Posted on 08/04/2014 5:52:59 PM PDT by ETL 2
Agreed. the hind legs and paws are the key.
Besides zoos and circuses, there are private parties that keep lions too, some of which are illegal.
I think Doris Day maintains a compound for quite a few exotic animals on her property nearby.
It was pointed out to me that the one I was talking about was in VA.
Thursday, June 10th, 2010, Issue 23, Volume 14. Submitted by Jon Monday
On May 30 around 8 p.m. we noticed that our house cat was fixated on something outside. It was getting dark, but we were able to make out a large black cat. We live in a rural area between Bonsall and Fallbrook, bordering a nature preserve, but hadnt seen a bobcat in several years. However, looking closer, we saw that it wasnt a bobcat. It was much larger than a bobcat and a little smaller than a mountain lion, but with a thicker tail, short stocky legs, and was all black. There were several guests who also saw the cat and all agreed with the description.
After a few moments, it moved out of sight into the side yard. We Googled black wildcat and ran across an article titled, "First documentation of melanism in the jaguar (Panthera onca) from northern Mexico." Sightings of any jaguar in California are extremely rare."
Fallbrooke CA is about 70 miles from Norwalk CA where the OP video was shot. Most of what's in between is a very large National Forest.
Jaguars in California...cool!
Not if it selects you to be its dinner! :)
Well yeah but I live in Pennsylvania so....cool! ;-)
Alan Richards has just returned from Africa, where he is the head engineer on a proposed hydroelectric dam. The project is controversial because the native population, specifically a group of witch doctors, objects to the wounding of the land and has placed curses on everyone involved with the project. Richards, being a modern man with modern sensibilities, is unfazed. He discovers a small cache of protective talismans (a severed finger among them) in his superstitious wifes possession and promptly destroys them. He has sealed both their fates, she believes. He discovers a dead goat outside their door. His long, dark night of the soul begins.
The Jungle, written by Charles Beaumont and directed by William Claxton, is an effective exercise in suspense, reminiscent of Jane Randolphs dread-filled nighttime walk in 1942s Cat People. Richards finds himself all alone in the city at night, seemingly pursued by --- well, what, exactly? We hear various jungle and animal sounds emanating from various sources (a telephone receiver, a lion statue, tress and bushes), but its never really clear if something is actually pursuing him or if hes just losing his grip on reality. Despite the relative vagueness of the threat, theres still much suspense to be found, and a few great surprises (the Zulu warrior mannequin in a storefront window is an inspired touch). Its only at the end of the episode that the curse is proven all too real in an undeniably concrete fashion.
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