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Rival Killer [2608]
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Anybody believe me??
Sep 14, 2022, 8:37 PM
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Ok guys. Not football related but I gotta talk to somebody. My daughter is the assistant manager at Edisto Island state park and lives on oyster tow lane that leads to the learning center and boat landing. My wife and I are on vacation and visiting this weekend. After dinner most nights, my Golden Retriever,Kolsch, and I will walk down to the boat landing and back. Tonight we encountered some company along the way. We walked into the road to the learning center to take the trail to the boat landing and came within 15 feet of a mountain lion. I swear, a mountain lion. No not a bobcat. A mountain lion that stood taller than Kolsch. He stood his territory as we backed away. Got back to house quickly, got my daughter and went back in jeep looking. No sightings. I swear a mountain lion. Looked it up on internet and yes a mountain lion. I was scared to death and back away did not get s picture because phone was at home. Anybody had a situation like this? That cat was not going to give up his territory.
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Re: Anybody believe me??
Sep 14, 2022, 8:42 PM
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Wow. That is really cool and really scary at the same time. Hopefully everyone around there is keeping their pets inside.
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Heisman Winner [80007]
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Wrong bored Moran!!!***
Sep 14, 2022, 8:44 PM
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Clemson Sports Icon [59365]
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Is there a Mountain Lion board?***
Sep 14, 2022, 8:55 PM
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Heisman Winner [80007]
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Sure, same one as the fishing bored, MoRaN!***
Sep 14, 2022, 10:04 PM
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you freaking people have no sense for satire…
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Clemson Sports Icon [59365]
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Apparently you don't either...***
Sep 15, 2022, 9:07 AM
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Heisman Winner [80007]
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Actually, I got your joke
Sep 15, 2022, 5:23 PM
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Spud, I was making fun of all the snowflakes that TD’d it…
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Freshman [-74]
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LOL! First it was, "miserable boo-holes" who TD'ed
Sep 16, 2022, 11:09 AM
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And now it's snowflakes?
How can someone with the site-leading (by far) 11.4k TDs be saying ANYTHING about those who use the TD button?
You're a funny ('funny' as in strange) dude. And yeah, instead of answering we all know you'll click the down thumb. Because you're doing big things!
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Game Changer [1806]
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It wasn't a mountain lion...
Sep 15, 2022, 7:43 PM
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¤¤¤¤¤Mystery Solved¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
Thread starter survived an encounter w/ a
☆☆☆☆CHUPACABRA★☆☆☆
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110%er [5713]
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Re: It wasn't a mountain lion...
Sep 15, 2022, 7:55 PM
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Two reasons I don’t believe this tall tale:
1) No one leaves their phone at home these
days.
2) After admittedly being scared to death and
lucky to escape this killer cat, does the OP
call authorities or animal control? No!! They
go home and throw their daughter in the car
and goes back looking for the monstrous
feline. If I was the OP’s daughter I would
watch my back.
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Heisman Winner [80007]
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Not a guy to take parenting tips from^^^***
Sep 15, 2022, 8:02 PM
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Rival Killer [2608]
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Re: Not a guy to take parenting tips from^^^***
Sep 15, 2022, 8:26 PM
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My daughter is over the state park here and knows what she is doing you idiot.
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Freshman [-74]
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And the BBO fan club grows another fan
Sep 16, 2022, 11:17 AM
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LOL.
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Ring of Honor [22714]
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Re: Wrong bored Moran!!!***
Sep 15, 2022, 4:21 PM
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Dang, over 4400 views; I guess there are a lot of cat lovers out there!
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All-Conference [404]
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Re: Wrong bored Moran!!!***
Sep 19, 2022, 9:26 AM
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Moron (two O's, no A)
mo·ron
/ˈmôrˌän/
Learn to pronounce
nouninformal
noun: moron; plural noun: morons
A stupid person.
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Paw Master [17213]
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All-American [595]
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Re: Anybody believe me??
