Panther spotted

[Mrprez]

SWMBO (my wife) was driving on Warm Springs towards Bigham Trail from Publix and saw a large black cat crossing from Marsh Bend area to the non-villages houses just east of Bigham Trail. First gators in the driveway and now panthers! Bigfoot can’t be far behind.

[Bogie Shooter]

SWMBO was driving on Warm Springs towards Bigham Trail from Publix and saw a large black cat, aka panther, crossing from Marsh Bend area to the non-villages houses just east of Bigham Trail. First gators in the driveway and now panthers! Bigfoot can’t be far behind.

Maybe was a large black cat.......................


Florida Panther - Florida Panther - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (https://www.fws.gov/refuge/florida_panther/wah/panther.html)



Appearance – An adult Florida panther is unspotted and typically tan in overall coloration, but may be darker brown to rust-colored along the midline of the back. The underside is dull white or buff-colored. Whereas the tip of the tail, back of the ears, and sides of the muzzle are blackish, there has never been a melanistic (black) puma documented in North or South America.

[swissy]

... saw a large black cat, aka panther, crossing from Marsh Bend area to the non-villages houses ...
Too bad there are no photos or video of it. :sad:

[Cupcake57]

He was looking for the new shopping plaza that is going in on Warm Springs and Brigham Trail!

[CWGUY]

:shrug: More than likely just a Villages' Cougar headed out for Happy Hour. :icon_wink:

[jblum315]

Maybe just a really big back cat?

[Mrprez]

Too bad there are no photos or video of it. :sad:

Have you ever tried to take a picture of moving wildlife while driving?

[Mrprez]

Don’t know for sure what it was, she was driving at the time but it ran just in front of her and it wasn’t moving like a domestic cat does. Too big for that anyway.

[vermonster]

SWMBO was driving on Warm Springs towards Bigham Trail from Publix and saw a large black cat crossing from Marsh Bend area to the non-villages houses just east of Bigham Trail. First gators in the driveway and now panthers! Bigfoot can’t be far behind.

I had a similar experience way up north (in the Spanish Springs area) several years ago, which I have pushed aside as an anomaly. I walked out my door about 10:00 PM with my Greyhound for our pre-bedtime walk. My dog, who NEVER barks, froze and then started barking. Diagonally across the street was a large black creature, much larger than anything we may see out and about from time to time: feral cats, the occasional coyote or two, an opossum. Whatever it was just stared at us. My eyes had not adjusted to the dark, and it was too far away for my flashlight to be of any use. Eventually it loped away, and we cautiously continued our walk. I had the eerie feeling it was watching/stalking us. I sensed it again farther along between two houses. Walking, not running quickly, we returned home. I concluded it was probably a bear.

[Debra Freeman]

Yes black panthers are common and are found in Florida.

Panthers are animals that are natively found on three of the world’s continents, with their location depending on whether or not it is a black Leopard or a Black Jaguar. There are 30 different subspecies of Leopard found across both Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, and with the once large natural range of the Jaguar stretching throughout Central and South America and even into parts of the USA, the Panther has become an incredibly adaptable animal that is found in a variety of different habitats. Although they are most commonly found in tropical and deciduous forests, the Panther can also be found inhabiting both marsh and swampland, along with grasslands and even more hostile areas such as deserts and mountains. Along with a number of the world’s largest felines, the Panther is becoming rarer in the wild primarily due to habitat loss in the form of deforestation.

[Hiltongrizz11]

Are we supposed to know what that acronym is? Wow people who just make things up

[Dahabs]

Are we supposed to know what that acronym is? Wow people who just make things up

She Who Must Be Obeyed, i.e. his wife. I googled it.

[Mrprez]

Are we supposed to know what that acronym is? Wow people who just make things up

Let Me Google That (https://www.letmegooglethat.com/?q=swmbo)

I didn’t make that up.

[Miriam2940]

Florida panthers aren’t black, they’re tan

[Travelingal702]

Are we supposed to know what that acronym is? Wow people who just make things up
SWMBO = Single/Simple White Male Bothering Others???:a040::a040::a040::a040:

[GOLFER54]

Maybe it was a transgender black Labrador

[JMintzer]

Are we supposed to know what that acronym is? Wow people who just make things up

Yes... TTFN..

[joelfmi]

Never heard of a back cat, is it something new in The villages

[jimkerr]

It was likely just a regular cat or a dog. We don’t have to worry about panthers in the villages.

