The wife and I were out driving around on Sanibel Island late in the
afternoon on Tuesday. As we were driving west on Middle Gulf Drive,
near the corner of Casa Ybel Drive, a large animal emerged from the
underbrush on the left side and slowly ambled across the road about
100 yards in front of us, quickly disappearing into undeveloped land
on the right side. We both looked at each other in amazement and
quickly came to the conclusion that it must have been a panther. It
was the size of a large dog only longer, good sized tail, very cat
like features, with a yellowish/tan color - way too big for a bobcat.
There was no time to take a picture unfortunately but I'm sure the
Sanibel Board of Tourism is just as glad of that. A confirmed
panther sighting within a half mile from a lot of high end resorts and
condominiums would be about as welcome as a Great White shark on Miami
Beach.

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