Thread 5051506

Big cats confirmed is the south

Phantom big cats are a proven hoax. This is just another one.

>>5051506 (OP)
◯ How rare is it to spot a black panther?

>>5051524
u tell me

>>5051524
pretty 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.

>>5051506 (OP)
That 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.

>>5051506 (OP)
Seeing 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

>>5051506 (OP)
Definitely 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?

>>5051510

yeah, more likely it's some kind of native ancestral spirit guardian.

>>5051788
No it isn't, paleoschizo.

>>5051506 (OP)
They absolutely do because I've absolutely seen one in person in SC
Now whether or not it was an actual panther or just a melanistic mountain lion, I cannot tell you.

>>5051751
The long tail is usually enough, but jaguars are way bulkier

>>5051573
What a faggy post

>>5051751
Definitely the tail's holding position. Jags don't curl theirs quite so strongly and theirs is way stumpier, like half that length.

>>5051895
They 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.

>>5051930
Found the vindicated southern boomer

>>5051506 (OP)
"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.

>>5051573
Somehow that seems like much greater cause for concern than a black panther

>>5051506 (OP)
This exact image has been posted on facebook before with different captions. Whether the original is real or not idk but this one is fake

>>5051949
Just remember if you ever come face to face with a big cat, pretty much the same rules apply as all felines
Don't run and act like prey
Look at it and slowly blink, then act uninterested while maintaining a confident posture
You will both most likely go about your business
Unless 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

>>5051949
That is fucking horrifying. With a leopard i see a healthy adult male being able to defend themselves but a fucking tiger? no way

>>5051534
yea my nephew's great great grandfather's neighbor also ended up spotting a wild albino elephant in kentucky and got a snap on his kodak
dipshit

Clearly swamp gas

>>5051506 (OP)
There'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.

>>5051506 (OP)
Kool

>>5054783
We'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.

>>5054783
OP pic looks nothing like a cougar

>>5056993
Everything is a conspiracy, isn't it.

>>5057500
You'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.

>>5052708
wrong.

>>5051790
I still dk who paleoschizo is but i hate this deboonker redditor who cant handle banter who always brings him up

>>5051790
None of what he said related to paleo dumbass

>>5056993
Why can't you fags ever have a normal conspiracy, do you guys just get off to being a retard?

>>5057500
>>5057793
>no the government would never lie about something that would benefit them! It's never happened before, certainly!
why would you ever even bother hitting "submit" on a post like this?

>>5058013
I think his point is there is no benefit to hiding the existence of black panthers in the US

>>5054783
No way that's a cougar.

>>5057793
It gives NPCs a modicum of meaning in their otherwise dull and unremarkable lives. By pushing that everything has some sinister conspiracy behind it, they liken themselves as a kind of freedom fighter trying to take down the...system, or something. And how do they engage in this resistance? By posting frog memes and calling everyone that disagrees with them a Jew/tranny/fed.

>>5058029
except for industry, tourism, and not having to pay out to investigate and compensate lost dogs or the occasional missing person's families. Etc.. Big etc. on that one.

>>5058183
>Nobody would EVER lie for gain or convenience, especially the people who are responsible for those things!
>Conspiracies have NEVER existed. Stop asking questions.

>>5058751
>industry, tourism
In what way are these affected
>not having to pay out to investigate and compensate lost dogs or the occasional missing person's families
Nothing that regular mountain lions, coyotes and bears don’t already do. And they’ve acknowledged way more dangerous exotic animals like >>5051949 being on the loose before so why not a black panther

>>5058751
>tourism
>industry
>in appalachia
lmao

>>5058752
It's telling you can only reply in seething strawmen

>>5058029
There is, and it's called the Endangered Species Act. Every endangered species effectively shuts down economic activity in their range. Cryptids are worth more to the government extinct than confirmed alive.

>>5051895
>Now whether or not it was an actual panther or just a melanistic mountain lion
They're the same animal bro just with different hair colour, so is a cougar

>>5058807
because the reply amounts to
>Why would the government lie? You're just a schizo!
Why the hell wouldn't they lie? If you live in la-la land, you deserve to be ridiculed, not debated.

>>5058807
As is this isn't a strawman
>By posting frog memes and calling everyone that disagrees with them a Jew/tranny/fed
There are already cases where the government deliberately ignored the presence of endangered plants and wildlife so construction projects can happen.

>>5058871
The endangered species act means nothing for escaped exotics. If there really were black panthers the government would be free to remove them because they’re non-native dangerous animals. You can literally go to an exotics ranch and pay to shoot endangered species in Texas
>>5058899
>>5058928
Cool. This doesn’t answer how industry and tourism are affected or how the danger posed to people and pets is any different to mountain lions