[Mrprez]

Florida panthers aren’t black, they’re tan

Who said anything about Florida Panthers? Except you? Technically, they aren’t panthers, they are cougars according to my limited research.

[La lamy]

:shrug: More than likely just a Villages' Cougar headed out for Happy Hour. :icon_wink:

:1rotfl: :1rotfl: :1rotfl:

[toeser]

I had a similar experience way up north (in the Spanish Springs area) several years ago, which I have pushed aside as an anomaly. I walked out my door about 10:00 PM with my Greyhound for our pre-bedtime walk. My dog, who NEVER barks, froze and then started barking. Diagonally across the street was a large black creature, much larger than anything we may see out and about from time to time: feral cats, the occasional coyote or two, an opossum. Whatever it was just stared at us. My eyes had not adjusted to the dark, and it was too far away for my flashlight to be of any use. Eventually it loped away, and we cautiously continued our walk. I had the eerie feeling it was watching/stalking us. I sensed it again farther along between two houses. Walking, not running quickly, we returned home. I concluded it was probably a bear.


My neighbor swears that a couple of years ago he saw a panther walking a golf course in the Spanish Springs area.

[Villagesgal]

State wildlife experts estimate there are less than 200 adult Florida panthers in the wild. Most live in southwest Florida, though they are occasionally spotted in Central Florida. Male panthers tend to roam, while females stay south of Lake Okeechobee.May 19, 2020

The area south was heavily forested just a few years ago until the Villages took out and burned most of the trees. I've lived here 21 years so have seen all the deforestation down there, so it is very possible it was a Florida black panther.

[racedaygal]

It could have been a bobcat. We saw one on Pelican a few weeks ago on the fence line. Just minding his own business walking along. I wasn’t close enough to take a picture, but I got a very good look and I’m sure it was a bobcat. We had a lot of those back in Tennessee.

[Mrprez]

It could have been a bobcat. We saw one on Pelican a few weeks ago on the fence line. Just minding his own business walking along. I wasn’t close enough to take a picture, but I got a very good look and I’m sure it was a bobcat. We had a lot of those back in Tennessee.

This had a long tail and was jet black.

[Mrprez]

On a trip to Alaska a few years ago, we had just arrived in Alaska on the Alaska Highway. The road was atrocious and we were traveling about 35 mph when I spotted movement on the right side of the road. I had my camera in my lap and was able to capture a picture of this cat as it crossed in front of us. Also not a Bobcat, most likely a lynx of some sort, note the black tipped tail.

The road looks quite nice in this picture, there were spots where they had repaired the surface but mostly there were severe frost heaves making it very difficult driving in an RV.

[eeroger]

SWMBO was driving on Warm Springs towards Bigham Trail from Publix and saw a large black cat crossing from Marsh Bend area to the non-villages houses just east of Bigham Trail. First gators in the driveway and now panthers! Bigfoot can’t be far behind.

If the animal has a tail, it could be a panther. A large black cat - about the size of a Labrador - "without" a tail is a Melanistic Bobcat according to FWC. We had two reports of this black bobcat in our neighborhood last week.

[Mrprez]

If the animal has a tail, it could be a panther. A large black cat - about the size of a Labrador - "without" a tail is a Melanistic Bobcat according to FWC. We had two reports of this black bobcat in our neighborhood last week.

Woah! What neighborhood is that? This cat would have come out of the Hog Eye Sink area near Marsh Bend.

[Bogie Shooter]

Who said anything about Florida Panthers? Except you? Technically, they aren’t panthers, they are cougars according to my limited research.

OP mentioned panthers.......

[Mrprez]

OP mentioned panthers.......

I am the OP. I did not mention Florida Panthers.

[Bogie Shooter]

SWMBO was driving on Warm Springs towards Bigham Trail from Publix and saw a large black cat crossing from Marsh Bend area to the non-villages houses just east of Bigham Trail. First gators in the driveway and now panthers! Bigfoot can’t be far behind.

Who said anything about Florida Panthers? Except you? Technically, they aren’t panthers, they are cougars according to my limited research.

OP mentioned panthers.......

I am the OP. I did not mention Florida Panthers.

I guess I read it wrong..........

[Mrprez]

I guess I read it wrong..........

I do that all the time. Comes with graceful aging.

[haysus7]

I saw one off Lynnhaven 3 yrs ago around the pond in daylight hours

[I'm Popeye!]

