[backwoods-engineer]

My dad swears he’s seen and heard panthers late at night in the hills and hollers of southern West Virginia, back in the 50’s and 60’s. My uncles tell the same stories. There weren’t any deer there then, which the pumas might help explain. But now, there’s deer everywhere on my grandmother’s land. So, I don’t think there are any panthers around any more.

[seowulf]

My dad swears he’s seen and heard panthers late at night in the hills and hollers of southern West Virginia, back in the 50’s and 60’s.

I've heard the same stories from my uncles from NW North Carolina.

In fact on uncle was scared to death of them. It seems a panther hunted him once when he was a kid.