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I recently saw a black panther here in my area of Southeast Kentucky and I made a few remarks about it on my facebook page. This caught the attention of a lot of people who have seen similar large cats. The thing is, in may of these area we are told there are no big cats. But yet people continue to see them and report them.

Here is one such report, that was recently submitted to me.

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Name: Wyatt ******

Email Address: On file

State: Delaware

County: Sussex

Date of Sighting: July 25, 2010

Time of Day: 10:00 PM

Nearest Town: Rehoboth Beach

Length of Sighting: 2:00 minutes

How many Witnesses: 5

Any Photos/Videos: No

Describe sighting in detail:

Me, my sister, and some other people we met while we were camping were walking on the beach late at night. When we started noticing people's stuff still laying on the beach, like a book and a boogie board. This was very odd since nobody else seemed to be on the beach but us, and that is when we saw the cat. It was running incredibly fast and it was way to big to be a normal cat. The tail was also way to long, and it looked like a panther.
One of the people we were with started running after it but it escaped. We were all in shock, me and my sister were terrified. In addition we came back to tell everyone else but they did not seem to care, so we told a ranger and they never did find the cat. It was not until last year I realized it was a Phantom Cat.

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Thanks for the report, Wyatt.

So, just what was this large cat? It remains unclear but it would seem that if it was just a normal house cat, that one of the five witnesses could have been able to identify it as such.

Cats of all sizes are incredibly quiet and normally don't make a lot of sound. It appears these large cats are for the most part, able to go undetected by humans. It is chance sightings, like this one, that gives us a pause and a time to think about what might be lurking in our communities.


Thanks
~Tom~

This post by Thomas Marcum, Thomas is the founder/leader of the cryptozoology and paranormal research organization known as The Crypto Crew. Over 20 years experience with research and investigation of unexplained activity, working with video and websites. A trained wild land firefighter and a published photographer, and poet.



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Black Panther - taken in Bell county, KY

This post by Thomas Marcum, Thomas is the founder/leader of the cryptozoology and paranormal research organization known as The Crypto Crew. Over 20 years experience with research and investigation of unexplained activity, working with video and websites. A trained wild land firefighter and a published photographer, and poet.




I can remember growing up and hearing my papaw and my dad talk about seeing large cats in and around Bell County, Ky. As I got older the stories seems to become less and less but over the last few years there has been a increase of sightings in this area. I personally know 3 or 4 people who have seen these big cats. If you ask Fish and Wildlife about Panther/Cougars in this area they tell us that there is none around here. They also told us that about black bears.

Well, I know the people who took this photo and I know where it was taken but I will not reveal them or the location. It was taken Bell County. The person who took this picture had this to say.

"...got pictures of three different black ones and one yellow one. The yellow one was for sure a mountain lion."

I'm working on getting some more photos of these big cats. I hope to have another report at some point.

Here is a the full picture from above.


If you have evidence of  panthers/cougars in Southeastern Kentucky, feel free to contact me.

Thanks
~Tom~






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Reportedly taken in Shelby, ky in 2013

This post by Thomas Marcum, Thomas is the founder/leader of the cryptozoology and paranormal research organization known as The Crypto Crew. Over 20 years experience with research and investigation of unexplained activity, working with video and websites. A trained wild land firefighter and a published photographer, and poet.


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State: Ky
County: Madison
Date of Sighting: Between 1996 & 2004
Time of Day: some were daytime & some were at night.
Nearest Town: Berea
Length of Sighting: as much as 20 seconds
How many Witnesses: 1
Any Photos/Videos: no
Describe sighting in detail:

My first sighting was in 96 when I was driving north on Menelaus Rd. in Berea to visit my in-laws. I had just passed the PPG factory when I noticed a cat in the crotch of a tree on the PPG property. It was all black & about the size of a medium size dog. This was no dog. I stopped in the road & got a really good look at it. I'll never forget those piercing yellow eyes.

Another sighting I had was around the Ellipse Street/Rash Road intersection. I saw a very large black cat crossing the cut corn field about 75 yards from the road. This happened around the fall of 2003.

Another encounter I had was on Jefferson Street in Berea. It was 2001, around 3-3:30 a.m. & I was headed back to work. As I was going thru the stop light, I noticed what appeared to be a full grown bobcat coming down the hill to my right. It noticed me & did a U-turn, going back up the hill.

Another sighting occurred (August 2004) when I was going thru a spell of not sleeping very well. I would go out on our deck to listen to nature, read with a small flashlight or play with one of the Boxers we raised at the time. It was about 4 a.m. & I noticed something between my house & our neighbor's house. There right before me was a mother mountain lion with two cubs. Freaked me out. These were all tan in color except for the tuft of darker brown at the end of their tails. I watched them go out of sight due to the fact there was enough light from the street light on the other end of the property.

I remember the closest sighting to date. It was Thanksgiving about the first or second year we lived at Peachtree Drive here in Berea. After dinner, I was too full to take the garbage out like I should have, so I set it on the deck. The deck is 12 feet off the ground but it has steps to the ground. At the same time, we had this bat-crap crazy bird dog named COCO. She was a lunatic, plain & simple. Anyway, that night, she was barking like she never had before. I looked out & noticed she was looking toward the deck. I got up & grabbed my .45 to go see what was going on. I looked out onto the deck & lo & behold there's a large bobcat in the garbage having a good time in our scraps. I watched it for a few & went back to bed. heck on it, right? These sightings at Peachtree Drive here in Berea KY.
Thank you for your interest.
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Thanks for sharing your sightings. If anyone else has seen these large cats in an area where they are said not to be, contact us.

Thanks
~Tom~




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A Liger

It is bigger than either parent, 10 - 12 ft in length - making it the biggest hybrid cat. Ligers vary in appearance depending on how the genes interact and on which subspecies of lion and tiger are bred together. In general, males grow sparse leonine manes and the facial ruff of a tiger. Males and females have spotted bellies and a striped back. They roar like lions and "chuff" like tigers.

What a wonderful Creature

Ligers are the largest big cat, tending towards gigantism, especially in the males which can be the size of a pony and weigh over half a ton!
!! More Pictures after the break!!

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