Woman captures video of large cat in a South Carolina field

A South Carolina woman captured video of what appears to be a large cat-like creature laying in a field near Asheville Highway in Inman.

[@janh5199]

Ears and tail are wrong for cougar. Shape doesn’t even look right for bobcat. Looks like a very large house cat.

[@larsonfamilyhouse]

Lol i literally just said the exact same thing except i think its a jaguarundi. They’re common in Texas and it could also be someone’s (ex) pet one too.

[@Simon-talks]

It's a UFO......unidentified feline object

[@vangu2918]

Right, it's just the way the camera is set up that makes the cat look big. Perspective is everything in photography.

[@Simon-talks]

It’s a UFO: “Unidentified Feline Object”

[@LemmeHoldaDollarMan]

I've seen many of them all over the US and I agree 100%. It's not a bobcat , either. It's just a cat.

[@dwaneanderson8039]

Rather than just speculating, that biologist should do a test. Have the woman set up the camera exactly where it was, and walk across the field where it looks like the cat was. Then you can compare the images for scale.

[@Gaim-Warden]

House cat

[@elizabethhair9017]

Also get experts out to look for paw prints, droppings etc.

[@winterskymoonranch]

Better yet, since the cat was rolling around, go pick up some hair and test it. It looks like a Mountain Lion to me, especially the tail.

[@RoseNZieg]

for me, it's the conspicuous shoulder blades. in cats, it's barely visible.

[@mumblety96]

Sir, this is YT. Can't be all rational up in here.

[@joewoodchuck3824]

Connecticut officials were in denial for years when people reported mountain lions. Finally, after years of sightings, they finally admitted their existence. This could be a similar story.

[@bobcaygeon975]

false

[@lisag.6599]

I agree. Why can’t the experts admit a mountain lion when they see one.

[@joewoodchuck3824]

@@lisag.6599 Therein lies the problem. "Experts" weren't seeing them. Lay people were. I don't know if the state wildlife agencies use trail cams or not, but they were missing them too. Only if a critter appears in view will the camera trigger. Everywhere else is where the cats were.

[@jayhache5609]

@@bobcaygeon975 True and false. In 2011, a mountain lion that originated from South Dakota was found on a highway in Connecticutt after being hit by a vehicle. The theory is that it had walked north of the Great Lakes and ended up in CT. So, at least one mountain lion was in CT. There could be more, but only that one confirmed in recent times.

[@Simon-talks]

just like UFO's

[@jenniferhill5001]

I live in Missouri. My husband and I live in a rural area by a river and conservation land. Each of us together and independently have absolutely seen mountain lion/ cougar whatever you want to call him. But officially the authorities say we don't have them here. Couple of years ago there was even a news report that someone had hit one on the highway. And they still say they aren't here. You know what you saw. And the people who have been around them know what you saw too.

[@reptilebarbie7777]

I also live in Missouri and worked for U.S. Fish & Wildlife and have seen one as well. It is rare though. That's why education about proper identification is important for everyone and anyone. This most definitely is not a cougar. Wrong ears, wrong tail, wrong gait.

[@tracycrider7778]

They say the same here. Years ago I told some folks at work that I saw a brown panther. They’re here to rid the coyotes. Govt won’t admit they’re here too.

[@Steve-ev6vx]

​@@reptilebarbie7777yeah, looks like a house cat to me

[@mixdbeautea]

@@reptilebarbie7777 😮I’m visiting at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, do you know if they are in this area?

[@mixdbeautea]

This scares me 😅 I’m currently visiting in Fort Leonard Wood Missouri, it kinda seems like a rural/ desolate area with lots of deer, cows, etc. Do you know if there are mountain lions in this area?

[@tymz-r-achangin]

Quite stupid of people to call it a bobcat. Can clearly see it has a long tail

[@katemoore6448]

No kidding ,my thoughts exactly

[@vincentvega5686]

ya cant fix stupid lol

[@margiestevens2384]

You gotta love biologists. Fifty years ago panthers lived in the panhandle of Florida on the Alabama line. Small number but since they can’t read maps and go where they want, why do biologists think that they won’t meander their way up north?

