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The Florida Panther
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The Florida Panther


Mar 26, 2021, 5:04 PM

The National Geographic came today and in this issue is an article about the Florida Panther. The article reminded me of an event that occurred in the early 1950's, after I returned from Korea and before moving to Clemson in 1955.

I was a Research Engineer at the Long Vegetable Fiber Research Laboratory in Belle Glade, FL. One of the Fiber plants involved in our research was Kenaf. We had a small plot of Kenaf near Clewiston, FL. This plot was near one of the irrigation and water level control canals that are prevalent in the Everglades. When the canals were dug, the spoil was placed beside the canal and this became a roadway.

I had about six of our laborers with me as we made our way to the site. When we got down to the canal, I turned to the canal road side to get to our Kenaf plot. As we approached the kenaf site, a panther came out of the Kenaf plot, ran across the roadway and jumped over the canal which was about 20' - 25' wide. Me and the two laborers riding with me in the front seat couldn't believe our eyes.

When we got to the Kenaf site, the two laborers that saw the panther told the other laborers about the panther and that brought expressions of fear on their faces. The Kenaf was about 6' tall and had been planted by a grain drill, a good place for a panther to hide. As long as we were at the site, all the laborers wanted to stay within 10' of me.

When we finished our task, all the laborers wasted no time getting on the truck. They didn't want no part of that panther and neither did I.

The only other time I saw a Florida Panther was during my time at the Univ. of Florida after WW2. Several of us were going fishing at Orange Lake. Just before we got to the lake, a panther ran across the road and almost cleared it in one jump.


I was talking with a friend about the Florida Panther and he was curious about the panther's ability to jump across a 20' - 25' canal. The National Geographic article stated a panther can jump as far as 10 yards or 30 feet. I would never have thought a panther could jump that far if I had not seen it with my own eyes.


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