I am the OP. I did not mention Florida Panthers.
Before you edited your Opening Post and took out the word "Panther" this is what you wrote.
Originally Posted by Mrprez View Post
SWMBO was driving on Warm Springs towards Bigham Trail from Publix and saw a large black cat, aka panther, crossing from Marsh Bend area to the non-villages houses just east of Bigham Trail. First gators in the driveway and now panthers! Bigfoot can’t be far behind.

[Mrprez]

Before you edited your Opening Post and took out the word "Panther" this is what you wrote.
Originally Posted by Mrprez View Post
SWMBO was driving on Warm Springs towards Bigham Trail from Publix and saw a large black cat, aka panther, crossing from Marsh Bend area to the non-villages houses just east of Bigham Trail. First gators in the driveway and now panthers! Bigfoot can’t be far behind.

Yes, I sure did. I did not say Florida Panther though did I?

[kendi]

Instructor in wildlife class said there are no panthers in TV. But there are few black Bobcats

[jmaccallum]

SWMBO was driving on Warm Springs towards Bigham Trail from Publix and saw a large black cat crossing from Marsh Bend area to the non-villages houses just east of Bigham Trail. First gators in the driveway and now panthers! Bigfoot can’t be far behind.

I get the cat/panther part, but what is a SWMBO?

[Mrprez]

I get the cat/panther part, but what is a SWMBO?

Let Me Google That (https://www.letmegooglethat.com/?q=swmbo)

[Bogie Shooter]

Before you edited your Opening Post and took out the word "Panther" this is what you wrote.
Originally Posted by Mrprez View Post
SWMBO was driving on Warm Springs towards Bigham Trail from Publix and saw a large black cat, aka panther, crossing from Marsh Bend area to the non-villages houses just east of Bigham Trail. First gators in the driveway and now panthers! Bigfoot can’t be far behind.

Hmm,, maybe I was right.
Dropped mike.........

[Mrprez]

Hmm,, maybe I was right.
Dropped mike.........

I did say panther. But after afterwards started to have doubts about that and changed it. I did not say Florida Panther. Oh and you dropped your mic BTW.

[Bogie Shooter]

I did say panther. But after afterwards started to have doubts about that and changed it. I did not say Florida Panther. Oh and you dropped your mic BTW.

Give it up.

TOP DEFINITION
drop the mike
I've done a superior job, no more can be said.
Colin did his show and it was "drop the mike"

Or

drop the mic
US informal

to intentionally drop a microphone after you have given a speech or performance, as a way of making an impressive ending

Either are acceptable.

[Worldseries27]

Never heard of a back cat, is it something new in The villages
professor mcgonagall bought an iris home in st catherine's with fluffy and hagrid

[Mrprez]

Give it up.

TOP DEFINITION
drop the mike
I've done a superior job, no more can be said.
Colin did his show and it was "drop the mike"

Or

drop the mic
US informal

to intentionally drop a microphone after you have given a speech or performance, as a way of making an impressive ending

Either are acceptable.

Is your sarcasm meter broken? I was merely joking with you.

[Katkey3]

Touche'

[sally123]

Funny!!!!!!

[kathy1516]

SWMBO (my wife) was driving on Warm Springs towards Bigham Trail from Publix and saw a large black cat crossing from Marsh Bend area to the non-villages houses just east of Bigham Trail. First gators in the driveway and now panthers! Bigfoot can’t be far behind.
LOLOL.....welcome to Florida!!!!

[Villageswimmer]

I am the OP. I did not mention Florida Panthers.

On a lengthy thread, it’s easy to forget who the OP is. On another forum I visit, the OPs are always easily identified in their subsequent posts in the thread they originated. Very convenient/helpful.

I requested this be done once, but got no response from TOTV.

[kens613]

I live In Osceola Hills and about a year ago a FL panther ran between my house a the house behind.. At first i wasnt sure if a panther but when he went past it was no doubt a panther!! It was dark tan and I watched his long tail waving behind him as he ran away.. He was heading for the marsh behind Publix..

[Mrprez]

I live In Osceola Hills and about a year ago a FL panther ran between my house a the house behind.. At first i wasnt sure if a panther but when he went past it was no doubt a panther!! It was dark tan and I watched his long tail waving behind him as he ran away.. He was heading for the marsh behind Publix..

That’s scary!

This is worse:

Man Films Group of Mountain Lions on Porch in Colorado - YouTube (https://youtu.be/Zlht31L3ERQ)