[@gsdmom1194]

With fires in Canada, floods, or whatever, and any illnesses that hooved animals have been having...wasting illnesses ect, big cats, as well as other meat-eating predators, will travel to find food. Lions are solitary and have HUGE territories but need to eat. They will travel to greener pastures. I live in Colorado, 50 yrs ago, the lions were in the mountains and upper foothills, now they are to the Nebraska and Kansas borders. Wolves from Yellowstone migrated into Colorado several years ago, formed a pack and reproduced. Then, the state released wolves late this past winter on the Western side of the Rocky Mountains. They have tracking collars, and already, some have traveled over the mountains and into the lower foothills on the North Eastern side. They were not too far from Colorado State University. I doubt they would venture into Fort Collins when there are livestock ranches to feed on, but I've seen moose, bears, and elk as well as Mt Lions in Ft Collins. Home development and lack of food from various weather conditions will drive animals out of the mountains. The predators will follow. The difference is deer, elk live in herds, Mt Lions live alone unless they are breeding or a female has cubs and need a ton of space for each territory.

[@Steve-ev6vx]

The one that was hit in Connecticut was DNA tested and determined to come from the Dakotas, I believe.

[@wvcruffler123]

It’s not that you can’t find a mountain lion outside its range. It’s that when you do it’s rare. What biologists mean is there are no breeding populations outside the known range of mountain lions.

[@gsdmom1194]

Before Colorado introduced Wolves into the wild, people reporting wolf sightings. You kept hearing..it's just a dog, a dog the killed the calf. Finally, a couple of biologists started looking into it. Trail cams caught a wolf. Foot Prints were studied and DNA was checked. They found that several wolves migrated south from The Yellowstone Wolves. These wolves survived traveling through Wyoming, outside of Yellowstone land, and wolves successfully bred had pups and were then considered a pack. Wolves will travel long distances to hunt, but big cats are solitary, and as populations grow, the spread will grow too. Cats will travel to find food. With more and more groups trying to ban hunting, you will see more illnesses in game animals, deer, elk, and moose. Week herds, sick animals, and eventually death. The cats will travel to populated areas to hunt and move into areas that normally don't see them. They will eat your farm animals and kill your dogs!!!! More food for that predator. Because of human sprawl into animal habitats, they, as well as other animals, will move or adapt.

[@gsdmom1194]

@wvcruffler123 that is true. With the Yellowstone wolves that migrated to Colorado several years prior to the Idaho wolves being released, they didn't spend as much time about it until they bred and successfully had pups. Once that happened, they kept a closer eye on them to study the fact that they successfully traveled a dangerous journey through Wyoming (outside of Yellowstone, a rancher can shoot wolves.) A large portion of this pack crossed back into Wyoming and were killed but it somehow has successfully survived. Since then, they have released 15-20 grey wolves from Idaho but thanks to the tracking collars, they can see how far east they have traveled. They have gotten close to the Red Feather area which is not to far from Fort Collins, the home of Colorado State University. If they were to cross I-25, there are ranch lands and Federal lands with plenty of grazing for deer and antelope. There are Mt. Lions out there now but much more food as the grazing conditions are not as harsh as the western side of the mountains where they were released. Snow doesn't get as deep, and there is grazing open land as far as the eye can see.

[@jtalisman9830]

Although this doesn't look like a mountain lion, a guy showed me a trail cam pic, a few years back, from the Fort Mill, SC area that was 100% identifiable as a mountain lion. It may have been passing through but it was there.

[@ThePitbulllady1]

It's a big orange house cat, folks. Both mountain lions and bobcats have black ears with a distinct white "eye spot" on the back of each ear, and when the cat turns its face towards the sunset, you can clearly see that the backs of its ears are orange, same color as the rest of its coat, no black and no eye spots.

[@offroad6309]

Interesting, I have a full body mount of a cougar I harvested years ago and it doesn't have the ear features you described. Saw a number in the field and we never used that for identity.

[@jaeshasway]

Not a house cat.

[@1ACL]

No, Mountain lion markings and coloring vary a lot. This was a Mountain lion/cougar.

[@jaygray7102]

Maine Coon?

[@Jasmine215100]

He looks much bigger than a house cat!

[@livingark3275]

Looks nothing like a mountain lion or bobcat, Looks like an orange house cat

[@BG-bx4ey]

Looks exactly like every bobcat I've ever seen...

