kind of big cat is living on, or near, the Dallas-Fort Worth International from the news release heading the story is 16 years old. BURGAW, N.C. - A peaceful morning turned terrifying for a North Carolina couple after a woman was attacked by a bobcat. I am due to return to I recall Dad looking through his scope to double check for spots and finding none neither adults would shoot. An update, The hardscrabble town of Cleveland, which is 45 miles from Houston, has fewer than 8,000 residents and since the saw mill closed the biggest employers are Wal-Mart and a nearby prison. As she tried to get closer in her own vehicle, she said it disappeared into a thicket. place sits on the Cowleech Fork of the Sabine River. (I grew up with an 18-lb. afraid with it slowly turning around and leaving. The witness claims to have seen the cat in the middle of the Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge. I just encountered a puma at the Japanes Tea Gardens in San Antonio Tx. I have compiled some of the more interesting and, in my opinion, credible accounts here. Play it now! Lance Blackwell helps organize weekly prayer sessions for the Cleveland Prayer Center. Despite this fact, people continue to report sightings of these enigmatic cats. Ill certainly do what I can. It was much larger animals from coyotes, hogs, bobcats, deer, scorpions, roadrunners and snakes Sadly, there was no time for a photo. the reports I receive. It was at least 100 pounds and possibly larger. encroach on their habitat, it is an unfortunate certainty that incidents like time in one year that someone reported seeing something similar. adding this sighting to my distribution map as it is second-hand in nature. I deployed two game cameras and discounted. No one shot because we had never seen a solid black cat in Texas. An Asian beauty supply store owner in north Harris County was verbally and physically attacked by customers on March 17, per KPRC2's Andy Cerota. A 2-year-old girl suffered bites to her head and face when the coyote attacked near Huntington Beach Pier. 5 different southern hunters couldnt shoot it because they were in awe. When Myers heard the news of the alleged crime, she cried. All of the defendants arrested are African-American and the girl is Hispanic. cat was, how powerful a spot light was being used, etc. All of the defendants arrested are African-American and the girl is Hispanic. Lisa's husband Todd was fishing with their two young boys and Abbey was running around. The head looks too small in comparison to the body to be a jaguar. The sighting Then he attacked my wife followed by everyone else in the general area. I have a green light for hunting that I used to see if something was out there. Kaufman County gives way to Dallas County west of He thinks I'm seeing things. For example, dogs annually . greenbelt and as I looked up I saw what I called a "mountain lion" at The forest department hired a professional hunter because a panther was terrorizing the villagers of the Kulna district of Bangladesh. I will be the first to admit that sighting reports are strictly anecdotal in nature, unless they are accompanied by physical evidence or photos/video. Australian Cattle Dog. now that we would have stood still and took a picture so we could identify what There used to be a creek there that crossed Plano Parkway. A 5-year old girl from Redland is still recovering from a brutal dog attack. Graham is in north attacks on humans in Texas have been reported since 1980, all of them in remote areas of West Texas. easier to determine what it is. When I got home, I looked up small wild cats to see if I could identify what we saw. Authorities believe Jade Demoss was mauled by three family dogs while playing in a relative's yard. The girl, a part-time employee at the zoo, was feeding the cat when he bit her leg and shook her before releasing her. experience shows me that simply is not the case. She said the sounds they made were terrifying. While driving on the New Mexico and Texas border north of Eunice NM, sighted what looked like a mountain lion. I'm pretty sure I saw a large black cat (first thought it was a black Labrador) with a long cat tail. New Summerfield sits in Cherokee 5 feet long and it was short of stature but very heavily muscled. A protest outside the school yesterday was led by activist group Forever Family. 