ORIGINAL: isatarak

My initial reaction when I saw the pic was "dog", but after studying it closer and really sizing it up I came to the conclusion that it is a black dog.

ORIGINAL: huntressofthewoods

This photo was taken off my property and blackwolf2626 posted it this morning. It was taken in JoDavies County, Illinois on a Buckeye Camera System. We have not checked the cameras since early September. A neighbor reported seeing a large black cat earlier this summer on two different occasions - he seemed to think he was seeing a black panther or black phase large cat. Here is a zoomed in version of the same photo. Still not sure what it is??? We don't have any resident dogs that look like this, not to say it couldn't be a free rooming wild dog. Check out the tail?? But then again the legs seem long. Hopefully we will get another picture on the cameras. We googled black cats, Illinois and several stories came up of mysterious black large cats. Lets get one thing straight, I'm not saying this is anything yet, it is just strange.

ORIGINAL: moose1915

if you replied anything other than "dog" please throw yourself off a bridge and spare the gene pool.

thanks,
moose

ORIGINAL: Matt / PA

I was able to isolate the image in my photo editing software and enhance the color and contrast to give us a better look..........
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