On 9/27/2012 3:06 PM, thunder wrote:
On Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:09:49 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

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.

http://binged.it/THrslU

http://www.tenan.vuurwerk.nl/reports/mourad/Image97.jpg



Damn. I'd love to see a panther. Apparently, there have been other
sightings on Sanibel, controversially, with lots of denials. If the
sightings are confirmed, besides the safety concerns, it would open a
whole can of worms regarding endangered species and development.

http://www.topix.com/album/detail/sa...MJ98ICUIN23OCO

http://forum.bestofsanibelcaptiva.com/viewtopic.php?
p=45204&sid=34879d32f9eaa03ca56617e67a53854d

Bye the bye, some Florida bobcats do have tails.

http://www.realestatesarasota.net/bobcat/florida.htm


Yup, we had Coyotes in Essex for years but the DEP and everyone else
denied it until some hot shot had his wife and kid stood up face to face
out there hiking on a trail. Gotta' tell you, I encountered on one day
coming out of a friends house on the lake outside of town, and the one
thing I noticed was the thing was probably a foot taller than I even
imagined... Not too proud to admit, I almost **** my pants getting into
my topless jeep and getting the hell out of there. Now we are getting
reports of fisher cats and even a bear sighting, officials of course are
denying it...