Is it a Florida Panther?

[MangiaMangia]

I am attaching 2 photos from 5:00am this morning. Village of LaBelle. Video won't load. :sigh:

[Taltarzac725]

I am attaching 2 photos from 5:00am this morning. Village of LaBelle. Video won't load. :sigh:

How big was it? Bobcats are common around these parts. Panthers are very rare. There have been a few sightings in the Villages though if memory serves.

[bagboy]

The pictures are blurry. A Florida panther has a long tail, a bobcat has a short tail

[blueash]

Are you sure that is not just an alligator? If that is a black tip at the end of a tail, could be a fox or coyote. Florida panthers don't have pigmented tip of the tail

[Taltarzac725]

Are you sure that is not just an alligator?

It looks like a panther with the coloring and long tail.

[Babbs1957]

Let's be honest. Looks like those photos of flying objects. But I'm all in for having some pics of night creatures. Need a trail cam.

[Joe.N]

Platypus?

[Remembergoldenrule]

We live in Dunedin and have regular raccoon and black panther visitor. The raccoon scares me more. It also leaves piles by my front door as it s now its bathroom and along with half eaten dinner. Anyone know way to deter raccoon?

[1golfergal]

It looks like a panther with the coloring and long tail.
No it does not look like a Panther. Looks like a Coyote or a Bobcat. Common around here.

[Rainger99]

If that is a black tip at the end of a tail, could be a fox or coyote. Florida panthers don't have pigmented tip of the tail


The panther has black tips on the tail and ears.

https://www.defenders.org/sites/default/files/publications/florida_panther_identification_guide.pdf

[Wilharm]

We live in Dunedin and have regular raccoon and black panther visitor. The raccoon scares me more. It also leaves piles by my front door as it s now its bathroom and along with half eaten dinner. Anyone know way to deter raccoon?


A 410 shotgun is a good deterrent.

[CrazyTiki]

I am attaching 2 photos from 5:00am this morning. Village of LaBelle. Video won't load. :sigh:

Anything is possible but more likely it is a coyote or fox because of the tail. There have been rare sightings of male Florida Panthers in the central part of the state, but the normal range is mostly in South Florida and sightings north of Lake Okeechobee are rare. Hopefully you can get the video to load and you can confirm.

[USOTR]

Really poor quality image..

[Berwin]

I got up to pee at 3:30am a couple of years ago. The dog said as long as I was up, she could go too. Stepped out into the lanai and she went wild. Looked and in the yard next door was a panther running through a pool of light from a streetlight. And yes I'm sure it was a panther. I'm a country boy and not the first time I've seen a panther. I posted it to our little community facebook group and a neighbor a couple of streets over said it was in his yard at 4:00. We get bobcats fairly regularly coming over from the golf course for a snack too.

[Kevco]

I am attaching 2 photos from 5:00am this morning. Village of LaBelle. Video won't load. :sigh:
Your first concern should getting a refund for the 3rd rate cameras. It’s 2025, there’s better stuff out there.

[ThirdOfFive]

We live in Dunedin and have regular raccoon and black panther visitor. The raccoon scares me more. It also leaves piles by my front door as it s now its bathroom and along with half eaten dinner. Anyone know way to deter raccoon?
Raccoons are pretty undeterrable. And smart. Borrow a neighbor's dog for a few days?

There are a lot of things that are recommended but rarely work. One that apparently does is coyote urine. I haven't seen coyote urine at any local stores so you'd be faced with the challenge of obtaining it yourself. Good luck.

The only thing I found that repels pesky critters is mothballs. In my experience they work with rabbits and deer--I've never tried them with raccoons but mothballs are cheap--nothing ventured, nothing gained, as they say. The problem with mothballs is that anyone downwind of your house will also smell them as their scent is powerful.

[bark4me]

I am attaching 2 photos from 5:00am this morning. Village of LaBelle. Video won't load. :sigh:
Too blurry to tell

[LianneMigiano]

Looked and in the yard next door was a panther running through a pool of light from a streetlight... I posted it to our little community facebook group and a neighbor a couple of streets over said it was in his yard at 4:00. We get bobcats fairly regularly coming over from the golf course for a snack too.
My guess is that any reader of your post would like to know WHERE this happened. That way they will be more vigilant if they let their pets out or go out themselves after dark.

[Topspinmo]

I think need better security camera….:eclipsee_gold_cup::pepper2:

[dougawhite]

Looks like a large carp.

[Carlsondm]

No it does not look like a Panther. Looks like a Coyote or a Bobcat. Common around here.It’s not a bobcat. Bobcats have a short, ruffed up tail and broader back. I know them well.
A runner….

[fdpaq0580]

Platypus?

Not positive, but definitely some kind of pus. Maybe platy.

[fdpaq0580]

We live in Dunedin and have regular raccoon and black panther visitor. The raccoon scares me more. It also leaves piles by my front door as it s now its bathroom and along with half eaten dinner. Anyone know way to deter raccoon?

Pointed stick.
Or, you could mark your territory by peeing on the door mat. Works. I done it and animals avoid it. Sales people avoid it. FedEx, UPS and prime leave stuff at the neighbors house. Even the wife avoids the front door.

[Worldseries27]

pointed stick.
Or, you could mark your territory by peeing on the door mat. Works. I done it and animals avoid it. Sales people avoid it. Fedex, ups and prime leave stuff at the neighbors house. Even the wife avoids the front door.
no more than 2 shakes

[La lamy]

You may want to rethink your security cameras. You'd never be able to ID a thief either!

[asianthree]

Pic doesn’t give an easy explanation, but its tail with the back tip (unless it’s a blob on camera) is the tail of a panther. Living across from a large pond with small tree cover female panther would walk through our yard, off O’Dell. She traveled through neighborhood to large wooded areas. All 5 of our cameras would capture her cutting down the side of the house stopping awhile in the driveway. Getting her bearings before making her way to neighbors back yards. Her usual walks were between 2-3am. 5 years in a row she traveled without incident crossing streets and occasionally barking dog.

[Crookedbreeze]

Tail like a fox probably be a chased by a gorilla