Black panther in Wicklow?????

patwicklow

PseudoFamous wrote: »

I'd say about a hundred metres after the entrance for the manor, coming from woodenbridge, a bit before the dogleg part of the road, it stood in my fecking lane. Saw noone coming the other way, so drove around it. If anything was to notice it was that it was fairly glassy eyed staring into the headlights. Wasn't around on the way back, though. It was crossing the road before we got near it, then it suddenly decided to stand where it was. Same thing happened just before kilcarra a few minutes earlier, but obviously with a different dog.

If it was after midnight then that was the manor dog you saw with out question
known as the devils dog you were very lucky that your car didnt pack up

about 3 fity

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

My bet will be Eight pages for this thread!!!Any takers???;)

And Careful Now.... BECAUSE


They say it's as big as four cats, and it's got a retractable leg so as it can leap up at you better and you know what Ted, it lights up at night, and it's got four ears. Two of them are for listening and the other two are kind of back-up ears, and it's claws are as big as cups and for some reason it's got a tremendous fear of stamps and Mrs. Doyle was tellin' me that it's got magnets on it's tail so's if you're made out of metal it can attach itself to you, and instead of a mouth it's got four arses. And when he yawns it sounds like Liam Neeson chasing a load of hens around inside a barrel.

we're struggling!

meathstevie

PseudoFamous wrote: »

It seems to live around private land, particularly that of a bible camp. Going in to a bible camp with guns is normally frowned upon.

Unless you're in certain parts of the US where it's obligational

garv123

PseudoFamous wrote: »

It seems to live around private land, particularly that of a bible camp. Going in to a bible camp with guns is normally frowned upon.

Gods keeping it safe along with the ghosts and fairies :rolleyes::rolleyes:

moby30

rabbit assassin wrote: »

Being a complete sceptic myself I know no one really believes these stories until you witness them first hand. I don't expect anyone to believe my sighting but I know its true as does the chap that was with me and that's all that really matters. Myself and another chap were stalking in Kilmacanogue and while driving back down a boreen on the way home a black cat crossed the road about 50 yards infront of the jeep. Of course anyone that was told the story took the piss as I did when I heard stories of this type. But as I said its only when you see it you can actually fully believe.

That Kilmacanogue is a strange place alright. I once seen a monkey and parrots all over the place down there:Dturns out theres always something escaping from the petshop in Kilmacanogue. On a more serious note I have been shooting all over Wicklow on an almost daily basis during all sorts of hours and have never seen anything like this. I posted on another thread recently where farmers in Kilcoole in Wicklow were convinced a Big Black Cat was killing sheep and to cut a long story short it was a black German Shephard which suprisingly enough had a similar sort of silhouette of a large cat when seen at distance. Im not saying that I dont believe any of the stories and have a friend who would bet his life he seen a black Panther in the wicklow mountains back in the 80's but like Garv123 said with all the camera phones today and by the amount of sightings it would be nice to see a pic.

deeksofdoom

Has anyone seen the 'Diesel Queen' aka 'Monica' lately is there a chance that she could have been eaten by one of these wild animals?

Grizzly 45

PseudoFamous wrote: »

It seems to live around private land, particularly that of a bible camp. Going in to a bible camp with guns is normally frowned upon.

These "cats" seem to lived charmed lives all over Ireland..Somone always has an excuse for their behaviour..Maybe it is a "Andres Brevick cat".:rolleyes:Headlines soon in the dailies here.

Mysterious black cat massacres bible group in Ireland.

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deeksofdoom wrote: »

Has anyone seen the 'Diesel Queen' aka 'Monica' lately is there a chance that she could have been eaten by one of these wild animals?

maybe monica is the black panther in kilmac?? (well she has spent time in the shadows around that petrol station)

jay.b

i just found this video footage from the avoca area
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3FTkAS15zk

rambo87

I used to hear these kinds of stories as a child and teenager when my father took me to pubs after fishing/ shooting club meetings ...
They set my imagination on fire. The 50lb brown trout, the 60 inch cock pheasant, the 18 pointer red stag etc. etc.

Now Im reading them on boards and all the comments.. takes the fun out of it!!!!

4gun

maybe it's because of the BBC's that deer numbers are down :rolleyes:

hunting must be poor if lads have to resort to recalling flights of fancy


ghost dogs and big black cats... pphuh!..:rolleyes:

patwicklow

rambo87 wrote: »

I used to hear these kinds of stories as a child and teenager when my father took me to pubs after fishing/ shooting club meetings ...
They set my imagination on fire. The 50lb brown trout, the 60 inch cock pheasant, the 18 pointer red stag etc. etc.

