panther in south carolina
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thanks for sharing. that was outstanding!
I saw a jet black panther in FL. I had the similar experience of rangers telling me I could not possibly have seen one.
i wont get into it in detail but i grew up in the panhandle and heard them growing up. that was when they were all but extinct. i find it so interesting that the officials always want to poo poo the idea they are there. perhaps its their way to protect them and keep the public from worrying.
I've seen BlackPanthers (jaguar) in Central America, but never b/4 heard of them north of Belise/SoMexico....Not 2 say they haven't made it this far north...Has anyone here heard of "dark" pumas..??..
Here Kitty Kitty
Same here, only my experience was in the NW mtns of South Carolina. When I asked local DNR officials, they assured me there was no way I saw a black panther. Later, another DNR guy admitted they had received other reports of the same type sighting.Originally Posted by Gray Blazer
I don't care what "they" say---I was there and I know what I saw! I was alone late one evening and called for my dog. I thought I saw him pass under the light (less than 100 feet from me.) Then--he was instantly beside me. When I looked back--I saw the panther and about that time, it emitted a most memorable soul piercing howl! When they describe it as a woman wailing--that is an understatement! Still sends chills up my spine when I think of it.
The article quoted Fletcher's "feeling." Whew, I can relate! I remember that "feeling" quite well!!!
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Awwww--
What a wonderful "quick journey"--thanks for sharing the link!
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..If that "thanks" was 4 me, your very welcome....I have to look at it once a day when I'm not in the mtns..lol..
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In the Carolinas? Something to do a little follow up research.
there have long been stories of 'panthers' and 'cougars' here in the mts of s.w. VA. i work w/ a guy that claims to have seen a brown cougar a few weeks ago on his way back from cherokee, nc. described it as very large w/long tail...much bigger than a bobcat. personally, i have been in some remote areas in and around grayson highlands national park and have heard some very unnerving squalls similar to a woman or child crying. definitely makes the hair stand up on the back of your neck.
I've heard those kinds of cries in the western portion of Slickrock Wilderness and In the woods in the Tellico Plains (actually Coker Creek, TN) area.
I grew up in a small rural county in South Carolina, Barnwell County, bordering the Savannah River and home to the Federal Nuclear Energy Reservation we affectionately call " the bomb plant". My family has lived there since the Revolution. They were farmers, merchants and lumbermen and spent a lot of their lives outdoors working and playing. Of course to them, hunting was not play, it was meat. I share this little personal history to establish their credentials as folk knowledgeable of their enviorment, the woods and swamps of the Edisto River Basin.
Now about 45 years ago my Uncle Clem, on my Mama's side, pulled into our yard and said, " Jamie, tell your boys to stay away from the pond". You see, Uncle Clem owned a 10 acre fish pond about about a mile from our house. Mama figured we'd done something wrong but Uncle Clem said no we hadn't. He said Jamie, " I was on the pond in the jon boat trying to catch some bream when I heard the squirrels making a racket. All of a sudden, one squirrel took off running for a tree. Behind it was the biggest damn cat I've ever seen. It stood about yea tall and had a long tail." He went on to describe its color and to the best of my memory, yea tall was around three feet. Uncle Clem was afraid it might eat us. To this day I am convinced Uncle Clem saw a cougar. So who knows what might be lurking in the dark coves of the Chattooga. BTW, Madame and I were camping at Sims Field a few weeks ago. Heard some coyotes but no cats.
I grew up in east tennessee and my grandfather and his family was from Western NC (around Murphy). He told stories about the "old timers" seeing black panthers, even when conventional science said it was not possable. He swore by thier stories and what they had seen. Of cousre, these were also men who got thier "homemade" corn from a jar(if you catch my drift)!
Stumpy
You can never go wrong with butter or bacon!!!!
In my youth in North Georgia (on Mt. Oglethorpe) there was a story of a black panther that had been sighted there in late 60's/early 70's.
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Be witty in your cruelty.
"Black panthers are not native to the southeastern United States, meaning Fletcher might have seen a river otter or a bobcat, state wildlife officials in Georgia and South Carolina said."
Ridiculously false. "Panthers" AKA cougars, mountain lion, whatever where here in the East and thriving until pioneer farmers killed them off. Fewer farmers, fewer hunters, more cats. It took decades of reports to get WV officials to admit the cats were there, and we're just seeing the same thing playing itself out further south.
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[quote=Always350;315795]"Black panthers are not native to the southeastern United States, meaning Fletcher might have seen a river otter or a bobcat, state wildlife officials in Georgia and South Carolina said."
"Ridiculously false. "Panthers" AKA cougars", mountain lion"...
The panther & the Cougar are 2 different species.....Some area locals may call a cougar/puma a panther...Yes the puma is native to the eastern US, not so of the panther..http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_P...ity_Candidates..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther
Officials?
"....river otter or a bobcat, state wildlife officials in Georgia and South Carolina said."
LOL--makes one wonder if these "officials" have ever seen a river otter or a bobcat,---they certainly would not be confused with the likes of a mountain lion or panther in size!
Of course, they may have the same IQof the Wildlife Officer I encountered when I called about a nuisance bear that had catapulted himself into my basement window at the children's Camp. He said, "Yes ma'am--just as I thought. The handbook says, " It is illegal and unlawful to transfer or relocate any furbearing animal. I'm sorry, we can't help you. My suggestion would be to keep your windows closed."
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I thought the Panthers played in Charlotte.
Good links PJ.
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