and actually yelled out to this huge cat...It didn't even look at me or acknowledge that I was there. It just kept stalking across the front yard and then into the dense forrest. I used to find it's paw prints in the mud and the snow quite often. They were huge prints, much bigger than a dog, and the claws were huge and left deep prints. Somewhere I do have pictures of the paw prints in the snow. The locals there didn't believe what I saw, they lived there whole life there and never saw one. Well, one day a couple locals were working on our land and they came running very fast back to the house...they finally saw this huge black panther looking cat. They no longer were in disbelief. These animals are really out there. I guess some people have to see one to believe. I feel very fortunate to have seen this one and I will never forget it. After I saw it, I made sure everytime I was outside alone all 3 of my dogs came outside with me.
Stacy
Allentown, PA USA

Would someone please stop and get some physical evidence of one of these sightings. I find it hard to believe that of all of these sightings, no physical evidence has been brought fourth to substantiate these claims to wildlife officials. A footprint or some hair cant be that hard to come by. Anyway, I have worked part time with my father who is a forester here in Mississippi since I was 15. He has been a forester in Ms since 1980. Neither of us has ever seen any cougars, and we have been to some remote places. One other thing, there is no such a thing as a "black panther" look it up.
David Green
Hattiesburg, Ms USA

i have one at my hunting club in south carolina and he lives in the box stand that i sit in to deer hunt.
chris
hanahan, sc USA

Why did yall put this video on here?
Uknown
Portsulphur, USA

While hunting public land in ColdSprings Texas , just about 25 miles from my home in 2005, I saw what i guess was a panther, i pulled up in front of a gate to hunt at about 5am on a cold november morning , I got out of my truck and turned on my head light , while i was walking around the other side to get out my rifle and jumpsuit i noticed a pair of eyes at the edge of the woods laying in some grass, i started to walk closer when it stood up looking at me, it was about 15-17 inches tall and about 31 or so inches long, had big paws and its tail was almost as long as he was, solid black, with a large head, it looked at me for a few seconds and slowly turned into the woods and walked away, it was a very magnificent looking animal and i feel fortunate to have come within 15 feet of such an animal, it did make the hair on my neck stand up though. this happened in the Sam Houston National forest in case anyone is interested. Richard Stroud New Caney Texas
Richard Stroud
New Caney , tx USA

While deer hunting in 1973 i saw a big black cat in the Big Bend area of parish. Also saw one 1n 1985 in the old Saline Wild life area. About a month ago i saw one in southern Natchitoches parish.
Dennis Deville
Jena, LA LaSalle

No one believes me when i tell them my story, but i dont care. i know exactly what i saw. Last summer (2006), in august at about 2 am i was driving home on Hwy 151 going out towards Hico. I saw reflection of eyes in the middle of the road. i thought it was deer so i slowed down. It was acting strange. the eyes were moving back and forth as if it was confused where to go. as i got closer i realized it was not a deer. it was shorter and much too long. from head to tip of its tail, it was almost as long as the road was wide. then it began to walk towards the car. it got about 10 ft in front of the car, then it entered the opposite lane and began walking alongside the ditch. i knew it was a cougar, but i didnt believe what i was seeing. it was golden brown with a white belly that was sunken it like it was striving. the extra skin from the belly hung down low much like a female dog's when it has puppies. the tail was stretched straight out and was really long and thick. the stride was wide and its paws was huge. i watched it for about a minute or two and then it disappeared into the ditch. that night and the next day i looked for it and the tracks with my camera to get proof but the ground was too dry for it to have left any tracks!!
Heather Elizabeth Humble
Dubach, la USA

I live in Slidell, LA but work on the Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, MS. Of course - Stennis has a huge wildlife area that is essentially part it's "buffer zone". Leaving work two days ago (16 October) ... a panther dashed across the road in front of my truck. It was a large animal - about twice as big as a Bobcat or larger. Very short straight haired and coat was more redish brown than it was buff. It was definitely not a Bobcat - this was a panther / cougar / mountain lion. Looked very healthy and moved quite gracefully!
Mark Marshall
Slidell, LA USA

