Florida Panther recorded with cell phone.

[RobertBrown]

I did not record this, I do not know who did.
I might have had to change my shorts after this encounter. Looks to be for real.
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[murphy1244]

Sure glad he didn't get scared and shoot them. Thanks RB

 

[dmccarty]

WOW. Unreal, he got to see not just ONE panther but three of them. I would guess they were a family group and the one with the most camera time was a young panther?

That was a once in a lifetime experience for sure. Just to see one panther would be something but to see three, for that amount of time and that close is unreal. Lucky guy.

I wish they said which part of the state this was taken. SW, central or some in Nawth FLA. Twas pretty open piney woods...

Later,
Dan

 

[dave1949]

Neat video.

The panther really doesn't know what to make of the guy taking the video. Says he was in full camo, that probably makes a difference in terms of recognition, or the panther hadn't met people before.

 

[J_J]

I think he was in a vehicle taking pictures.

 

[RobertBrown]

Neat video.

The panther really doesn't know what to make of the guy taking the video. Says he was in full camo, that probably makes a difference in terms of recognition, or the panther hadn't met people before.

At 7:50 he turns the camera on himself and you see his camo, not what I would call "full camo" but it worked petty well apparently.
At 7:56 it looks to me that a vehicle can be seen moving to the left through the brush behind and just to the left of his right ear. I think the background noise is traffic but I'm not sure. I think he's within a few hundred feet of a paved road.

It looks like you can see his shadow actually cast on the panther at 1:50, so I don't think he is in a vehicle.

 

[Dutch445]

it just seemed the cat was too calm with a human 3' away. incredible footage no doubt,
similar to that bear video a hunter took earlier this year, i think they were in a tree

 

[dirt ditch]

That's cool. Thanks for posting. Had an experience like that with 3 young coyotes several years back. Was in full camouflage with face net calling on a foggy day with 200 yards visual range. I was setting on the ground with my back against a tree stump looking down a long draw. After calling several minutes a sound of rustling grass came from behind me. Slowly turned my head to look there was a coyote 5 feet from me. I rolled onto my knees and he jumped back to 2 other coyotes that were 10 feet behind me. I had my rifle raised but I did not shoot as they had no idea what I was. Those 3 young coyotes just stood there looking at me. They'd cock there heads one way then the other just looking at me. After a minute or so one took off running and the others followed after him. I got the last one as he was crossing over the hill.

 

[creekbend]

Thanks for posting.

 

[Deerherd]

I seriously doubt it's a cell phone. The camera is obviously on a tripod (cell prone with tripod adapter?) and there are smooth zooms. Nice footage but not a cell phone IMHO.