Is it a Florida Panther?
 

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.

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

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

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

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.

Platypus?

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?

No it does not look like a Panther. Looks like a Coyote or a Bobcat. Common around here.

The panther has black tips on the tail and ears.

https://www.defenders.org/sites/defa...tion_guide.pdf

A 410 shotgun is a good deterrent.

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.

Really poor quality image..

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.

Your first concern should getting a refund for the 3rd rate cameras. It’s 2025, there’s better stuff out there.