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Cryptomundo reader kittenz tipped me off to this one. ‘Life-changing event’: Panther chases forester By SAMMY FRETWELL The State, Columbia SC A federal forester says he was chased into the Chattooga River by a 7-foot-long panther with “jet black” fur. Terrance Fletcher, a technician with the U.S. Forest Service, dove into the frigid water and […]

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Last October, I posted an article entitled Michigan DNR To Take Cougar Sightings Seriously here on Cryptomundo. Roar of Michigan cougar debate grows louder Francis X. Donnelly / The Detroit News TRAVERSE CITY — No cougars live in Michigan, say some state and federal wildlife officials. But a conservation group believes so many of the […]

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We don’t spend much time here at Cryptomundo talking about the black panthers of Britain. Being Americans, we focus on the cases of black panthers seen here in the US. Nonetheless, there are many reports from the UK of large black cats as well. The following articles are from the Bridgewater Mercury from the last […]

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This is the week, 35 years ago that Roger Patterson, rodeo rider, songwriter, and Bigfoot hunter, died. Thirty-five years! How time flies. During the next twelve months you will find your calendar filled with anniversaries that hit close to home, if you are interested in cryptids and other "strange things" that happen all the time. […]

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Weird, wild stuff Calls about odd animal sightings keep conservation officials busy By Bryan Brasher Memphis Commercial Appeal January 14, 2007 Officials from the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission chuckled in 2003 when they received word that an octopus had been found on Lake Conway. But after traveling to the lake and inspecting the lifeless, […]

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A.I. Bezzerides, 98, a novelist-turned-screenwriter best known for post-World War II film noir classics such as Kiss Me Deadly, On Dangerous Ground and Thieves’ Highway , died January 1, 2007, after a brief illness. Albert Isaac Bezzerides was born Aug. 9, 1908, in Samsun, Turkey. His mother was Armenian and his father a Turkish-speaking Greek. […]

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UPDATED: January 14, 2007. Photograph of a cryptid black felid taken late in 2005 in Florida, by a Georgia professor (credit Ben Willis) that probably is a melanistic bobcat (Lynx rufus floridianus). Based on one of yesterday’s melanistic bobcat blog comments, here are my promised suggestions for the hot spots to go observe these black […]

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With all of the sightings lately of cougars from all over the US reported here at Cryptomundo, we are thinking about changing our name to Cougarmundo. Well, not really, but there have been a lot of cougar or mountain lion sightings in unexpected places lately. Readers may wonder about all of the postings here on […]

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A new site to check out: Anomaly TV: Cryptozoology Wednesday. What do you think about it? One place to find all the Bigfoot videos you have been looking for? Word on replays of Mothman documentaries? Updates on when A & E, National Geographic, Travel Channel, History Channel and other repeats or new programs are going […]

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Proof of cougars remains elusive If they’re not here, they soon will be, state researcher says STEVENS POINT — A year-long search failed to turn up positive proof that mountain lions are present in Wisconsin, but the study’s leader is far from dismayed. “We’re still looking, but I don’t think it (finding conclusive evidence) is […]

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Mountain Lion Sightings In Northern Kentucky Last Update: 1/9/2007 7:36:43 AM Local 12 WKRC-TV Cincinnati Watch This Video A mountain lion is spotted running loose near a local neighborhood. In the past three weeks, six people reported seeing the big cat. It was first seen near Camp Springs, just off the AA Highway in Campbell […]

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An anonymous Cryptomundo reader just tipped us off to this story. Cougar plays starring role in Manitoba history books Big cat caught live in photos Tue Jan 9 2007 By Martin Zeilig Winnipeg Free Press PHOTOGRAPHIC history has been made with the first-ever pictures of a wild cougar roaming rural Manitoba. Click on image for […]

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Dr. Dave Maehr’s 1990 article details the discoveries of black bobcats in Florida. Please see below his Florida location chart (numbers 1 and 2 are from 1939-1940 through the 1990 captures). Click on image for full size version Also here is a photograph from 1990 of a black Florida bobcat. Click on image for full […]

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An update on the mystery black felid photograph (see various enhancements on this page) reveals some new information, which, in context, makes much sense. The picture was taken December 2005, according to the photographer’s letter shared with me last night by felid researcher Ben Willis. The photo was taken by a retired biology professor from […]

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Nashville Cats, play clean as country water Nashville Cats, play wild as mountain dew Nashville Cats, been playin’ since they’s babies Nashville Cats, get work before they’re two — by John B. Sebastian, Lovin’ Spoonful, 1967. Is this cryptid black cat a melanistic bobcat (Lynx rufus/Felis rufus)? Back on November 19, 2006, I wrote about […]

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