Comments on: Mystery Cat Video

By: FunkyBunky

FunkyBunky — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:15:24 +0000

Seriously, house cat. People look way too far, too deep for something that just ain’t there. The truth is out there and the truth is you can find this same cat at your local Pet Smart.

By: YourPTR!

YourPTR! — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:21:54 +0000

Looks like a large, silver tabby housecat!

By: jchip

jchip — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:52:12 +0000

It certainly looks like a housecat (kitty) to me, albeit a larger one - possibly a Maine Coon. The hair seems fairly long as well

By: UCTZoology

UCTZoology — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:38:39 +0000

blobcat

By: Kirsty08

Kirsty08 — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:46:53 +0000

P.s. However on a non exotic note having just seen a beautiful picture of a male tabby in my magazine it very well like in other comments could be a large domestic/feral tabby cat.

By: Kirsty08

Kirsty08 — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:29:40 +0000

I had a look at the video footage on their website. You don’t get a clear image of the cat but you can just make out the markings. I had a look at the savannah cat possibility it looks fairly simular but I’m not sure if the ears seem as long or simulary shaped however it does have simular markings but the savannah cat doesn’t seem to have as many bold markings such as the one along the back and the two on the chest that the cat in the video has though I can not tell if the marking along it’s back is striped or spots grouped together.
I noticed the same problem with the serval alike the savannah cat it’s markings are again simular but does not seem to demonstate that pattern you can in the cat in the picture and again the ears of the serval seem taller then that shown in the picture.
I had a look at the possibility of being a bobcat, again simular markings but it seemed sleeker then the general outline of a bobcat, however some are sleeker then others and if it is a youngster then it would not have the bulkier apperance of an adult but it looks like this cat has a longer tail then that of a bobcat.
A few other possible identifications could be the ocelot again markings are simular and this time the ears seem to fit those shown in the video and also the cat in the picture appears to have quite a thick dark tip and thick dark bands to its tail which is present in the ocelot species,Or maybe the oncilla, again markings are simular but it doesn’t have the same tail markings. The margay also has simular markings and like the ocelot has the dark bands and thick tip to the tail. I know that these species of cat are native to south america not north america but if they have possibly escaped from a private collection then that makes them a possibility.

By: kittenz

kittenz — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:07:08 +0000

What I see is without question a well-marked tabby, probably a spotted tabby or a ticked tabby. The tabby bars on the chest are very noticable and so the coat must probably be a rather paler fawn color than the usual brown tabby, as is often seen in cats which are part Siamese/part tabby. The head-to-body proportions, the bright markings, and the shape of its head and ears leave no doubt in my mind that I am seeing an ordinary tabby cat - that is, if any cat can be called “ordinary”.

By: truthinlove

truthinlove — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:00:39 +0000

Being from the DC area, I read the comments by the UMD head of campus police in the paper. There were a few inaccuracies. I don’t have the article in front of me, but basically he was saying it was not possible that the cat first seen and described as 4 ft long with a 4 ft long tail could be in the area. Wrong! Two years straight, a year apart, cougars were spotted near or on Andrews Air Force base which is in the same county, across the Capital Beltway and a little bit south and east. The first time both a tan and a black cougar were seen by multiple witnesses in the same afternoon. About one year later, a tan cougar was seen in that area. Both were widely reported. They were seen by multiple witnesses. My point is: that just because this “savannah cat” is seen on security video does not mean that it’s the same cat that was seen the day before or whenever the larger cat was seen. It could be two different cats, different sightings. The person who first reported the large cat, did not report any markings.

By: sasquatch

sasquatch — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:05:45 +0000

House cat…Why does the most mundane stuff get so much attention on You Tube?
Mantauk Monster?- err uh…Dog…froze up websites because of interest!? If a real bigfoot is found it probably won’t get that kind of interest. ’cause people will think it’s another fake undoubtedly.

By: Kursk

Kursk — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:39:05 +0000

Unless i see a clearer photo or video then add another vote for a probable domestic or feral cat. If it’s a genuinely wild species then i vote for an African wildcat - the wild ancestor of the domestic cat. the African wildcat basically looks like a somewhat large rangy tabby cat.