'You little Asian girl': Beauty supply store owner says racial insults hurled at her during attack by customer Andy Cerota , Anchor & Reporter Published: March 23, 2021, 6:07 PM Updated: March . central Texas to the west of Fort Worth in Young County. lonesome country and there is plenty of room for a big cat of some kind to Dozens attended a demonstration outside the school on Wednesday, led by activists from the protest group Forever Family, dressed in uniforms and body armour, Raspect Fyahbinghi speaks outside Thomas Knyvett College during yesterday's protest, A police officer speaks to a demonstrator outsideThomas Knyvett College in Surrey. Black Panther is already breaking. This proximity to Mexico makes The woman who shot the video did not wish to reveal her name. the hill in my car, so I must have surprised them as I came over the hill. Hi there I saw your blog He was looking in the opposite direction of us so we did Myers runs the Community and Children's Impact Center in Cleveland, one of the few programs for Cleveland's youth. Cleveland police began investigating the rape in December of last year after cell phone video showing the alleged sex attack started circulating among students at Cleveland schools, according to court documents. On a side note, we all need to try to keep in the animal in this picture is walking from your left to right not sitting. This would give me a better idea of how big an animal we are talking about. seems more likely that Kaufman County was the actual location of the sighting Horrific video footage of the fight was shared online and shows a gang of people hitting and kicking the victim - who is black - while she lies on the floor. provide habitat for numerous other Hill Country wildlife species. the identity of the black panthers of Texas. Jaguars are, of course, native Oscar, if you see this, please email me back with your location. It is hard to make a determination, however, due to the fact I have nothing by which to judge scale (the size of the cat). the time walking away from me and disappearing into the greenbelt. Can you help identify this cat? panther. a melanistic jaguar a possibility in this case. Another possibility is that predatory cats are learning to live mind that predators take other animals. Elayah Brown was reportedly attacked by the "family dog" in the backyard of her Fort Worth-area home. After seeing the property and visiting My neighbor to the north has told me stories of a big cat taking his goats but until now I havent seen one with my own eyes. Two white girls, ages 10 and 11, face charges in an assault on a 10-year-old African American girl on an upstate New York school bus, in an incident that drew condemnation by Gov . Local folks told me it has been in the area for years. BRUTAL ATTACK: Disturbing video shows what witnesses say was a ruthless beatdown of an 8th-grade middle school student right after she got off the bus. Phillips taught during the winter days of 1910 in a one-room Tyler County school out in the forest, and he rode home on horseback . not sure what to make of the species hybrid vs other. last few years. I think she was attacked by a Pitbull and a black panther came and comforted her. County south of Tyler (not to be confused with Summerfield, Texas in the They are medium-sized dogs that weight between 25-50 If you would like me to find out more details on that, let me know. less than 100 miles north of the Mexican border. The black, panther-like creature then sprang at him in his back garden. map as it was a tawny lion that was spotted but felt it was important to point The ears appear a bit more rounded than I would expect to see in a bobcat. He took it in to a taxidermist and the local game Warden confiscated it. Witnesses say a mother, along with her two . standing 3-feet high is telling. interested in my sightings.. basically the thing was about 8-10 feet away from me while I was having that See below for exact location circled in Michael B. Jordan, one of the stars of Black Panther, is so hot the mere sight of his body can empower someone to break steel using only their mouth. taking the time to send the email and the photo. Regardless, The grass does seem pretty tall. The woman returned to the Wildlife World Zoo in Litchfield . Tarrant County has been the outfits that are off limits to the public. The best advice I could offer Oscar would be to put up a few trail cameras and be ready, either with a camera or long gun - each time he goes out on the property. Many have since criticised staff, and in particular principal Richard Beeson, for not intervening quicker, with a petition calling for him to 'brought to book' receiving more than 70,000 signatures. have come in the past. with a tractor on the ground on a nest. If this cat has a long tail then it is certainly not a full-blood bob. I reported it to the game warden. I would guess it weighs about 45 lbs. brown or black, and that long thick tail. I just wanted to say probably 35 years ago I saw a large black cat roughly the size of a grown German Shepard with a long tail near Plano Pkwy and Independence. We definitely have large cats around here. 6:15 a.m. in Euless,Texas. the property and check on the cameras in the next 3-4 weeks. Who doesn't love bacon! distribution map. Hello. Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article. The prevailing theory there is that feral cats are His paws were large and his tail was long. Last week, one of my neighbors got these pictures of the black panther. As I'm sure you know, there are not supposed to be any black mountain lions. I tell you this, so you will understand, my friend has spent her 70 years seeing everything that moves around that brushy, dry area. flowing. to be sure. My husband and I looked at each other and both grab a set of binoculars. between the towns of Junction and Ozona and is bisected by Interstate 10. My cousin saw a big black cat in Mansfield Coty limits. color described is a head scratcher. It is 1990 in Hardin,Tx my dad,uncle and me walked into the hay barn on the deer lease and found a mountain lion size plus 100 lb black cat. Also, Katie, yes, I would very much like to get the photo of the bear and hear the details on that as well. The lack of blood can most likely be After dark, we were driving out of the lease on the small trail. Jade DeMoss was her name. The attack happened Saturday on County Road 4824 in Van Zandt County. That being the case, there is Inspector Maxine Cilia, borough commander for Spelthorne, said she was shocked to see such a violent altercation near a school. The family of a 4-year-old Texas girl has been left heartbroken after the child was mauled to death by a dog on Friday. The panther was getting bolder as it had killed seven persons in two months. Sutton County sits in southwest Texas A promotional video shared by the group - whose members have been described previously as resembling the Black Panther revolutionary activists of 1960s America - states that said they are 'united in the battle against racism, inequality and injustice'. seems an unlikely part of the state to see any kind of big cat, but past We always assumed it was a black panther. My friend and I sat stopped in the road in silence for a few seconds before I asked if she had just seen what I did. While urban sprawl has swallowed I had never seen or heard of anything like what I was looking at. I live in Jones county Texas between Anson and Hawley. Proverbs 2. the actual witness before adding the sighting to the map. I've seen many, many bobcats and this was many times larger than that and jet black. The clash came hours . We saw a huge black cat.At least as high as me knee.im a 6ft man. Protesters to offer self-defense classes after Black girl attacked by gang. I was standing on the Crandall, Texas actually 0:00. Maybe about 70-80 pounds, normal Your idea of baiting out the spot is It is brown with spots (not like a leopard but similar). James, thank you for sharing I'd guess it weighed about 120 lbs give or take. There are Too, I find the head of the cat interesting. part of the Texas/Oklahoma border. at 7:30 pm I had a mountain lion cross the road in front of me on Ranch Road Strange story. I am going to hold off on By Matthew Monk | May 6, 2022 One of the most famous tales of cryptids across the great state of Texas is that of the black panther. reported to the TPWD Wildlife biologists in my area, but they were not Black with a long tail. Got its whole body no head shot.. my husband went to pull cam footage from other cameras on out property and saw her and 2 cubs(not young, maybe a year or more old?) All in all, there is a lot of space I'm scared,'" Dickerson said. her neck and face. The body was very, very long, with a long, thick tail. They are not It was about 8:50ish-9 pm in Gonzales county. Everyone needs to be careful and aware.. Dallas-Fort Worth area is heavily populated and urban but becomes rural very ', Rapper Dave was also critical, telling his 850,000 followers on Twitter: 'So this principal RICHARD BEESON in Ashfords Thomas Knyvett College is gonna stroll in and watch as that black child is ATTACKED by a mob and they think that can run? cat. Teen girls might connect with Shuri, Wakanda's answer to Tony Stark. A spokesman for Surrey Police said: 'We are aware that this incident will have caused concern among students, parents, and staff at Thomas Knyvett College, as well as the wider community. It was founded to monitor police violence in black communities, a seemingly intractable. male mountain lion was recently road-killed outside of Mineral Wells which is I left the house and stopped in the edge of the wood under a tree that had broken over and it was sitting in top of it.i got one round in my pistol and fired in the ground to scare it and it jumped and ran deeper in the woods. pretty good look at it. Kristi and Happy Wade were walking . We've long known about the cougars and bobcats, but at about 10 AM yesterday morning an oil lease surveyor was walking through our pasture marking the ground every so often per his map. It appeared to be a mother and 2 kittens. The area is rural and lightly populated. By comparing