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Black panther sightings reported in Louisiana parish
UPI ^
| 10 OCTOBER 2023
| By Ben Hooper
Posted on 10/10/2023 11:58:18 AM PDT by Red Badger
Residents of Rapides Parish, La., are trying to solve the mystery of alleged black panther sightings in the area. Photo by maminounou/Pixabay.com
Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Residents in a Louisiana community are attempting to solve the mystery of reported black panther sightings in the area.
Rapides Parish residents have reported seeing a large black feline near the levee banks of Lower 3rd Street in the Alexandria area.
"We were in a tent, and heard something that sounded like a baby crying at first," witness Ken Lee told WTNZ-TV. "And then, the sound turned to something else. I saw a big black cat, and I knew to mind my business from over there."
Lee said the animal was too large to have been a domestic cat.
Photographs posted online show what appears to be a big cat's paw print next to a size 13 sandal for scale.
Some locals said they are convinced there is a black panther in the area, while others suggested the source of the sightings could be a cougar with a genetic mutation causing it to have darker fur.
Black panther sightings have been reported in Rapides Parish before, with multiple alleged encounters reported in 2013.
TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Travel; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: blackpanther; cryptobiology; godsgravesglyphs; louisiana; melanism; panther; puma; rapidesparish
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To: Red Badger
Did he have the uniform and hat???
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posted on
10/10/2023 11:59:17 AM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left )
To: Red Badger
Shouldn’t this be in Wakanda?
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posted on
10/10/2023 12:00:05 PM PDT
by
xp38
To: Red Badger
What’s the mystery? Several people have seen a black panther. So?
To: gov_bean_ counter
Get rid of them before Election Day or expect trouble around the polling places.
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posted on
10/10/2023 12:01:45 PM PDT
by
hardspunned
(Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
To: EastTexasTraveler
We’re not supposed to have any here along the Gulf Coast...............
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posted on
10/10/2023 12:02:28 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: hardspunned
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posted on
10/10/2023 12:03:10 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left )
To: hardspunned
LOL...I knew someone had to have posted that reference, already.
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posted on
10/10/2023 12:03:33 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
(What we were told was a conspiracy theory in ‘20 is now fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
To: EastTexasTraveler
“What’s the mystery? Several people have seen a black panther. So?”
Not supposed to be any in LA.
To: Red Badger
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posted on
10/10/2023 12:09:56 PM PDT
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: Red Badger
People are really bad at IDing animals.
A black panther would be a jaguar. Bigger than a house cat is an understatement. Jaguars are the third biggest cat in the world.
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posted on
10/10/2023 12:10:18 PM PDT
by
Varda
To: Red Badger
probably less dangerous than BLM
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posted on
10/10/2023 12:10:36 PM PDT
by
oil_dude
To: TexasGator
I believe there is no record of a mountain lion being black. There are however black leopards and if observed closely their spots can be seen.
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posted on
10/10/2023 12:12:24 PM PDT
by
eastforker
(All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
To: Red Badger
Huey Newton and Tupac Shakir are dead
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posted on
10/10/2023 12:13:14 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: Vendome
Do they know it?....................
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posted on
10/10/2023 12:15:34 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Varda
Well, they all look alike......................🤦♂️
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posted on
10/10/2023 12:16:33 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
To: Red Badger
Someone get an illegal cub and after it got too big to handle ... adios?
Not to worry as there will be plenty of food
as the snow geese are on their way. They begin
to arrive about this time every year. This is a
three year old photo of them arriving.
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posted on
10/10/2023 12:52:27 PM PDT
by
deport
To: Red Badger
I thought this was talking about the thugs who stood outside polling booths, intimidating senior citizens.
20
posted on
10/10/2023 12:57:53 PM PDT
by
Trump_Triumphant
("Our hearts are restless, Oh Lord, until they rest in thee"- St. Augustine)
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