does anyone know if there are really black panthers in Alabama? because my Papa says hes seen one.

chances are what he saw was NOT a black panther but instead a fisher. we've had those incidences up here where people swear up and down that they have a black panther on their property and its ALWAYS a fisher.

There are Black Panthers all over the country... Oh, wait, you're talking about the animal!!!!

Who knows

Yes i live in north alabama and i have heard one and partially seen one, but i know of several people that has seen them before and a Black Panther is what it is.

yeah seriously that's what i thought he was talking about.

I live in North Alabama also, and yes there are black panthers, I have seen one.

There has been no evidence of any such thing. Aside from that, assuming that a "panther" was sighted, it is nothing more than a subspecies of the typical cougar or mountain lion. Specifically Puma concolor.

"Eastern Cougar Net" lists numerous accounts of "class I" and "class II" sightings but never defines what exactly those mean.

Regardless, there is no scientifically recognized population of eastern cougars outside of south Florida or so called "Florida panthers" which are again,a subspecies Puma concolor coryi.

...Deleted by CalHunter... It was probably a large coyote or other mammal.

It probably wasn't a fisher in Alabama. Fishers (Martes pennanti ) prefer boreal forest and their range is generally restricted to the northern states and the Rocky Mountains.

Best way to find out is to go in the woods and say, "Here kitty kitty kitty"

...Deleted by CalHunter... I'm sure that anyone who lives in Alabama knows what i'm talking about! ...Deleted by CalHunter... No, it was not a coyote! No it wasn't a dog, cat, cow or any other thing you want to say. I can take you to a place right now where there is a black panther in a cave in the woods! ...Deleted by CalHunter...