Dwight Ward contacted me by email with his story of the sighting of a melanistic (black) mountain lion in Utah while he was hiking across the country. It was back in 1972. I think his story is worth publishing here because it’s a rare one. For those who are interested, I have a page …
Unsurprisingly, I have not been able to find a photograph of a black mountain lion so I created one (or two). They are not that great but they give an idea of what a black puma might look like; not dense black but “melanistic”. Here is another attempt (this is better, I believe): The …
by Nancy Thompson (Paintsville,Ky. U.S.A.) I live in Eastern Kentucky (Lawrence County) and all my life I have heard members of my family talk about sightings of the Black Panther. My grandmother talked of seeing them while walking home after dark. My grandfather has seen them while out working the farm or while in …