Sep 14, 2022, 8:47 PM
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I think it was a Florida Panther. Saw one on Botney Bay Island.
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Top TigerNet [30012]
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Re: Anybody believe me??
Sep 14, 2022, 9:57 PM
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Pretty sure mountain lion, panther, puma and cougar are all the same animal. Sorta like speckled perch, crappie and specks are the same fish.
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110%er [3803]
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Re: Anybody believe me??
Sep 14, 2022, 10:00 PM
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Correct.
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Freshman [-94]
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As are
Sep 15, 2022, 10:03 AM
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Redfish, spot rail, and red drum
And
Stripped bass, rock fish
So many examples
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Game Changer [1806]
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Top TigerNet [30012]
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Re: Catamount ****
Sep 15, 2022, 7:50 PM
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Yep. And, Nittany Lion for another.
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Hall of Famer [9047]
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To answer your question, no, no i do not.
Sep 14, 2022, 8:48 PM
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Mountain lions no longer exist in sc.
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110%er [3625]
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Re: To answer your question, no, no i do not.
Sep 14, 2022, 8:50 PM
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Could have been a released pet or one that got away.
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Re: To answer your question, no, no i do not.
Sep 15, 2022, 1:13 AM
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########. A family friend when I was younger had a horse disemboweled by a mountain lion in SC (near the mountains). He saw it and reported it to DNR, telling them he'd kill it if he saw it again. They said "You can't shoot it, they're protected." Big cats are nomadic and have enormous ranges. They have them in Florida, you really think it's impossible for them to get up here rarely? That's stupid.
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Freshman [-94]
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There used to be a manatee
Sep 15, 2022, 10:22 AM
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That for numerous years made its way all the way up to Charleston Harbor from Florida. They used to report it on the local news. Haven’t heard anything about it recently.
Next time you’re on I 95 heading south you’ll start seeing dead armadillos the closer you get to the Savannah River. They use the bridge to cross the river.
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Re: There used to be a manatee
Sep 15, 2022, 10:40 AM
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I’ve seen dead armadillos on I26 north of Columbia.
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Ultimate Tiger [34163]
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Re: There used to be a manatee
Sep 15, 2022, 4:07 PM
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My sister saw two armadillos this summer near Lake Keowee. Crossed the road right in front of her and the dogs.
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Re: There used to be a manatee
Sep 15, 2022, 7:37 PM
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I had 2 armadillo in my front yard in Greenwood yesterday, see them frequently
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Commissioner [1204]
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Re: To answer your question, no, no i do not.
Sep 15, 2022, 9:13 AM
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We had one get hit by a car here 2 days ago.
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Re: To answer your question, no, no i do not.
Sep 15, 2022, 9:18 AM
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Au contrare mon freer.
I personally saw one in northern Pickens County years ago.
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Clemson Conqueror [11917]
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Re: To answer your question, no, no i do not.
Sep 15, 2022, 9:53 AM
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False! I too had a close (10ft) encounter with one at a summer camp I worked at right outside of Pickens. Beautiful creature and super glad that when I walked up on it, that it decided to go off deeper into the woods rather than eat me. And yes long tail and wayyy bigger than a bobcat.
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I Used to Find Lots of Feisty Cougars There
Sep 14, 2022, 8:49 PM
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But no mountain lions
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Rival Killer [2608]
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Re: I Used to Find Lots of Feisty Cougars There
Sep 14, 2022, 8:53 PM
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A cougar and a mountain lion are basically the same animal. Can you explain the difference??
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Orange Beast [6299]
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Re: I Used to Find Lots of Feisty Cougars There
Sep 14, 2022, 8:56 PM
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SC eradicated the cougar years ago and they are no longer in our
State. The Eastern Cougar was large and up to 200lbs. There habitat
no longer exists so they evidently moved on. No I don't believe you
seen a Cougar which resembles a Mountain Lion. It must have been
a big a$$ dog.
