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Mysterious Critter
« on: April 02, 2009, 08:28:14 AM »
http://wcbstv.com/local/big.black.cats.2.973931.html

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Mystery Of Big Black Cat Deepens In NY Suburb
Number Of Black Cat Sightings On The Rise Near State Park
'Suspicious Animal Sightings' Signs Posted Around Rockland CountyPALISADES, N.Y. (CBS/AP) ― 

 Mysterious big black cats are scaring residents of Rockland County, N.Y. Wildlife experts aren't sure what they are, or how they got there.

Halloween is long gone. So what's up with the black cat sightings near New York's Tallman Mountain State Park?

Signs posted around the Rockland County park warn the public about "Suspicious Animal Sightings."

Other sightings were reported in the hamlet of Palisades. One was in a driveway. Two were in a backyard.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation says wild cat sightings often turn out to be a large dog, coyote or bobcat.

Orangetown police are increasing patrols. State park police have installed cameras to snap pictures of passing animals.

These are described as sleek, long-tailed, black felines. They're larger than mid-size dogs.

No regional zoos, veterinarians or residents have reported a missing large cat.

Sounds like it could be a black panther to me, but I was not aware they ranged so far north. Unusual but not impossible. Maybe a fisher?

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Not sure if the critter in their picture is the actual critter...looks like a stock photo to me, but I'm not sure what of.

http://wcbstv.com/local/big.black.cats.2.973931.html

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Re: Mysterious Critter
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2009, 10:07:32 AM »
The mystery big black cat is a fairly common cryptozoology meme

They have been seen in London by the Thames river

They maybe consorts of the Men in Black
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« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2009, 10:31:17 AM »
Globular Warming is bringing them up from Central America.
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« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2009, 10:58:42 AM »
They're F-Lions.


(From the book World War Z)
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« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2009, 11:03:36 AM »
LS:  Does WWZ ever get better than the first 50 pages?  I started reading it and it was just a bunch of make believe PTSD stories about zombies walking under the ocean and such.

Kinda bummed about the book actually, because I never laughed harder than at Zombie Survival Guide.

Never got to the part about F-lions.
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« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2009, 11:15:19 AM »
Quote from: AZRedhawk44 on April 02, 2009, 11:03:36 AM
LS:  Does WWZ ever get better than the first 50 pages?  I started reading it and it was just a bunch of make believe PTSD stories about zombies walking under the ocean and such.

Kinda bummed about the book actually, because I never laughed harder than at Zombie Survival Guide.

Never got to the part about F-lions.

WWZ isn't bad but it's got a far different goal than ZSG.  ZSG was comedy while WWZ was "what if this was real" and "how badly could humanity screw up and recover."  The entire book is a collection of how humanity got itself into the situation by screwing up right and left.
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« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2009, 11:15:57 AM »
AZ, it was in a far more serious vein than The Zombie Survival Guide, but I really, really liked it.
I found it chilling and sad, yet hopeful.
There are some tongue-in-cheek moments, especially with the acronyms (LaMOE = Last Man On Earth types who like the zombie apocalypse just fine, thank you).

F-Lions are large ubercats that survived when the world fell apart. In the book they're described as "part mountain lion, part ice age saber****", or the possible offspring of surviving cats who had to adapt by getting bigger and meaner than their predecessors.

And what Buzz Knox said, too.  =)
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« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2009, 11:22:42 AM »
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« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2009, 11:24:38 AM »
Dang it, TP...you made me snort hot tea! Ow!  :laugh:
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« Reply #9 on: April 02, 2009, 02:25:36 PM »
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Re: Mysterious Critter
« Reply #10 on: April 02, 2009, 03:49:37 PM »
Quote from: Harold Tuttle on April 02, 2009, 10:07:32 AM
The mystery big black cat is a fairly common cryptozoology meme

Maybe so, but they exist. I can't believe I am the only one who figured out that its just a black cougar who went north. I seem to remember reading that when cougars were more widespread the occasional black one would be shot. For every species that exists there are individuals that vary from the norm, cats are no different.
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« Reply #11 on: April 02, 2009, 04:05:16 PM »
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« Reply #12 on: April 02, 2009, 04:35:22 PM »
Quote from: crt360 on April 02, 2009, 04:05:16 PM
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The animal described in the video seems to be a large black cougar. They said the 2 cats were together. I don't know if adult male cougars hang out together and hunt cooperatively. Maybe they really are panthers raised in captivity, like someone in the video guessed.
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« Reply #13 on: April 02, 2009, 05:03:43 PM »
Quote from: freedom lover on April 02, 2009, 03:49:37 PM
I seem to remember reading that when cougars were more widespread the occasional black one would be shot. For every species that exists there are individuals that vary from the norm, cats are no different.

Yeah, if we would just shoot the non-conformists, we wouldn't have these problems!  :mad:   =)
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« Reply #15 on: April 02, 2009, 09:03:48 PM »
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« Reply #16 on: April 02, 2009, 10:48:18 PM »
There are outlandish reports of families being attacked by groups of about ten people.  Victims...were apparently eaten...
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