Urus, what's your take on this one?

https://www.facebook.com/ShilohFarmHomestead/posts/3978465138865076

Any estimate on the size/weight?

The "scream" was most likely a fox.

There could have been a lion in the area, but tracks in melted snow are difficult for me to read. It could be a canine print.

Lol- "panther"?

Sure look like canine prints to me.
Wish there were better/more photos.

Not sure about the prints but cougers are 100% in the NE texas region. I have friends and family in Titus and Franklin county. They have been sighted and caught on game cams. One was killed by Sulfer river a while back.

Facebook and panthers. It's a pairing like no other.

aggieland09 said:

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Not sure about the prints but cougers are 100% in the NE texas region. I have friends and family in Titus and Franklin county. They have been sighted and caught on game cams. One was killed by Sulfer river a while back.

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Can you get us copies of the game cam photos and a general location? This claim comes up all the time when talking about mountain lion sightings, but when push comes to shove, the game cam photos where they were seen always seem to be unavailable for whatever reason.

In before, Black Panthers* are totally real and I've seen them all my life in (insert E. TX town here)!

*Melanistic Puma/Mountain Lion

ttha_aggie_09 said:

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In before, Black Panthers are totally real and I've seen them all my life in (insert E. TX town here)!

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In just before my edit! Well played

There's probably lots of East Texas "cougars", but that's another species entirely.

zooguy96 said:

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There's probably lots of East Texas "cougars", but that's another species entirely.

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Used to be a TON of them at Hollytree in Tyler. Mostly saw them at night on the weekends

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The "scream" was most likely a fox.

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Is that what the fox say?

ttha_aggie_09 said:

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In before, Black Panthers* are totally real and I've seen them all my life in (insert E. TX town here)!

*Melanistic Puma/Mountain Lion

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That was me.... and not touching this one.

Janet and Jamie have both seen and heard a black panther from about 75 yards at the home place in Apple Springs (Davy Crockett National Forest). We are believers.

Jamie also claims to have seen a UFO driving home from Lufkin to Apple Springs one night, so not sure how credible he is as an eye witness.

Wouldn't you see tail drag?

And I'm also pretty sure you wouldn't see any claw marks.

Yeah, a lot of people sent this to me on FB. At first glance it is interesting, then look closer. Note the track in the bottom left, you can see the claw marks if you look. But also note the top of the heel pad, you can see it is convex/pointy. Now look closer at that main track and the left toe. That's a double registered track with a slight slide to the right. That's why it is fairly wide. Now note it is slightly melted, blending some of the features together.

And while lions very periodically make an appearance in NE Texas, they are not considered to have a breeding population.