My grandparents were sitting on there porch when rabits came running out of there cut over then they see it wat they came to be a cougar. I work across the road from that cut over and my co-worker and boss have been hearing it growl and wat ever noises they make. Just yesterday a neighbor hood girl spotted the big cat. Wat should i do to get rid of it should i try to trap it and call the game wardens i dont want this thing around my neices and nephews. Here is my email for comments legros62@yahoo.com thank you
Derick LeGros
Basile , LA USA

Quite possibly it was a cougar I saw in my backyard the other day as well. I have a wolf-dog and the "big cat" was about 30 feet away from him when I saw it. Only got to see it for about 5 seconds but it wasn't any housecat! Been seeing tracks for the last year but this is the first time I've gotten to see the cat itself.
Vickie
Ethel, MS USA

All info will remain confidential just as with the La. Cougar pics if you like. But if anyone has any photos or video please send it in so that others can see it and know they aren't alone.
MIke Guerin
Greenwell Springs, LA USA

My husband couldn't believe his eyes, but spotted it while 4 wheeler riding, between Rayne and Eunice. His buddies laughed too, but now we are talking to people who have seen the big cat (or cats) near other small towns. What a chance encounter; only wish I had been there! Oh, and hubby is very much the unexcitable, slow to believe sort'a guy - so he saw something BIG!
T.O.
Eunice La, La USA

Yes, that is definately one. We have them in Braxton too-some of them have black heads with the spots even. Their tails look like lions. The Wildlife people have been arguing with me for years. A friend has one on tape getting a deer, but he is afraid they'll turn the hunting land into a preserve so he won't release it. Thanks for the proof. Hey has anyone seen the bear around MS too?
Penny
Braxton, MS USA

Jason send me an email!!! omegaman66@cox.net
Mike Guerin
Greenwell Springs, La USA

The other day i was bow hunting and when i was getting up in my stand i saw something out the corner of my eye. i looked again and there was a golden cougar running through the woods. I told all my friends and only one or two believed me and now i can show them proff that there are cougars in the south.
Dillon
Port Allen, LA USA

its all about being in the right place at the right time,and im having a blast with my new wildlife camera,wished i had 10 of um,great photos on the panther and bear,dusting off bow gettin ready for 0ct 1 here in richland parish
t lord
rayville, la. USA

Im glad thay warent hunting at the time they would eat u alive and i realy want one of yall to take me hunting but i aint got the money well see yall
dylan mitchell
olivebranch, illinois USA

I have a picture of a cougar taken on my trail camera.
Jason
Plaucheville, La USA

i ran into a big cat in union parish about 0745. it was moving at a good pace but came within 20 yards of my deer stand. also seen tracks and scat in jackson parish, he's out there but slick. i do alot of hunting at beouf river, i believe big foot could be out there!!!!!!
dwayne
laplace, la USA

I realy thought it was a yote at fisrt,but when I saw the tail in the video.look like a big cat to me.I have seen some big cats here in Texas,and it looks like a cat from the video
L moore
porter, tx USA

i have seen a large black cat 80 to 150 pounds while hunting in perry co. al.
chris garris
mobile, al USA

I saw a Large Black cat in the 65-80lb range during May of 2007. This was on a rancher friends property. I was stopped in the road watching a doe cross in front of me. After she crossed (about 15 yards from me) she headed towards an old phosphate pit. Just as she got to the edge of the enbankment the Cat popped up from behind a blown over oak tree and tore after the doe. I couldn't believe what I had seen and asked her renter who lives in the woods there. He said he was glad that I had seen it because he had seen it on 4 different occasions but couldn't believe his eyes. We are setting up some game cameras to try and get some photos.
Clint
Inverness, Fl USA

Please do send in the picture!!!!
Admin
Greenwell Springs, LA USA

I live way out in the middle of the woods and I have consistently seen a panther in my yard in the last six months. I usually see him once a week he stays just outside of the clear part of my yard and under some trees. Before seeing him I have seen several around the house. I have also been told stories of one person the saw one on a regular basis and told game wardens that he saw one and they just laughed at him. He then shot and killed the one he had been seeing and dropped it in the middle of a large intersection with a note stapled on it saying that "I bet they want laugh at me now!" I also have pictures of one from one of my trail camera's if I can find them I will send to this sight if they want it.
steve
natchitoches, la USA

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