This is a picture that was taken from my brother's game cam in Camp county just a couple of weeks ago. There have been rumors of black panther sightings in the area. If you google "black panther texas" the first link that comes up is sightings in Upshur county which is directly south of Camp county. The actual possibility of this being a picture of a black panther is a little far fetched.. but it is pretty coincidental. I just wanted some feedback on the picture to see what you guys think about it. My brother also told me the very next picture on the camera showed the blurry hogs running off and the "mystery animal" in the background was no longer there. Let me know what ya think!

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Looks too small to me

Somebodies housecat.....

I agree it does look a little small to be a panther. It's definitely a youngin' if that's what it is. Definitely not a housecat though. Savannah cats are the largest hybrid domesticated cats that you can legally own without a permit.. and they aren't even as big that thing.

Deffinitely an interesting looking picture. Not sure what in the world that is. I do not see it being a panther or a cat. Neither of them wold lay next to a group of hogs like that!

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this is the following picture of the first. Possibly in attack mode?

It took me a minute to make anything out on this picture.. the bright dot on the far left side of the middle black area looks to be the eye and right above that is the ear. You can tell the size of the animal a little better in this picture. The body tails off to the right and back towards to treeline. This picture is starting to make me a believer in the black panther!

I changed the contrast and lighting on the pictures and it helped out a lot. From what it looks like there are 2 cats.. not just one. I also marked on the pictures where the cats are as they are hard to distinguish on the second picture.

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Could be. neat picture. thanks for sharing.

looks like a jaguarandi to me

or if its around a river or slough maybe an otter

Odd to say the least. If it were my picture and all I would say that they are just other pigs, something that looks strange, but odds are that is what they are and odds are that the picture just looks funny. Not saying it is not a cat, just wouldn't convince me.

But to each his own.

yea, because otters attack hogs trying to get to the corn.

"cat 1" in the 2nd picture is two hogs. I could see that in the original picture before the enhancements.

Maybe the otter likes PORK, DUH!

it could be a cat but i would need a better pic to convince me!!!

Not a cat in my opinion its just a pig laying down with part of its nose obscured

Panthers useually hunt alone unlessone is a young one. if it is one