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Orange Phenom [14598]
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Not sure that's true. Some friends of mine
Sep 14, 2022, 9:01 PM
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showed me a picture they took of one about 5 years ago. They're piece of property is only about 10 -15 miles from Edisto.
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Clemson Conqueror [11917]
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Re: Not sure that's true. Some friends of mine
Sep 15, 2022, 9:56 AM
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I also saw a Panther on my buddy's game camera down near the Hopkins area. People who don't think the big cats are still around here are mistaken. SC still has them they are just rare, but definitely here.
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Re: Not sure that's true. Some friends of mine
Sep 18, 2022, 12:39 AM
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That is a good reason as any to keep small pets indoors.
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Re: I Used to Find Lots of Feisty Cougars There
Sep 14, 2022, 9:03 PM
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A cougar and a mountain lion are the same animal. Actually a Puma, a Mountain Lion, and a Cougar are all the same animal.
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National Champion [7945]
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Re: I Used to Find Lots of Feisty Cougars There
Sep 14, 2022, 9:33 PM
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A cougar and a mountain lion are the same animal. Actually a Puma, a Mountain Lion, and a Cougar are all the same animal.
But which of those do they identify as?
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110%er [3625]
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Re: I Used to Find Lots of Feisty Cougars There
Sep 14, 2022, 9:35 PM
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A squirrel.
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So, are talking about Cougars or Lions?
Sep 14, 2022, 9:29 PM
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As you know I light old Wimmens which may be same as a Cougar with lipstick.
LOL
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Re: Anybody believe me??
Sep 14, 2022, 8:57 PM
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Wouldn’t doubt it. A couple of years ago, my son and I were out walking on the #1 fairway of the Plantation Course late in the evening and saw a large cat slipping into the woods. Didn’t get a long look and I assumed it was a bobcat. I definitely saw one run across Highway 61 in front of me one night several years back when I was driving home at night from Augusta. Thought it was a deer at first until I saw it stretch out running like a cat does and saw a tail. So yeah, they live in the Lowcountry, no matter what some may say.
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Clemson Icon [27824]
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You can track bobcats on the Kiawah Island site... and yes,
Sep 15, 2022, 4:28 AM
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there are still cougars in SC.
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Re: You can track bobcats on the Kiawah Island site... and yes,
Sep 21, 2022, 12:00 PM
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100% correct, saw one deer hunting in lowcountry several years ago. Sand colored and slowly walking away from me about 75 yards out. To see it’s face I yelped, it turned and undeniably was a big cat.
Second incident a few springs ago I came across a set of large distinct tracks in soft mud. Looked just like our Paw - no claws marks (which are an indicator of a dog).
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Clemson Sports Icon [55400]
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You’re mistaken on what you saw.
Sep 14, 2022, 9:02 PM
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It was Bigfoot.
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Rival Killer [2608]
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Re: You’re mistaken on what you saw.
Sep 14, 2022, 9:07 PM
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Certainly had big paws. I’m going back early in the morning to try and get some pictures of paw tracks yo all of you non believers. I know what I saw Wasn’t a dog. Wasn’t s deer. I was 15 feet from the thing. I have a 90 pound Golden and this cat stood taller than him.
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110%er [3625]
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Re: You’re mistaken on what you saw.
Sep 14, 2022, 9:09 PM
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I definitely believe you.
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Associate AD [1088]
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There is an alligator in the historic Columbia canal.
Sep 14, 2022, 9:10 PM
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Near Broad River road.
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Ring of Honor [22313]
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There's gators all over the Congaree***
Sep 14, 2022, 9:19 PM
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Valley Legend [12164]
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Re: Anybody believe me??
Sep 14, 2022, 9:20 PM
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He's prolly been fattening up on some of those monkeys on Morgan Island. Wonder if they eat armadillos?
I believe you but how well were you walking? Seriously do believe they are around. There were witnesses?
