Comments on: NJ Black Panther Photos

By: twinbr2

twinbr2 — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:24:50 +0000

i believe this!!!
i saw a panther in my backyard!
i knew i wasnt seeing things
it was bout 2-3 years ago

By: lou-lou

lou-lou — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:06:58 +0000

I just wanted to mention that I live in southeast Wisconsin. For years, people around here were reporting cougar encounters but no one believed them. Finally, a month or two ago the DNR found tracks and tested urine to discover that there actually WAS a cougar in the area, probably from South Dakota, as I recall. This cougar was recently killed in Chicago. So I would never disregard any claims of sightings, although the above photo looks like a black cat if you compare it to the grass it’s hiding behind.

By: PJ

PJ — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:04:30 +0000

In response to the sightings of black cats I would like to share my experience. I moved to southwest Florida late last year and knew to expect that I would be seeing some “wild creatures” as I live in an area that is not highly developed yet. I have seen bobcats around my neighborhood several times. Several weeks ago I was driving down one of the roads on my way to the store, it was late morning, sunny and clear. All of the sudden I saw a medium-large sized black cat coming out of bushes crossing the street some feet in front of my car then walking into more bush.

It couldn’t have been mistaken for a Bobcat or Jagurundi as it was much bigger, and definitely black, small ears and a long tail. A month or two before this sighting my boyfriend and I were driving down a major highway and I happened to notice a deceased animal on the side of the road. It looked to big to be a dog, as it was black with a long black tail so that rules out a boar or bear. Now I believe that that was probably a black panther as well. I didn’t think that these cats were here in Florida but I now know they are.

By: dakwa

dakwa — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:28:13 +0000

Larry, you make a lot of sense here. I have found tracks in both Arizona and Texas of cats that did not fit the norm of the areas. And in Texas I have seen one Panther.

By: cmgrace

cmgrace — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:10:35 +0000

Here kitty, kitty!

By: larry battson

larry battson — Thu, 31 May 2007 03:10:31 +0000

Do not totally dismiss the idea of a black panther roaming in North America. I am not saying that these photos are real or not but they are not clear enough to make a decision one way or the other. By the way I work with and have big cats and here in Indiana these same reports occur and not all of my eyewitnesses are putting together a hoax. Larry Battson, Wildlife Educational Services Inc.

By: larry battson

larry battson — Thu, 31 May 2007 03:10:30 +0000

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Thu, 24 May 2007 11:04:13 +0000

Excuse me, Molly. It might be time to get a new pair of glasses.

Are you seriously talking about these photographs of a probable domestic cat compared with the new Wisconsin photos that clearly shown a large mountain lion? You have got to be kidding?

By: mollymurder

mollymurder — Thu, 24 May 2007 05:31:44 +0000

this looks EXACTLY like the “photos” of the mountain lion in wisconsin. same body position and everything, only a black animal. photoshopped, i am sure.

By: Mnynames

Mnynames — Thu, 10 May 2007 18:22:42 +0000

Great, I knew this would happen…no sooner do I leave NJ then we start seeing some Cryptid action there…and I haven’t heard anything further on OK Bigfoot, now that I’m here…

As for the comment about the Jersey Devil not being suitable for CZ studies, one needs to separate the baby from the bathwater, as someone else said. People are seeing something, have been for centuries, and while some of the details may vary, the overall characteristics remain the same. Yes, there’s myth and folklore associated with JD, and paranormal features added in for good measure, but is that any different from say, Bigfoot? Just think about the Pine Ridge sightings and all the business about 12-foot-tall men in tophats and trenchcoats…And if JD tracks suddenly disappear in the middle of a field, at least there’s an easy explanation (It can fly) without having to invoke the invisible 4-D spiritual being angle…

And come on, if the Mothman and Dover Demon are CZ, both of which have far less reports associated with them, then surely JD is worthy of some consideration.