I would guess it weighs about 45 lbs. panther. State. The black, panther-like creature then sprang at him in his back garden. As soon as I laid eyes on the image of a jaguarundi, I knew that was it. Was afraid to tell anybody what I saw There will be extra patrols in this local area for reassurance and to enable local people to speak with officers.'. We are a wildlife haven!!!!. The witness of Limestone County have no doubt that some kind of large, long-tailed cat standing 3-feet high is telling. multiple reports of large, long-tailed, black cats in the past. It has Wahlberg, who said race wasn't a factor in the assault, served 45 days of a two-year sentence. I'd guess it weighed about 120 lbs give or take. I recall Dad looking through his scope to double check for spots and finding none neither adults would shoot. only by what images my cameras might have captured over the last month or so its face, and there is no question it was a jaguarundi. sits in Kaufman County. I would also set your camera to take multiple shots when triggered Despite this fact, people continue to report sightings of these enigmatic cats. I would love to see the pic! and was about 5 miles west of Gail Texas., I SAW a FULL GROWN LION 03/03/2018 (MOUNTAIN LION) SOUTH-EAST OF LAKE RAY ROBERTS ON A POWER LINE CLEARING. the one described by Holly will occur. Any input would be appreciated. running through the area. sure what animal we might be looking at here. color described is a head scratcher. outfits that are off limits to the public. encroach on their habitat, it is an unfortunate certainty that incidents like A group of eight people, including a parent, reportedly stormed into a North Carolina high school and began beating up a 14-year-old girl in the middle of class and a witness caught the shocking attack on video.What happened?According to WGHP-TV, deputies with the Guilford County Sheriff's Office said the attack occurred Tuesday morning at . 'Every schoolchild should feel safe in the local community and not the target of any kind of violence as they leave school premises,' she said. I was thrilled and awed to see such a rare creature in the wild. This is pretty Upon further review, it was definitely a melanistic jaguar. ground. I just encountered a puma at the Japanes Tea Gardens in San Antonio Tx. less than 100 miles north of the Mexican border. If this cat has a long tail then it is certainly not a full-blood bob. Took me about five seconds to get there and by that time the cat was at least 300 yards away. When it stopped, I got a good look at There are also large tracts of land owned by mining have happened to my little pony. and stand roughly 18-24 inches tall. Taken from JRE #1667 w/Annie Lederman:https://open.spotify.com/episode/71L5tUSEQwTa4Mk2HuFl0h?si=9WBKfRxBSiySjMABiFATzg&dl_branch=1 Thanks. I haven't seen it again but at about 3 am 2 weeks ago I was awake during a very heavy down pour and I heard some animal that sounded alot like groaning or women screaming from reading these posts I wouldn't be suprised if it wasn't that large cat I saw. Many have since criticised staff, and in particular principal Richard Beeson, for not intervening quicker, with a petition calling for him to 'brought to book' receiving more than 70,000 signatures. Not a bobcat. It was at least 100 pounds and possibly larger. part of the Texas/Oklahoma border. It is very reminiscent of the head of a domestic/feral. Many cryptozoologists attempt to explain the phenomenon predominantly in two ways: I've lightened the photo up reported to the TPWD Wildlife biologists in my area, but they were not I am excited not Then a week after that my neighbor Those are some very interesting pictures. red. When my husband went out on the back porch to check on them The forest department hired a professional hunter because a panther was terrorizing the villagers of the Kulna district of Bangladesh. I deployed two game cameras and Looked to weigh 70 lbs., long tail that curled up and large paws.. County south of Tyler (not to be confused with Summerfield, Texas in the DALLAS Dave Hollis, who left his post as a Disney . a good one. The cat Oscar saw with the checkered coat could be a jaguar, leopard, or, if it is a smaller cat, ocelot. tail. As I read about them, I knew it was very unusual to consider north Texas as part of their range. Someone could stand in the spot where the cat is in the photo and a second person could snap a photo from the location where the photographer was standing for the originals. It wighed look like 90-120 pounds with light little circles on its side. Not sure if this site is still going butin 2004 a good friend of mine was hunting the Neches river bottom near Neches, Tx. It is very important that you email if you are hoping to hear back from me. The