Mystery
cat stalking Eastpoint
Apalachicola Times
Three years after the debate started over the
existence of large black cats in and around Tate's Hell, an island woman
says she has spotted one in residential Eastpoint. On Wednesday, Jan. 16 at 7:45
p.m., Mary Lou Short was returning to her St. George ...
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I think we've seen this cat here in Riverview ....my mother-in-law spotted it on our small ranch several days ago....and from her description of this creature, it was both too big to be a house cat and too small to be a panther or jaguar....I estimate it stood between 14 and 18 inches at the shoulder ....and it was all black. IMHO, this was someone's 'exotic' pet (be it legal or otherwise) that either escaped and was never recovered, or....the animal got to be too much for them to handle and they just let it 'escape'....yeah, like that's never happened here in Florida before (python, anyone?).
ReplyDeleteI think we've seen this cat here in Riverview ....my mother-in-law spotted it on our small ranch several days ago....it was too small to be a panther or jaguar and too big to be a house cat ....it stood between 14 and 18 inches at the shoulder .... and it was all black. IMHO, this cat was probably someone's 'exotic' pet that escaped or was too much for them to handle and they just let it 'escape'. Just a thought.
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