Now Im reading them on boards and all the comments.. takes the fun out of it!!!!

There all here too and the polandgander just gotta keep your eyes open

marcp

This thread is all gone to stupid now sorry I started it

rabbit assassin

marcp wrote: »

This thread is all gone to stupid now sorry I started it

The same used to happen when people mentioned sightings of wild boar and muntjac.. Those few that ripped the piss shut up fairly quick when the proof was shown. Those of us that have seen something first hand know what to believe but I suppose eventually the animal(s) will be shot/captured !

4200fps

rabbit assassin wrote: »

The same used to happen when people mentioned sightings of wild boar and muntjac.. Those few that ripped the piss shut up fairly quick when the proof was shown. Those of us that have seen something first hand know what to believe but I suppose eventually the animal(s) will be shot/captured !

ah you will have that.Tis funny tho when you see that happen

4gun

marcp wrote: »

This thread is all gone to stupid now sorry I started it

Dont start threads claiming the existence of strange creatures at large in Ireland without some sort of evidence

even as Grizzly said a photograph of a footprint, ..somthing
Otherwise its just hearsay rumors and tall tales

sorry mate by you cant blame people for being sceptics

landkeeper

i'd have thought that if it was that close to woodenbridge one of the gamekeepers over the last 30 years in ballyarthur would have seen it or put a bullet through it lol

Spunk84

had a jet black greyhound/bull mix once as a foxing dog, the farmer called me one morning to say his miss seen a panther taken a fox a few minutes ago in the back field LOL he wanted me to come quick with the dogs:eek:

LOL i told him to look out the window again, there was i with the panther on the lead waving at him with:D LMAO i never let him live it down.....A bloody Panther in South Armagh:P

marcp

4gun wrote: »

marcp wrote: »

This thread is all gone to stupid now sorry I started it

Dont start threads claiming the existence of strange creatures at large in Ireland without some sort of evidence

even as Grizzly said a photograph of a footprint, ..somthing
Otherwise its just hearsay rumors and tall tales

sorry mate by you cant blame people for being sceptics

But I didn't claim the existence of a strange creature I was the one that said I dont know to believe him or not

I put up this thread to see was there any evidence not claiming I had evidence

But I suppose your right you will always get sceptacism no matter what you post up

No harm done sure

TriggerPL

:cool:the fact of it all is that it is possible now im not saying it was or wasnt a panter but!!

with the **** people during the boom were buying like snakes and lizards camen croc's that grow up to 5 feet . it is possible that people had these cats and got to big to hide or mannage and let them free !!

yes it possible but id like to see proof!!

patwicklow

landkeeper wrote: »

i'd have thought that if it was that close to woodenbridge one of the gamekeepers over the last 30 years in ballyarthur would have seen it or put a bullet through it lol

That would be hard to shoot as the manor dog is a ghost unless he has silver bullets they might work i would,nt like to try.

Grizzly 45

A load of old pre decimal pennies fired from a blunderbuss was supposed to do the trick for those kind of ghosts.:)

4gun

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

A load of old pre decimal pennies fired from a blunderbuss was supposed to do the trick for those kind of ghosts.:)

couldnt you just plate a copper bullet in silver ...ya gotta save your pennies, ya know

patwicklow

Great tread now was this about a cat or a dog

fasttalkerchat

No one will believe me but when i was about 14 i was chased by one. Everyone thought it was a big black dog but it was definitely from the cat family. We were in a holiday village in Wexford.

Spunk84

TriggerPL wrote: »

:cool:the fact of it all is that it is possible now im not saying it was or wasnt a panter but!!

with the **** people during the boom were buying like snakes and lizards camen croc's that grow up to 5 feet . it is possible that people had these cats and got to big to hide or mannage and let them free !!

yes it possible but id like to see proof!!

Hey you the people with snakes, lizards and caiman alone! They have nothing to do with it bud!

4gun

TriggerPL wrote: »

:cool:the fact of it all is that it is possible now im not saying it was or wasnt a panter but!!

with the **** people during the boom were buying like snakes and lizards camen croc's that grow up to 5 feet . it is possible that people had these cats and got to big to hide or mannage and let them free !!

yes it possible but id like to see proof!!

would love to have seen croc's released in Ireland, river walks could take an interesting twist
unfortunate thing is they wouldn't last too long in the colder winters

rammy

This story is not unheard of in Wicklow a friend of mine saw something he described as a black panther some time back, everyone told him it was a Muntjac deer .. But he said he knows what he saw !!!!!!

robbie mars

Six pages woohoo

Grizzly 45

Still betting eight!:D