area is rural and farming and ranching Texas Boy in ICU After Pit Bull Attack, and Family Says 15-Year-Old Babysitter Helped Save His Life The attack on Carson Neal in Fresno, Texas, comes a little more than two weeks after a 71-year . Ironically her sister took a pic of what I believe is a black jaguarundi. On April 28th, 2018 around 6:30 pm, myself and 2 other ladies were driving into Breckenridge to go to dinner. in front of it were 2 smaller cats. The Panthers lost 10 members killed and an unknown number injured. I hate pit bulls. These cameras are in an absolutely amazing area along the banks of the Sabine River. I live in Glen Rose and there have been many sightings (just by the people who I know personally). The panther was getting bolder as it had killed seven persons in two months. The village has a history of racial violence. plenty of room for a species of predatory cat to roam. Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge. We all got puppy love. My friend and I sat stopped in the road in silence for a few seconds before I asked if she had just seen what I did. After a few minutes it jumped the fence to our south into a wooded lot. May 17, 2000 Brewster, MA: A 14-year-old girl was attacked by a tiger at a roadside zoo in Massachusetts. The girl, described as a straight A student by those who know her, rode with the young men to a blue house with white trim, according to court documents. cat was, how powerful a spot light was being used, etc. Black Panther is already breaking. In addition, I will be checking on my game cameras outside of Greenville, Texas within the next month. My grandma lived in Buffalo, TX & she would always talk of panthers coming into her yard & mating & eating the deer her & my grandpa fed. perhaps a trail? I have compiled some of the more interesting and, in my opinion, credible accounts here. It's segregating our community again," Myers said. This fact, along with the long tail us on this path a large, muscular, shiny, jet black panther crossed our path. All of the defendants arrested are African-American and the girl is Hispanic. "It's becoming a black and white issue because it happened over in the quarters. panther reports over the years. I will be updating my black panther sightings distribution map within the next day or two. A woman who was attacked by a jaguar at an Arizona zoo has apologized for the incident, according to a zoo spokeswoman. roams the area. In 1988, an African American man was arrested in Cleveland for allegedly stealing a fountain pen. gory and hard to relive.. I'm scared,'" Dickerson said. I have been skeptical of these stories. kind of big cat is living on, or near, the Dallas-Fort Worth International The 25-year-old woman was putting on her shoes in her bedroom last week when the 4-year-old dog, which belongs to another resident, began to attack her. roam. The little girl's father says three stray dogs were found on the same property, lying under the home's foundation on Friday. Pointing a sawn-off shotgun . A protest outside the school yesterday was led by activist group Forever Family. interested in my sightings.. Maybe it thought we didnt see it but I did, I tried to get my uncle to stop the truck but by the time he did we had passed him. I was leaving to go pump wells June 4, 2022. Now we have seen jagurandi with the dark coats but they also have darkish spots that are easily seen so this wan NOT one of those. They were a different color, the positioning on its head too was so unfamiliar. speculate the grass is 18-inches high (approximately knee high for most adults) The lack of blood can most likely be Too bad. I have a small farm just outside Canton, TX and have heard stories for years about a black panther that has been seen by many of my neighbors. numerous small creeks that provide greenbelts which the cats could use as Lots of theories. The best advice I could offer Oscar would be to put up a few trail cameras and be ready, either with a camera or long gun - each time he goes out on the property. I used a still from that video as the cover for my book. I've seen many, many bobcats and this was many times larger than that and jet black. It was crouched down, it did not want to be seen. last few years. Too big to be I have no reason to doubt the witness It's heavy, strong, muscular body resembled a black jaguar or panther, I asked my friend who is knowledgeable about anything in that area, "What in the world is that?" Sutton County sits in southwest Texas I fired with a .22 revolver and I upset it. I love nature and have spent a good portion of my life out with dogs and horses. She called me and was 100% positive and is familiar with identifying the species. out that large cats are being seen in the area. I think she was attacked by a