scouting around my house in white salmon for deer and seen a black cougar

[Curly]

Pretty cool.  Have you seen any bigfoots too....... 
 

I think someone isn't a believer 

Oh, I believe he saw something...........maybe even a black cougar.  I used to be more of a believer on the bigfoot subject too, but then I started watching some of the bigfoot shows on TV and after listening to those wackos I'm becoming more and more skeptical that bigfoot exists or ever has existed........

I'll choose to believe the black cougar story...........but with some skepticism for now. 

At least I think it is more likely for a black cougar to exist than a bigfoot.

[colockumelk]

Sorry my bad I thought the Florida Panther was a cougar. Fine all Black Panthers are melanistic Florida Panthers.  I bet no one here could tell the difference between a Florida Panther and a cougar though.

[Mark B]

Found this article online... If there can be Black Bobcats I dont see why there isnt any reason that Cougars cant be black too... Wierd looking cats....  http://www.michigancougar.com/black.htm

[WAcoyotehunter]

Sorry my bad I thought the Florida Panther was a cougar. Fine all Black Panthers are melanistic Florida Panthers.  I bet no one here could tell the difference between a Florida Panther and a cougar though.

The florida "panther" is the same  species as a cougar- felis concolor. They have a dozen names for the same species across the country- puma, catamount, cougar, mountain lion, panther---they're all felis concolor

[cryfowl]

Seen pics of a Cougar that was mounted and was black from the lower jaw down to its upper chest.  I saw what appeared to me to be a solid black cat on US101 just south of Quinault a few years ago.  It ran across the road infront of me, but wasn't close enough for me to say for 100%.  Ran like a cat, not a dog and had a real long tail.  So maybe 90% certain.  

[mrgoodwrench]

I had a log truck driver tell me he saw a black cougar about 10 miles south of Quinault on one of our mainlines a couple years ago....but that did come from a truck driver

[runamuk]

No such thing, All these supposed sightings but none have been killed or treed by dogs? It's just another myth.

well white buffalos were a myth too until we finally saw one....just because so far no one has managed to capture one on film or shoot one during season does not mean it couldnt happen these are cats I have never seen a cougar in the wild so they must not exist  .....white moose and elk, melanistic deer all of these are also pretty rare, a melanistic cat could happen its simply a genetic thing and chances while extremely slim, there is still a possibility....

[high country]

I saw one around usk ten or so years back. Phill sweet was guiding not far from me in Idaho and he too had seen it. It was not a dog or a UFO. I looked into shooting it back then and it was gtg

[ribka]

When I worked in Philadelphia I used to see Black cougars ( panthers) quite often there:

"Security" patrols stationed at polling places in Philly