[@vielplaysdagames2298]

@@BG-bx4eyyou have never seen a bobcat then

[@deborahwhit118]

Put the crack pipe down

[@willmiddleton9199]

Even though the tail looks off to me, it still looks more like a cougar than anything else. I live in the lowcountry and have personally seen one and know multiple people - experienced outdoorsmen that I grew up deer hunting with - that have also seen them. They reside in SC for sure but the DNR doesnt want to admit it for some reason....

[@alsaunders7805]

Same here, I saw one when I lived in Huger, it was in the Francis Marion National Forest. 🤔🤓🍻 I have also seen black bears there which don't exist in the Lowcountry according to the "experts".

[@naturalobserver1322]

It looks like a house cat.

[@CompOstang50]

It's a panther. They're native to SC. Have been for years.

[@alsaunders7805]

@@CompOstang50 Yes, they are/were native, according to the experts they were hunted to extinction in SC almost a century ago. I saw one about a decade ago though. 🤔🤓🍻

[@christopherherbert3844]

Seen big brown tanish cat with very long tail in Ridgeland SC about 15 years ago. Looked like a mountain lion. Crossed the road in front of me, cleared both lanes in one jump. Swear, no one will make me believe different. Researching this today because yesterday my coworker saw one in Pooler, Ga. according to his description. Seen many bobcats before, know the difference.

[@larsonfamilyhouse]

Long tail is a cougar for sure!

[@fjb4932]

My lifelong buddy lives just over the border into Washington ( or as pronounced here in Montana "WaRshington" ) and their Dept of Wildlife was in complete denial of any wolves spilling over from Idaho ( yep, "I da hoe" ). Denial to the public, tho they had evidence and departmental meeting to discuss the wolves. Now, 20 yrs on, they mysteriously proclaim they've discovered wolves in WaRshington. Imagine that, all those people seeing wolves for years Weren't crazy, and all those pictures weren't dog nor fox, nor coyote nor Sasquatch, but wolves. Same here in Montana. Denied we had wolves and denied they're the ones to set'em loose on us. Said they came down from Canada, then over from Idaho ( where they Did infect them loose ). Funny how i once found a big ol' track in the snow, pacing along side of my track in the snow. I made a plaster of paris cast and took it into the Lolo Nat Forest office at Ft. Missoula. The two armed security guards downstairs wouldn't let me pass ( hell, i'm only a PFC now, but once had a Top Secret clearance by UncleSam, yet not allowed into the building i'm paying for and near those that work for Me ! ) but did call upstairs and said a biologist would be down shortly. Meanwile they looked at the paw print cast, one saying it was a wolf and the other declaring it to be a bear. Till the biologist came prancing down the stairs all atwitter at seeing a wolf print. What a disappointment i was to her, one look and she saddly declared it a Lion, male...well fed. Boy was she disappointed, but took my name/ location of track / etc but impressed upon me the importance of reporting any wolf track to her just as soon as i found one. As said, they were in complete denial of Any wolves in Montana, yet she was in charge of the Montana Wolf Project and was just itchin' for evidence of such. Now Fish Crick is devoid of every elk, deer, moose that used to bless that drainage. The wolves killed Brownie's dog when he lived there ( and indirectly him once he lost his dog to a wolf, he got one, not the one that killed his dog, this one had a GPS collar on it that proves they knew we had wolves and they were tracking them, but loosing his dog at his age done him in), so the one he got he threw off the bridge into the Clark Fork and sent it downstream back to Idaho. Passed away of a broken heart shortly thereafter. The Mt. FWP was ordered to lie about wolves for about 10 years untill the evidence was too overwhelming to deny any longer. Then they let on we "might" have wolves. Kinda like cockroaches, if you see one ya got 99 more. Our tax dollars at work. " We're from the Gov't, we're here to help you." S-S-S... ☆

[@srvntlilly]

We're from the govt. and we're her to *take* you out. 🤨

[@jturtle5318]

Lion?

[@davidstillwell9338]

Worshington

[@FLINTmitten810]

They’re in Michigan too & the DNR denied their presence for a long time. Looks like a cougar to me.

[@savannahsmiles1797]

Fish and Game told us repeatedly that CO didn't have wolves. Well, at 9k feet, that wasn't a dog, a coyote, or a hybrid. It was MOST definitely a wolf. Several others reported seeing it. NEVER believe a gov organization, they only DENY reality.