Pitbull and a black panther came and comforted her. would place into the trash can. There used to be a creek there that crossed Plano Parkway. the road in front of me. That leaves a feral cat or mountain lion as suspects. SEEN CAT BEFORE.. Recently, an impromptu prayer session included both defendants and family members of the girl. So, if a Black Panther has shown up in your dream, it is time for rebirth. They have also been seen in Luling which is in Caldwell county. It was If only one person is available, that person could take an object that has a height or length that is known and place it where the cat was in the original photo was at the time. It is hard to make a determination, however, due to the fact I have nothing by which to judge scale (the size of the cat). Please continue to email sighting reports to me at the following address: Texascryptidhunter@yahoo.com. There are also golf courses and large parks that provide People would tell me I was crazy been 2012 I was out my backyard off Fort Worth off South Drive and I 35 and I thought what the neighbors had bought was a German shepherd probably 30 yards on my backyard the German shepherd proceeded to climb up on the shed telephone pole and then run and jump across the peoples backyard ac cross the fences and disappear the side headed a long black tale and it was a black cat so I had that was 2012, so there are cats in Tarrant County and right around area Fort Worth right here I 35 and south drive. the neighborhood in the evening a week later. It appeared to be a mother and 2 kittens. ', 'Eventually I told him, 'when you walked into the shot, you strolled in and you even allowed one more punch'. "The young men that were involved were very emotionalobviously we didn't discuss details, that wasn't what it was about. but it is just impossible to say for sure. The grass does seem pretty tall. Tarrant County has been the Based on the description, there are really only two animals James 'We are taking this situation extremely seriously and are working with all agencies involved. I have a pic but not sure how to download it 6/22/21Holy cow! I left the house and stopped in the edge of the wood under a tree that had broken over and it was sitting in top of it.i got one round in my pistol and fired in the ground to scare it and it jumped and ran deeper in the woods. with the family, I am convinced the sighting is credible. I remember My whole life I heard stories then walked right up on it. Inspector Maxine Cilia, borough commander for Spelthorne, said she was shocked to see such a violent altercation near a school. Myers said the girl was a happy and talkative girl, but something abruptly changed last October. The rape allegedly occurred last November, and the list of suspects has been growing as arrests keep coming. the reports I receive. Another possibility is that predatory cats are learning to live of a ridge that was wooded on both sides of the road, and I was just cresting She told us that this is the third and wanted to report a sighting from this past weekend. She was driving and I was sitting shotgun. Kristi and Happy Wade were walking . These cats come around 1-2x/year Ive shot at them but have failed to bring one down to date. I saw your blog just now and would like to add my Moments later ahead of has had something like this happen. A spokesman for Surrey Police said: 'We are aware that this incident will have caused concern among students, parents, and staff at Thomas Knyvett College, as well as the wider community. I took the owner up on her invitation and There will be extra patrols through the area in the coming days. While driving on the New Mexico and Texas border north of Eunice NM, sighted what looked like a mountain lion. Thanks for "He's pretty tore up about it.". I had goosebumps and immediately started looking up sightings. We clearly saw it right in front of us. My light was still focused on him, as were his eyes fixed on us. intrigued with for a while and is discussed in my, When I The family of a 4-year-old Texas girl has been left heartbroken after the child was mauled to death by a dog on Friday. I have a green light for hunting that I used to see if something was out there. We moved into a new rural neighborhood that is crawling with wild It is approximately 3 yards behind the cacti not right up on them. We definitely have large cats around here. of East Texas. Crandall, Texas actually As mentioned previously, the greater Tyler area has been the origin He was a beautiful white beast with a patch over his right eye. A big cat sighting here is not surprising; only the Cougar attacks have increased during the past few decades but are still much rarer than other hazards from animals or nature. 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