Has anyone ever seen a black bobcat?

I saw something that was way too big to be a house cat, ferral cat. It was bigged than a small dog and could not notice from the way it was standing and the distance from the road if it had a bobbed tail or a normal cat tail. If it was a cat it was by far the biggest cat I have ever seen. I know that Mt Lions have a black phase but it is rare. This was way too small to be a Mt. Lion though and about what I would expect the average bob cat to be in size. There are the occational bobcats around but not too many. I have only ever seen maybe three in my area one of which was crossing an old dirt road carrying one of its kittens in its mouth.

I think its pretty cool everytime I see things like this. Black bear, bobcats, fisher, and otter. I spend alot of time in the woods and it just seems that even though you know these animals are around they are very seldom seen in Western NY. If any one knows what color phases bobcats have I would be interested.