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Rival Killer [2608]
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Re: Anybody believe me??
Sep 14, 2022, 9:23 PM
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Only my dog! He’s smart but he can’t talk. He just stood there like any golden retriever. He was like hey buddy you wanna play???
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Rival Killer [2812]
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Re: Anybody believe me??
Sep 15, 2022, 12:10 PM
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Yep, that sounds just like my Golden who will try and play with anything but she did chase a Bobcat out of the yard recently. That was one of the bigger bobcats I have seen in a long time
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Re: Anybody believe me??
Sep 14, 2022, 9:20 PM
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When you went back with your daughter in the Jeep to look, I hope you were armed.
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Orange Phenom [14641]
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Re: Anybody believe me??
Sep 14, 2022, 9:30 PM
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I believe you. Between development, hurricanes, released "pets", etc...you can find any thing any where.
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Ultimate Tiger [34788]
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I had an ex that had a sphynx cat.
Sep 14, 2022, 9:34 PM
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That was when I realized if you had a hairless cat and a glass top coffee table that you get pucker spots all over table from its nasty balloon knot
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Legend [6782]
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Re: I had an ex that had a sphynx cat.
Sep 14, 2022, 11:11 PM
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Re: Anybody believe me??
Sep 14, 2022, 9:36 PM
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I do believe you.
My parent’s neighbors caught one on camera in Tennessee. I remembered mention of this at the time because the Eastern Cougar is extinct.
Check out this article. A ranger told us this around the same time.
“Well-known naturalist Dennis Chastain of Pickens says there’s no doubt that there are cougars (pumas/mountain lions) in the woods and wild places of South Carolina. But they aren’t true Eastern cougars.
“There are cougars out there, but they are all without exception the progeny of released Western cougars,” he said.
Here’s how that came about: People go to a pet store and buy a baby cougar.
“It’s a chick magnet, it’s a cool thing,” Chastain said. “Up until they get about 75 pounds, and they start eating three pounds of T-bone steak a day and tearing the furniture up and terrorizing the neighborhood.”
So then what do you do?
You may try donating it to a zoo, but not many zoos are looking for cougars.
So you go for a ride with the big cat and let him loose somewhere in deer country – which is anywhere in the state.”
https://www.independentmail.com/story/opinion/columnists/2018/01/31/dont-shoot-eastern-cougars-if-you-see-one-because-its-illegal-and-they-extinct/1078580001/
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Re: Anybody believe me??
Sep 14, 2022, 9:37 PM
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A cougar IS a chick magnet.
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Re: Anybody believe me??
Sep 14, 2022, 9:41 PM
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I live in the area and their are some mighty big bobcats around. We had one cross along our backyard at the marsh edge. At first I thought it might be a mountain lion but I was able to grab my phone and snap a picture - it was a BIG bobcat.
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Rival Killer [2608]
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Re: Anybody believe me??
Sep 14, 2022, 9:52 PM
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Wasn’t a bobcat. I’m sure. Did not have the pointy ears and was bigger than my Golden. I was close to this thing Someone else will see it soon and I hope they get a picture.
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Re: Anybody believe me??
Sep 14, 2022, 10:19 PM
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I believe you. There are sightings all over SC (look it up). Sightings are one thing, breeding populations are another. You’re talking about an animal that might travel 20 miles a night, that means they can be quite far from “home” in pretty short order.
I worked with a guy 25 years ago, who owned a full grown Cougar. He swore that it was so fast and powerful, that it could run the walls of his living room. That is….take a lap around the living room, touch nothing but the walls.
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Re: Anybody believe me??
Sep 15, 2022, 10:15 AM
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I don't doubt there are still mountain lions/cougars/panthers in SC but did you see the tail?
I saw your post below. The long tail says you saw one.