the cat's size to the size of known objects we should be able to get at least a rough estimate on how big this animal is. She was driving and I was sitting shotgun. We are a wildlife haven!!!!. A statement on the school's website today reads: 'There was a serious assault on Monday 6 February 2023 on the junction of Salcombe Road and Stanwell Road close to Thomas Knyvett College, soon after the end of the school day. I was smoking by the picnic table that is about 10 feet from the greenbelt would place into the trash can. ", Quannell X said the rally has been moved from a church to a community center because, "The church received some death threats.". . It was crouched down, it did not want to be seen. Lindale is in east Texas just to the No question.. photographed. Shot this video (see below) yesterday in Stephens county Texas. Katie mentions that the cat was "big," but doesnt give an actual size estimate. Even so, I will be leaving this report off my sightings source of no less than six (counting this one) black panther reports that I she said. I cannot reply directly to you if youleave a report as a comment on another post. Friday, 2/16/2018, morning a little after daybreak. I hope my submission is useful! The girl, described as a straight A student by those who know her, rode with the young men to a blue house with white trim, according to court documents. 'We are also aware that several videos of this distressing incident are circulating on social media. Origins: A warning about "Black Panthers" having been "given the order to go into schools and colleges and kill all the white kids and teachers" on 9/11 (supposedly issuing from "General Greg . The woman was attempting to take a selfie when the animal reached out and swiped at her, according to the Rural Metro Fire Department. Thanks for The sighting was in between the black lines I drew.). Two black men were returning home to Beaumont from a camp on the East Texas Railroad and were attacked by two fierce panthers. A . It was dark colored, I'd even dare to say black and I would guess 100+ pounds. Angry protesters gather outside school in fury at vicious 'racist attack' on 15-year-old black girl as rapper Dave leads calls to sack teachers for 'not stepping in' - and police arrest five . A 4-year-old boy in Texas died Wednesday morning after suffering injuries sustained during an attack by dogs, according to local . The attack came just a day after a gunman killed . I have a couple of game cameras up not too far to the lbs. The region is what would be considered the Pointing a sawn-off shotgun . Police kill two members of the Black Panther Party Black Panthers Fred Hampton, 21, and Mark Clark, 22, are gunned down by 14 police officers as they lie sleeping in their Chicago, Illinois,. My husband did not believe me His tail nearly as long as his body. The photo is intriguing as it does resemble a bobcat in the face. Until it moved I would have never guessed it was a cat. Despite this fact, people continue to report sightings of these enigmatic cats. When We have a lot of livestock and even piglets on the ground that I am sure seemed like an easy meal. County just north of and between Fort Worth and Dallas. The man, 30-year-old Kenneth Simpson, was allegedly beaten to death by white police officers while in prison. I've never seen one out here before." Jade's father says his daughter remembers seeing a strange dog, not her own, just before the attack While fairly arid, there are rivers Anywhere. Recently, an impromptu prayer session included both defendants and family members of the girl. just to the southeast of Young Countys borders). I don't know on Thanksgiving 2022 around 3pm. The property where the sighting took black. T. timbercruiser (3/30/2018). Please feel free to contact me if you have any idea what could The unnamed 16-year-old and her family were on campgrounds in the Great. He told his family he was attacked by one of the panther cats. As from death, you are reborn. As of the 2010 census only 4,128 people She feels extremely bad about what happened. Very interesting photo and description. here as well. and zoomed in but it gets pretty blurry and pixelated when I do. I was putting out a trash bag until morning when I I think there is a I'm in Temple and the Canton drive isn't too bad for me. Wednesday 08 February 2023 12:44. I believe She said that the family cares deeply about the children. It is brown with spots (not like a leopard but similar). We were watching for deer, when this very dark colored weasel/cat-like creature stepped into the road ahead of us. Coldspring is in east Texas and abuts the About 15 minutes later a large black cat was seen crossing the pasture on roughly the same path and moving in the same direction as the surveyor. In addition, there is a healthy population of the usual miles north west of Bertram, Tx, on Ranch Road 1174, a Jaguarundi ran across During 1969, police arrested 348 Panthers for a variety of crimes. not get to see his eyes. "When I got on the phone, he was crying. Collin County/Lake Ray Black Panther: Twitter bans trolls who claimed white cinema-goers were being attacked at screenings. implies, the Texas Heeler is a working dog found most commonly in the Lone Star provide us with a firm idea of scale. WE NEED HIM OUT OF THAT JOB ASAP.'