Monday, November 23, 2009

Plank Road Panther(s) still a mystery.

  A strange story about sightings in Elgin.

Nielsen admits similar reports have come in from many parts of the country. But why, the professor asks, has no one ever found one dead? "A variety of cougar called the Florida panther is the most endangered mammal in North America. Yet people find 15 of those dead every year in Florida."

What we need above all, Petersen notes, is a better photo or tissue sample. Or, best of all, would be the corpse, like the genuine cougar shot by a cop April 14 in a residential neighborhood in Chicago. Until we get that new evidence, as Petersen says sadly, "It remains a mystery."

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