Message was edited by: saddis56®
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That Doc Antle dude already releasing his animals?***
Sep 14, 2022, 9:56 PM
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Ultimate Tiger [36452]
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There have been cases of Florida Panther males
Sep 14, 2022, 10:05 PM
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Wandering this far north in search of new territory. And yea that’s a mountain lion or cougar, and the Florida panther is a sub species of them.
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Ring of Honor [23590]
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Yes I believe you. Many animals are getting squeezed out of
Sep 14, 2022, 10:17 PM
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their natural habitat due to development and into human contact. You seem knowledgeable enough to know the difference between the occasional bobcat or fox we see in he upstate.
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Re: Yes I believe you. Many animals are getting squeezed out of
Sep 14, 2022, 10:40 PM
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A mountain lion would be considerably larger than your dog, especially in length. I agree with the poster at it being a Florida panther or as we say in the South, a "Long Tailed Cat". I have seen one and it was brindle in color. Was it a solid color or could you tell ?
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Re: Yes I believe you. Many animals are getting squeezed out of
Sep 14, 2022, 10:47 PM
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Solid. A tan light brown color. A little white around the mouth. Yea. I was way to close. My dog is s big Golden. The cat was at least one hand taller. Long tall.
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Re: Yes I believe you. Many animals are getting squeezed out of
Sep 15, 2022, 12:28 AM
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Yes, I believe what you saw, those saying impossible are being short sighted. They require a lot of territory and as they have been protected for a long time it stands to reason that the increase requires the younger generations to move range. I know we have them in NC because I watched a local hunter call one in by accident while using a Predator call for coyotes. saw it on YouTube clear as day in the thermal. No mistaking what it was.
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Re: Yes I believe you. Many animals are getting squeezed out of
Sep 15, 2022, 2:43 AM
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I’ll second that. Grandfather was a lifelong coon hunter and told me of 3 sightings in the Pee Dee swamp. Plenty of deer and now feral pigs to support a few big cats. Had a black bear in 5 points (Florence) about 12 years ago.
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Re: Anybody believe me??
Sep 14, 2022, 11:07 PM
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Walking anywhere at night without the right protection is putting your life in D A N G E R. There is a saying that I love, it's best to be caught with it (pistol) and don't need it, than to be caught without it and desperately need it. Being caught without personal protection in 2022 could be the cause of you, or a loved one to lose your life! ! ! ! !
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Re: Anybody believe me??
Sep 14, 2022, 11:18 PM
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When the poser who’s most often wrong says he’s doesn’t believe you,
Sep 15, 2022, 12:35 PM
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that makes it certainty that it’s true.
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Re: Anybody believe me??
Sep 15, 2022, 12:28 AM
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I believe you. Saw one eating a rabbit on the side of the road near my house in Hollywood. Turned around to get a pic and he was gone. I lived on swinton creek.
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Re: Anybody believe me??
Sep 15, 2022, 12:55 AM
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I believe you. Many people doubt what they haven't seen with their own eyes.
I was a young boy in the early '60s and spent a lot of time in and around the Edisto River and adjacent swamp at Orangeburg..... loved to fish and hunt and often went alone. I told folks that there were alligators in Edisto Swamp, but they did not believe me. They all thought that alligators stopped at the Florida state line. I knew better, but it was frustrating trying to convince others back then. Now, they've migrated up to Virginia.
I also "discovered" bluefin tuna offshore of Morehead City, NC in the '80s and off Charleston inlet around 2005 (in fairly shallow water). Nobody wanted to believe those claims either.
It's amazing what is in the woods, swamps and oceans of the world.
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100% believe this to be possible and true***
Sep 15, 2022, 1:05 AM
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I believe you. We don't have bears where I live
Sep 15, 2022, 5:00 AM
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yet every couple of years there are sightings with pictures.
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Re: Anybody believe me??