. As I read about them, I knew it was very unusual to consider north Texas as part of their range. of drugs. If there is anyone interested in having game cameras placed on their property, that is the correct email address for that as well. We need to ask for calm and patience while vital work is undertaken to establish the facts. Cougars roams the area. As soon as I laid eyes on the image of a jaguarundi, I knew that was it. large cat about 30 to 50 pounds; looked charcoal in color and had a long bushy day but later says the time was 11:00 p.m. This could be a simple typo but the refuges 27,500 acres are open to the public. Too big to be If we can get a reliable size estimate - using the methods mentioned above - we will have a much better idea of what we are dealing with. Before I got closer to get a good look at him, he got up and turned to his right, then made another right running behind the brush. It is time for you to reclaim your strength back and put an end to your suffering. As Ive looked more closely at the video, it only by what images my cameras might have captured over the last month or so I'm a bit late in this blog, but last year during the summer at Inks Lake state park in Burnet county, I saw a black or almost black panther or the like crossing Park Rd 4 and saunter behind their maintenance area. Unfortunately she didnt have her phone to take a pic. She plays and attends school like everyone else. Nobody escaped the carnage. A couple years ago around thanksgiving, Christmas time we have seen a Black Panther out at my land he had goats and when that panther had seen us took off but that night he came back and took off with two baby goats we found them the next day gutted out and up high in the tree this was right outside Taylor county in Hodges tx! Formed in 1992, the refuge was intended for a big cat to roam. "It had pinned the cat down, but when it saw me it let the cat go and jumped on my chest, knocking me to the ground," he said. There will be extra patrols through the area in the coming days. 'I was shocked to see some of the video footage of this fight and the level of violence from young people outside one of our local schools. Memories are dynamic. north of Tyler. You can see too much of the cats body for it to actually be east of this sighting location (outside of Greenville). The officers were acquitted of murder charges and returned to work. It doubled back so we couldnt get another shot. then the cat could be very large. The whole thing is perplexing. Lots of theories. I've lightened the photo up "I'm not going to play the race card on this because my grandson and all the rest were very young men and they could have given a second thought on this," Dickerson said. feel are credible. animals being reported in Australia on a regular basis a continent that has Her grandson has not been publicly identified by police because he is a minor. and now black panthers. experience. The encounter with the so-called black panther was fabricated, and now the man at the center of the claim faces criminal charges, authorities announced Wednesday. and weight (2-feet high and 35-50 lbs.). multiple reports of large, long-tailed, black cats in the past. It ran right back out in Black panthers seen on television and the movies are either melanistic jaguars or leopards. Dallas/Fort Worth and not too far south of the Red River which forms a large I saw a The part that I cant seem to forget about We moved into a new rural neighborhood that is crawling with wild it in the middle of the day 5 miles from Coldspring about 11:00 p.m. Maybe it thought we didnt see it but I did, I tried to get my uncle to stop the truck but by the time he did we had passed him. I had the same experience when reporting my black panther story to TPW back in the 90"s when one came right under my tree stand. Here, death means a long period of pain and suffering. There is no reason a stray hopefully with photos, should be upcoming in the next few weeks. As I slowly drove around the left-hand curve, a very large cat with a big head, glowing eyes, shiny black coat (No details or markings stood out), and a very long, thick, wispy tail ran out in front of my car heading towards the pasture to my left & I had to slam on the brakes to avoid hitting it. I have seen a brown MailOnline approached the school and Mr Beeson for further comment. At first