Panthers On The Prowl
New Jersey residents are terrified. Reports of a ginormous cat, possibly a panther are coming from residents in the Vineland area. Officials can't find any trace of the cat, but at least one resident managed to get a picture.
Residents of the community of Vineland reported seeing a large black animal with a cat-like long tail walking through the fields and woods during the weekend.
"I knew by the size that it was not a house cat. It wasn't a tiny dog. It looked like some kind of wild cat," said Zoe Paraskevas, who photographed it Saturday. "I just got chills. I said 'Oh, my God!"'
Felicia Fiocchi said she spotted something in the field behind their house on Sunday.
"I can't tell you if it was a panther, but I can tell you that it wasn't a domesticated house cat," said Fiocchi. She's worried about the possibility of a dangerous cat roaming the woods and fields where her four children sometimes play.
I hate to be contrarian about any article that details part of the Animal Uprising™ but if you look at the picture accompanying the article, it looks like a cat. And not a particularly big cat at that. But hey, back to our usual high-toned, calm coverage of all things animal:
You're all going to be eaten in your sleep! Feel better?
By BubbaB, Thursday, 3 May , 2007 @ 2:42 pm
Gaius:
What you don’t realize is that the grass next to the cat is THREE FEET HIGH!!
Okay, okay, I’ll go take my medicine now…
By Gaius, Thursday, 3 May , 2007 @ 2:43 pm
I see. And those are mutant hybrid dandelions in the picture, then?