Sep 15, 2022, 9:03 AM
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Though nobody from SCDNR would ever believe your story, I do. I live near the midlands and we have "big cat" sightings, usually panthers (black or brown) (once again not bobcats) a few times a year. Most people erroneously assume that they have been eradicated. That could not be further from the truth. The first time I locked eyes with one was about five years ago and it was a less than pleasant experience. Also, before anybody might tell me that I have no clue what I'm looking at, I'm a wildlife biologist. I 100% believe that what you saw was a panther.
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I believe you. Simply because, ~50 years ago, I saw a black
Sep 15, 2022, 9:07 AM
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panther on our land outside Santee, even though they are not supposed to exist around here. He was all the way on the other side of a pretty good sized field, but the screech he made scared my 17 year old self so badly, I turned and RAN away from the area as fast as my slow legs would carry me.
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kind of a bad sign - Lions are Very secretive, sightings
Sep 15, 2022, 9:12 AM
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are usually brief, and cat is gone.
This is an indication this Lion could become a problem. Its has probably eaten a few pets as they can be easy prey.
carry bear spray or a sidearm ......
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Re: kind of a bad sign - Lions are Very secretive, sightings
Sep 15, 2022, 9:28 AM
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It also has probably found pretty easy food supply of deer, as the island is now littered with them.
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they eat a ton of Deer - but Lions don't act that way,
Sep 15, 2022, 9:40 AM
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standing around humans and pets in daylight unless something is wrong or their behavior is drastically changed. Not normal not good
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Re: Agreed those barrier islands are perfect habitat now for a panther
Sep 15, 2022, 12:45 PM
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It would be really cool to watch one take a deer down in the big field next to my brothers place.
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Re: Anybody believe me??
Sep 15, 2022, 9:24 AM
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It was a panther. And yes, I've seen one in the wild here in the lowcountry up in a tree, just swishing his tail. They are magnificent animals.
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Re: Anybody believe me??
Sep 15, 2022, 9:38 AM
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I do. I’ve attached a picture from a trail camera picture from this past spring in the upstate. You have to look closely because of the glare from the sun but this is a large cat with a long tail. It was at our hunt club. I was out there this weekend putting ropes and camo on my stands and saw several very large prints that looked more like a cat than a dog and definitely too big for a coyote. I also noticed a lot less coyote tracks than I have seen there the past few years which is not a bad thing. I will be keeping my eyes open and have a sidearm when headed to my stands.
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Re: Anybody believe me??
Sep 15, 2022, 10:18 AM
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Well that seals the deal. Proof right there.
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In 2018 there was a confirmed sighting in Jasper County SC
Sep 15, 2022, 9:53 AM
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of a Florida Mountain Lion. It is reasonable to believe what you saw was indeed a Mountain Lion. It could also have been one set free or escaped from a private exotic pet owner, or a cat recue.
FYI..... Black Panthers are either Melanistic Jaguars or Melanistic Leopards.....which we do not have in SC, or anywhere close. There have never been any documented cases of Black Mountain Lions. Any confirmed sightings of such would be from the exotic trade being set free or escaped.
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Valley Protector [1425]
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You don’t “go back and find” a cougar. They find you
Sep 15, 2022, 10:07 AM
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Those things are original stealth. Good that you got away.
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I was down at Edisto Beach a few weeks ago.
Sep 15, 2022, 10:18 AM
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Deer and turkeys everywhere!
Was out on Johns Island a week ago and deer and turkeys everywhere!
Around 1900 deer were hunted almost to extinction in South Carolina but they were able to hide deep in the Lowcountry swamps and other areas across the state where hunters couldn’t get to them, but today we have more deer than ever thanks to landscaped lawns, flowerbeds, gardens, etc. and they have become a huge nuisance not to mention the number of wrecks cause.
Beavers, armadillos, wild boar, etc. are major problems across the state as well.
And of course South Carolina lakes and rivers have had game fish species decimation because of catfish released in our waterways from other states that are not native and invasive.
