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Texas man has photos of large black feline

Posted on 12/20/23 at 7:20 pm
Posted by Speckhunter2012
Lake Charles
Member since Dec 2012
5818 posts
Posted on 12/20/23 at 7:20 pm
LINK

MSN Links to USA Today.

LINK

Houston Chronicle link with photos.

Just dropping this in for the OB. I know Cougars cannot be black. So what is this?
Posted by headedwest21
Member since Dec 2016
1108 posts
Posted on 12/20/23 at 7:25 pm to
I love how all the photos of these “black panthers” are usually an iPhone 4 from 300 yards away and they are going to say for sure what it is.
Posted by A_bear
baton rouge
Member since Sep 2013
1965 posts
Posted on 12/20/23 at 7:36 pm to
Looks like a house cat to me
Posted by Taxman2010
In The Woods
Member since Jan 2022
540 posts
Posted on 12/20/23 at 7:49 pm to
That could very well be a small barbeque pit.
Posted by Turner River Terror
Member since Apr 2022
257 posts
Posted on 12/20/23 at 7:53 pm to
I'm not even gonna look.
I live in Florida and we seem to have Millions of black Panthers down here.
Never seen one after 60 years in the woods but I guess their out there somewhere...Maybe...kinda A sorta of..
Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
Member since Jun 2006
30548 posts
Posted on 12/20/23 at 8:07 pm to
but jaguars can be black and "migrant" jaguars have been in Tx and AZ before.
Posted by A_bear
baton rouge
Member since Sep 2013
1965 posts
Posted on 12/20/23 at 8:44 pm to
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I live in Florida and we seem to have Millions of black Panthers down here.


There’s an equal amount here. Everybody has seen one. Some people have even killed them but hid the evidence so they didn’t get in trouble. From the reports, it seems as though the largest herd is along the Mississippi River. Followed by the swamps south of Plaquemine, La, including pigeon and sorrel. Everybody and their pawpaw seent them!
Posted by LSUJML
BR
Member since May 2008
45549 posts
Posted on 12/20/23 at 8:52 pm to


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An expert with the state agency believes the creature photographed in Walker County on Saturday was most likely a house cat, though it notes the photo quality makes it difficult to decipher. "It is certainly not a mountain lion based on the tail length (or a jaguarundi)," TPWD wrote. "Size can be tough to tell in photos and unless you have a good reference, 'apparent size' is often misleading."


ETA
I love these threads
This post was edited on 12/20/23 at 8:53 pm
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81631 posts
Posted on 12/20/23 at 9:26 pm to
Mr. Whiskers!
Posted by calcotron
Member since Nov 2007
8265 posts
Posted on 12/20/23 at 9:30 pm to
Definitely a catsquatch based on the signature blurry appearance. (RIP in peace Mitch Hedberg)
Posted by LSUA 75
Colfax,La.
Member since Jan 2019
3703 posts
Posted on 12/21/23 at 3:16 am to
Half the people in Grant Parish have seen black panthers at some time or another.
Posted by Animal
Member since Dec 2017
4218 posts
Posted on 12/21/23 at 6:07 am to
A lost badger or wolverine.
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
11310 posts
Posted on 12/21/23 at 6:59 am to
The mountain lion/panther groups on Facebook are a lot of fun to read through when you're bored.
this guy saw "I saw a juvenile black panther in Kingsport". I'm guessing he means a black housecat.






Posted by TigerOnTheMountain
Higher Elevation
Member since Oct 2014
41773 posts
Posted on 12/21/23 at 7:23 am to


I caught one of those juvenile black panthers the other night prowling my property. Hide your livestock!
Posted by WhiskeyThrottle
Weatherford Tx
Member since Nov 2017
5313 posts
Posted on 12/21/23 at 7:49 am to
Are those little mounds underneath the feeders hogs?
Posted by TigerOnTheMountain
Higher Elevation
Member since Oct 2014
41773 posts
Posted on 12/21/23 at 7:52 am to
No those are what’s left of fall pumpkins I broke open for the deer/wildlife to eat.
Posted by awestruck
Member since Jan 2015
10941 posts
Posted on 12/21/23 at 8:29 am to
So they're not tigerdroppings?
Posted by Harlan County USA
Member since Sep 2021
537 posts
Posted on 12/21/23 at 10:35 am to
I bout got fooled like this two days ago. Sitting on my Mom's couch in KY looking out of her living room windows at the steep mountain directly in front of her house. I see a black feline moving around behind some mountain laurel. It looked enormous and I jumped off the couch to get a closer look out the window. Turns out it was the neighbors male house cat once I saw the white paws. The mountain is steep but the horizontal distance was only 50-60 yards according to Google Earth. Made him look huge.
Posted by TigerAxeOK
Where I lay my head is home.
Member since Dec 2016
24817 posts
Posted on 12/21/23 at 12:27 pm to
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I caught one of those juvenile black panthers the other night prowling my property. Hide your livestock!

It appears your resident panther has the uncanny ability and intelligence to wear white socks upon its feet.

A new subspecies perhaps, worthy of study?

Posted by TigerOnTheMountain
Higher Elevation
Member since Oct 2014
41773 posts
Posted on 12/21/23 at 2:13 pm to
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A new subspecies perhaps, worthy of study?


A hybrid, no doubt

YOU’D KNOW THAT IF YOU HAD A HOUND AND NO TV YUPPIE BOY
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