I’ve got a 20 pound, all black male cat that looks like that from about 10-15 yards away. Or this is a black cougar from 100 yards away... There is no real frame of reference in that photo. Color me skeptical. Not black.
That cat is in an area with quite a bit of bare sand.
It should have left tracks.
The location of the picture is clear.
A person could easily go to that location and measure the shrubs to obtain a way to scale the cat.
No one has done so, which does not bode well for the “black panther” explanation.
“’ve got a 20 pound, all black male cat that looks like that from about 10-15 yards away. Or this is a black cougar from 100 yards away.”
Out here in the country my elderly neighbor called this past weekend ranting about seeing a black wildcat in her yard.
The critter walked up to our patio and meowed. Big black house cat.