ORIGINAL: Double Creek
There have been rumors flying around my home town about black panthers for years, and DNR has always said they didn't exist. However, I have had several credible eye witnesses and I have seen 2 mountain lions/pumas with my own eyes, both stalking deer.
DNR also says no lions/pumas exist in Mississippi.
DC, I can back you up on that. When I lived in Natchez, we had a BIG black long tailed cat on our lease. Same thing, DNR said that they were not known to be in Miss. We told him we would shoot it and show him the evidence but he said we couldn't because if it did turn out to be a panther, that they were a protected species. We said we would live trap it but again said we couldn't. Almost all of us saw him more than once. Talk about making the hair stand up on your neck and goose bumps when it let out a scream.
Ooooohhhhh... shivers right now.