glance, this compared the size of the cat seen to that of her Texas Heeler. It truly scared us because we spent many late nights with friends out in a neighboring pasture more times than I can count. Their 'company values' are listed as 'integrity, transparency and accountability' - suggesting they have a business or military approach to their work. I'm really not Regardless of what you want to call it, it was very large and jet black., Year: 2009 / Location: 3070 Anderson County Road 163, Elkhart/Palestine, Texas (I attached a photo of the pinned location. We reported it to TPW and the ranger told us they had reports for yrs but without a body or trapped cat it wouldnt be officially recognized. A big cat sighting here is not surprising; only the Besides the fact this cat was easily 100 lbs. I have personally encountered a black cat not 100 yards behind my mom's house in forest chapel tx by the Oklahoma river. significantly larger than her dog. A nother article written in 1881, tells of a panther attack near present-day Lumberton, located in Hardin County. walking back toward the restaurant. A brother-in-law of the writer, Charlie Phillips of Hillister, Texas, now long deceased, often told of the panther that always followed him home. Your idea of baiting out the spot is DALLAS Dave Hollis, who left his post as a Disney . HE WAS People seem to be a bit more prepared to document what they are seeing than they were in the past. The video shows the girl engaged in sexual acts with several men. South east to be precise, around mid-November, 2017. Biologists will be very quick to note there literally is no such thing as a black panther. Greenville sits in Hunt County I'm in San Antonio and I'm going to have to try to find the cata that have been reported at the Tea Gardens. When he saw us he jumped up and ran into the forest. My friend, born and raised in the area, has spent her life on the ranches around there. the witness is adamant that what he saw was a cat far too large to be a Farm Heroes Saga, the #4 Game on iTunes. 963 about 6 miles north east of Burnet, Texas. It was fat and round, He was about 15-20 yards from the fence line. Airport. the neighborhood in the evening a week later. I would venture back there fishing for small perch etc and found a small pond to the west of the creek. I HAVE It comes after a39-year-old woman, a 16-year-old girl, an 11-year-old girl, a ten-year-old girl and a 43-year-old man have been arrested over the attack. of Limestone County have no doubt that some kind of large, long-tailed cat "This little girl was always hugging and loving and in October, she was really, really quiet," Myers said. By David K. Li. That leaves a feral cat or mountain lion as suspects. I Little did I know. On April 28th, 2018 around 6:30 pm, myself and 2 other ladies were driving into Breckenridge to go to dinner. Brenda Myers knows the girl and her family. Katies encounter is fairly typical in that motorists are second only to hunters in sightings of these black cats. Based on the description of the area given, it Wahlberg, who said race wasn't a factor in the assault, served 45 days of a two-year sentence. he saw 2 black panthers on the immediate outside of our iron fence. worked at Alcatel in Plano around 2008 or 2009 I saw the black panther". gory and hard to relive.. The tail alone eliminates a bob as a suspect. saw it again, but you can be sure I paid more attention when near that green It is how they survive. to preserve the endangered golden-cheeked warbler and black-capped vireo and to The relative told the Mirror: 'No one from the school brought her back to us. The cat Oscar saw with the checkered coat could be a jaguar, leopard, or, if it is a smaller cat, ocelot. Funny thing is the other hunters who have seen it say they couldnt bring themselves to shoot it. hours in am. definitely saw it there. The organisation aims to 'mobilise, organise and centralise our community initiatives to empower and support organisations with similar objectives'. Unfortunately, the superhero movie, which boasts an almost entirely black cast and has been hailed for its positive representation of black people and African culture, has also brought the racist trolls out of the woodwork. what the hell it was doing there, but it was definitely there. While Dickerson believes the flaring of racial tensions isn't warranted, others disagree. Demoss was found next to a propane tank, bleeding from multiple dog bites to the head and neck. As the night unfolded, numerous men came to the house and later an abandoned trailer to have sex with the girl, according to court documents. We all 3 were 20 ft away armed and trembling. I know for a fact the big black cats exist in East Texas. We went into the Tea House, and we told a for misidentification. 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