Comments on: California Black Panther Sighting

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:33:07 +0000

Hello! I have also seen a black panther in the San Luis Obispo county. I was on a school feild trip to the Oso Flaco bird sanctuary back in the mid 1990’s. Our class walked single file on a trail. I was at the back of line. The classed passed under a large tree and none of the children noticed it but me and the teacher I was walking by. Laying on a big branch up in the tree was a black panther resting in the shade. The teacher did not want to alarm any of the other children and she told me to be very quiet and keep walking. It didnt bother any of us, but what are black panthers doing in SLO county?

By: Atticus

Atticus — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:49:31 +0000

There used to be rumors of a black panther that escaped from a pen near Lake Tahoe that never was found or captured.

This could be something similar like and exotic pet getting loose.

By: Bob Michaels

Bob Michaels — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:48:17 +0000

Interesting to note that in Mysterious America page 118 Loren Coleman discusses the Black Panthers of California Panther or Mountain lion? Jaguars have a melanistic phase found mostly in the tropics, Cougars are a tawny color but domestic cat breeds have exhibited and can have as many as 15 different color phases, so who is to say that there are no black cougars.

Karl Shucker has reported a blue Tiger from China.

By: Bob Michaels

Bob Michaels — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:43:50 +0000

Leave it alone, don`t need some nut job with a gun trying to shoot it, one reason we have so many endangered species on our planet.

By: shumway10973

shumway10973 — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:04:57 +0000

well, being down there, I wouldn’t consider this cryptid much at all. Either someone tried to have a big pet or it escaped from a zoo or something of that sort. I’ve all over the hills and mountains of northern California and I am pretty observant when nature is involved and I’ve never seen any large black cats. I’ve seen my share of mountain lions, one was even in my back yard when I was about 9. I would love to see that one, must be beautiful–at a distance of course.