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?