Not sure what the solution is to most of these problems, but I do know how DNR could help solve the deer problem! Unfortunately, even if they did relax the hunting restrictions do we have enough hunters to get things under control? The number of people deer hunting today is dramatically less than back in the 70s when I was a kid.
Unfortunately the quail population has been devastated by the loss of habitat and widespread use of pesticides and fire ants.
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Re: I was down at Edisto Beach a few weeks ago.
Sep 15, 2022, 10:48 AM
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I grew up on Johns Island in the 60s and 70s and we very rarely saw deer and I never saw a turkey my entire childhood. I spent a lot of time in the woods squirrel and rabbit hunting so the opportunities were there. My brother and sisters still live in that piece of land and in the summer you frequently see 20-25 deer or 10-15 turkeys in the field next to them. Problem is there has been so much development around them I would not shoot a rifle there. I might take my crossbow there this fall….
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How big is the property?
Sep 16, 2022, 11:02 AM
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I’m sure you could use a shotgun with buckshot or maybe a slug.
Do you bow hunt in addition to the crossbow or just a crossbow?
When I was at Clemson in the 80s my two best friends from high school were on the football team and I spent a lot of time in the football dorm and it was crazy. There were guys that had snakes, cats, dogs, a couple of guys had pistols, at least one guy had a crossbow and another guy had this sophisticated blow dart contraption. It didn’t look like anything from the Amazon, lol, it was definitely not made out of bamboo, but a piece of aluminum with foam rubber in certain spots to hold it and had a mouthpiece to get more pressure when you blew and it had these crazy darts that could go a long way. It was very cool, but the crossbow was the coolest!
I have wanted to get one for a long time but just haven’t done it yet.
Is it legal to shoot deer with a crossbow? I thought I read somewhere that it’s not legal. Then again as a radical libertarian if I’m on my land I do pretty much what I want, especially when it comes to deer and turkeys because of how overpopulated they are.
I’m sure development is part of the problem, but I would also lay money on the fact that back then people hunted on Johns Island, which probably had a pretty big effect. And there probably weren’t anywhere near as many deer and turkey on Johns Island back then as today.
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Re: How big is the property?
Sep 16, 2022, 12:10 PM
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My brother has about 3 acres and the field next to him is about 5 acres. You could shoot a shotgun but I won’t just to be completely safe and to not bother the neighbors. There is a guy who has permission to hunt the field and he uses a rifle. I just don’t need a deer that bad. I hunt in the upstate on a 440 acre tract and get what I need there.
I tore my right bicep playing basketball about 2 years before I started archery hunting so I have never used a compound bow, just a crossbow. Almost every state, including SC now recognize crossbows as archery equipment and allow them during archery season. They are wicked. I’ve shot 6 or 7 deer with mine and all but one went about 60 yards and fell over. The one last year went about 125 yards.
I was at Clemson from 80-84 and knew one of the football players from home and we used to play a lot of B-ball at Fike. We may have run into each other.
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I was 84 to 88
Sep 16, 2022, 10:52 PM
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So we may have bumped into each other early on but it looks like we just missed each other. I’m sure we know a lot of the same people however.
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Freshman [-94]
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That was a great time to be at Clemson.
Sep 18, 2022, 4:36 PM
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I hardly recognize the Clemson of our youth. So much has changed at the University and the town. Unfortunately, most of the change has not been good IMO, especially regarding the university!
I think a lot of what has changed with the town has been good from an economic standpoint, but even that has gone too far as home prices and everything else in the area have skyrocketed. Unfortunately Clemson has been like much of the south, especially the Carolinas, and growth has changed the area forever.
But that has nothing to do with the changes at the University. Those changes are internal and most of them have definitely not been for the better!
Interestingly enough, you were in school when there were quite a few significant changes as well. In high school I spent quite a bit of time at Clemson and noticed major changes right before my freshman year in 84. I don’t think any of those changes were improvements either. No more being out on the Johnstone ledges, no more Bengal Ball, Significant changes to open containers & alcohol on campus and a few other changes related to the drinking age going from 18 to 21, which I still vociferously disagree with!
