I believe there are a lot more sightings of so called “black panthers” than you will ever get people to admit. But the few that have stepped forward have gotten the UFO crazy treatment or were just bluntly told that seeing a black panther was physically impossible.
Why are we so quick to dismiss the idea that big cats can migrate to different areas? Birds do it. Penguins migrate as well. And how about the dog that shows up at his owner’s home some 3 years later, finding exactly where they moved to 300 miles away? We eat that up like candy on a stick. So why can’t a cat relocate?
A black panther is not a specific breed. It could be a cougar, jaguar, puma or leopard. They all come in black. Sightings have been reported in almost every area of the United States, New York, North Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Michigan, Iowa, Texas and many of the western states. Maybe these panthers migrate to Canada in the summer and go back to Mexico in the winter. Who knows? But I find it hard to believe that hundreds of people in such a vast spread of our nation, are reporting sightings, even though they don’t exist.
A few black panthers even have names. Read on. . .
Palmer Ranch Panther
March 18, 2009
“I saw the Palmer Ranch panther last week. It was about 4 feet long. . . plus a long tail. It was 2 ½ feet high. It ran in front of the car and behind a home.”
You can see the Palmer Ranch panther a displayed in this article.
Out of reading hundreds and hundreds of stories on black panther sightings in the United States, this has to be my favorite. . .
June 23, 2008
“I’ve been holding back on this subject for some time now. Fact is, I have personally seen at least 20 cougars in Southern Illinois and around 10 black panthers. I’ve heard them scream hundreds of times. For something that doesn’t exist, they sure do get around! Everyone around here knows they are here, its common knowledge. Most likely they won’t tell anyone other than close friends in fear of riticule. Many wildlife biologists I have spoken to keep to the party line that these big cats simply don’t exist in the United States. In my book they are a bunch of educated fools. These big cats aren’t making a comeback, they never left to begin with. They could at this very moment be passing through your back yard as they have been spotted both during the day and late at night.
I read a post somewhere that described the opinion that these cats are visitors from some occult and believe that these awesome cats are actually evil spirits sent here to give us a message. I don’t even want to go there. Rather it is easier just to examine the evidence. These cats exist, they are small in numbers but it is funny how animals can somehow find each other over a larger area. It only takes 2 to keep the species going. In upstate NY the deer are abundant and sufficient enough to sustain several large cats if they live in the same woods, not to mention stray dogs and cats roaming around.
I believe that there are big cats roaming throughout the United States just keeping to themselves, trying to make the best of their environment, like a lot of other animals. They don’t bother us and we don’t bother them. By the way, I have a cougar in my woods but don’t tell anyone. Sometimes in the winter, he comes up in my yard, just to have a peek then disappears. Of course my friend, the environmentalist, says I’m wrong.
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Gail on 12.29.2009
The Jaguar and the Leopard both come in black. Both could be called a panther. The Mountian Lion or Cougar have never been found in black, but anything is possible, however unlikely.
I believe that the black cats we see are jaguars and leopards and therefor are much more dangerous than the cougar. I had big black cats in my yard in Homestead Valley, California. We had a large population of cougars and I was not very concerned with them bothering me. The leopards are very dangerous.