Big cats confirmed is the south
Phantom big cats are a proven hoax. This is just another one.
>>5051506◯ How rare is it to spot a black panther?
>>5051524u tell me
>>5051524pretty rare. the only person I know 3rd hand to see ( and photograph ) one was my friends grandma in vermont. That was back in the 1990s though.
>>5051506That looks to be a leopard, rather than a jaguar. So someone has likely released a pet they were too scared to handle anymore. Or lost a pet they didn't keep properly confined.
>>5051506Seeing big cats loose in the south is nothing new, there was a tiger wandering around Houston a while ago. Still all the boomers who took a grainy photo of a feral cat and called it a panther will feel vindicated
>>5051506Definitely a zoo escapee. Or maybe from some rich persons private menagerie.
>>5051543>That looks to be a leopard, rather than a jaguar.How can you tell? It does appear to have a long tail, but is that enough? are there any other clues?
>>5051510yeah, more likely it's some kind of native ancestral spirit guardian.
>>5051788No it isn't, paleoschizo.
>>5051506They absolutely do because I've absolutely seen one in person in SCNow whether or not it was an actual panther or just a melanistic mountain lion, I cannot tell you.
>>5051751The long tail is usually enough, but jaguars are way bulkier
>>5051573What a faggy post
>>5051751Definitely the tail's holding position. Jags don't curl theirs quite so strongly and theirs is way stumpier, like half that length.>>5051895They say that pumas don't have the genetic markers to allow for melanism.But a melanistic lynx was caught on film for the first time. Maybe they're wrong. A black puma would be so much more impressive looking than a black leopard or jaguar.
>>5051930Found the vindicated southern boomer
>>5051506"Melanocytic" critters happen pretty often in Nature and "Black Panthers" are nothing new. This does look like an escapee from a private collection/zoo though. Florida Panthers in the SE virtually never do this and neither do "Mountain Lions" out West. Mostly jaguars, and leopards.
>>5051573Somehow that seems like much greater cause for concern than a black panther
>>5051506This exact image has been posted on facebook before with different captions. Whether the original is real or not idk but this one is fake
>>5051949Just remember if you ever come face to face with a big cat, pretty much the same rules apply as all felinesDon't run and act like preyLook at it and slowly blink, then act uninterested while maintaining a confident postureYou will both most likely go about your businessUnless he really hangry then act like you are the most terrifying monster on earth but dont put him in a position where he can't escape
>>5051949That is fucking horrifying. With a leopard i see a healthy adult male being able to defend themselves but a fucking tiger? no way
>>5051534yea my nephew's great great grandfather's neighbor also ended up spotting a wild albino elephant in kentucky and got a snap on his kodakdipshit
Clearly swamp gas
>>5051506There's a cougar species native to Florida. It's highly endangered, but nobody disputes its existence. It's probably just a melanistic Florida panther, it looks way too small to fit the black panther legends from out west.
>>5051506Kool
>>5054783We're not talking about the florida panther, we're talking about your average everyday catamount and painter that marches up and down appalachia all the time but that the government covers up, presumably so businesses can operate more freely.
>>5054783OP pic looks nothing like a cougar
>>5056993Everything is a conspiracy, isn't it.
>>5057500You're retarded.I don't know or really care why they deny the existence of some animals in areas, but it's undeniable that they do.
>>5052708wrong.
>>5051790I still dk who paleoschizo is but i hate this deboonker redditor who cant handle banter who always brings him up
>>5051790None of what he said related to paleo dumbass
>>5056993Why can't you fags ever have a normal conspiracy, do you guys just get off to being a retard?