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Re: Anybody believe me??
Sep 15, 2022, 10:20 AM
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Yes
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Standout [236]
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I saw one in the early 2000s in Spartanburg inside a
Sep 15, 2022, 10:21 AM
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Convenience store. A guy had one on a leash and was showing it to the clerk.
It scared the $#!t out of me!
But it was pretty well behaved.
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Re: I saw one in the early 2000s in Spartanburg inside a
Sep 15, 2022, 10:54 AM
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We lived in South Florida for a few years and we went to several Panthers hockey games. One time they brought a live Florida Panther on a leash out on the ice for the National Anthem. Somebody didn’t think this through because they shot fireworks off for the “rockets red glare” and that cat started doing flips and cartwheels trying to get away and the poor gal holding the leash got pulled off the mat and went down on the ice trying to control it. I don’t think anyone got hurt but it was a pretty scary situation.
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I bet you needed a new change of pants after that encounter.***
Sep 15, 2022, 10:26 AM
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Athletic Dir [1166]
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Re: Anybody believe me??
Sep 15, 2022, 10:57 AM
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I do. They are rare to spot but I had one in my backyard near a marsh-like area in Lakeland Florida just a few months ago.
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When I was in High School , I swear I saw...
Sep 15, 2022, 11:06 AM
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a black panther as I was driving down a backroad in the Moncks Corner, SC area. It was around twilight, still light enough outside to see the black cat standing in the middle of a dirt road I passed on some backroads around Black Tom Road (if anyone knows it). It was a brief glimpse I caught of it, and it could've been a very large feline of another kind, I suppose, but I swear it looked to me to be all black and BIG.
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CU Guru [1524]
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Re: Anybody believe me??
Sep 15, 2022, 12:22 PM
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Yes, they told us back in the seventies at CU (Wildlife Biology) that there were no
bears in SC. We have them in our neighborhood about 15 miles from Clemson and there
was a fox in my yard the other day and bobcats are also around in the neighborhood,
occasionally. Armadillos are common and deer all over the place. We did see a mountain
lion in the wild at the Grand Canyon, but not around here yet.
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Re: Anybody believe me??
Sep 15, 2022, 12:25 PM
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I too haven’t seen as many coyotes as I have in the past and have seen the tracks of large cats (bigger than Bobcats) in the woods this year. Haven’t seen any on my cameras but they are definitely here in the upstate (York & Lancaster Counties)
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Rival Killer [2608]
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Re: NOT a mountain lion.
Sep 15, 2022, 4:02 PM
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Can someone explain the difference between a mountain lion and a panther or cougar? Been told they are mostly the same cat.
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Re: NOT a mountain lion.
Sep 15, 2022, 6:10 PM
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When Jerry Richardson was awarded The Carolina Panthers they had a big party in downtown Spartanburg. They had a huge Jet Black Panther in a big cage on wheels. That thing was awesome. I think they borrowed it from the small Hollywild zoo in North Spartanburg.
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Re: Anybody believe me??
Sep 15, 2022, 6:42 PM
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I’m starting to think that if you go down to that coast something is going to maul you, bite you, or eat you.
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Sep 15, 2022, 7:02 PM
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Contact DEpt. of natural resources so they can put cameras in the area to verify. Last I heard they had never verified a report of a mountain lion in this state although I have heard other reports of sightings. I suspect there may be a few in our state but have no proof
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Don't do the brown acid.***
Sep 16, 2022, 2:14 AM
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I hope you were wearing your brown pants.***
Sep 16, 2022, 1:32 PM
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Re: Anybody believe me??
Sep 16, 2022, 11:06 PM
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If it was a Mt lion, which bobcats can get very big and be confusing. But if it was a Mt lion one of 2 possibles. A released pet or a male venturing out of the Everglades for new territory
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POTY
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Very interesting read! Thanks ...
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