[@billyyank5807]

That's not a cougar. Where's the tail?

[@babybirdhome]

@@billyyank5807It’s in a few of the frames of the timelapse. You can see it in about the second frame when it first comes into view and again in the 3rd or 4th frame after it gets up to walk away again - those are the clearest views of its tail. It’s definitely not a house cat - it has all the wrong proportions for that, and it’s not a bobcat because it’s too large for that and the tail is way too big for a bobcat. This looks to be a cougar/mountain lion.

[@tripsix263]

THEN YOU NEED GLASSES

[@SuckPuppet-xv1dv]

Could also be a bobcat, since it doesn't appear to have much of a tail. It could even be just a kitty cat that looks larger in the video due to the use of a zoom lens, but it's hard to say. There are cougars everywhere in North America they are just rare east of the Mississippi. I also heard that black mountain lions called "panthers" were a thing in the South, but it was an "urban legend".

[@chericlark3539]

it's a cat, it looks like a duck , walks like a duck, it's a cat.

[@deborahwhit118]

Right

[@nugsymalone1247]

I have a few feral cats that come around my house and they don't look like that, they don't move like that, they aren't built like that. Not impossible at all that its a mountain lion. They don't want to look into it and prove that it is, why? Because if it happens to be a florida panther or an eastern mountain lion, that could stop a whole lot of land development and money is soooo much more important to humans. Also at that distance, a house cat would look much smaller.

[@prissilou]

Yes, they do claim there are no cougars or mountain lions here in SC. I live in Horry County and a hunter I know caught footage of one on a trail cam.

[@gsdmom1194]

Never listen to officials. They claim Mountain Lions don't attack people either but yet in Colorado, every year people get attacked and we have had people get killed. CA, WA, OR....they all say the same thing. We had a Mt. Lion caught on multiple security cams wandering around in downtown Denver a couple years ago, they look inside people's homes in Fort Collins, 3-4 juvenile males attacked a jogger a few years ago, a police officer in Loveland was attacked. The range goes all the way to the North East border with Nebraska and Kansas.

[@SharifSalukis]

I do not think this animal is a Cougar. Saw a Cougar leap across a road on the edge of the Holly Shelter Game land in Pender cty, N.C. in 1999. That Tail and a four foot long Cat were unmistakable,two leaps and it was gone. N.C. Wildlife categorically said NO COUGARS east of the Rocky Mountains. That is going to be a surprise to the Cougars that live in Big Bend Park TX. Also the Florida Panthers might be unhappy. The Canadian Cougars might be disappointed too. It also fails to explain all the Farm Animal kills across N.C. In a line from about the Brunswick/Horry county area, all the way to the Northwest of Greensboro, in1999.

[@lisaking9056]

It’s obviously a panther mountain lion whatever you prefer but it’s a large cat with long tail fawn with black mask

[@tripsix263]

all i see is a house cat filmed at GROUND LEVEL

[@LadyMaven]

You must have a very strange notion of what a house cat looks like then.

[@tripsix263]

@@LadyMaven i know exactly what a house cat looks like ive owned MANY

[@maxwellblackwell5045]

I feel bad for you that your perception is so off.

[@DreamDosage]

Yep, the body shape, head, ears, and long hair are that of the house cat variety.

[@hailesalassierasterfari6218]

Please don't do jury duty 😂

[@bmatt64]

That's a pretty sunset/picture. I'll think I'll paint it.

[@lindawolffkashmir2768]

Being South Carolina, it could possibly be a Florida Panther, a smaller version of the Mountain Lion. It’s iffy, though. At some angles, it looks like a wild cat, at others, it looks more like a domestic cat.

[@1ACL]

They're almost everywhere now. As fields return to forest, the big animals return.

[@lionelreesable]

It is a mountain lion. I lived off the grid in an area with many of those big cats. I have seen many of them, and I am 95% sure it was a mountain lion.

[@naturalobserver1322]

It doesn't even look like a mountain lion.

[@lionelreesable]

@@naturalobserver1322 It’s a mountain lion. Coincidentally I saw one about 2 hours ago and for your safety if you see one stay away and be prepared, those cats a very unpredictable. Best wishes.

[@naturalobserver1322]

@@lionelreesable the face, the body, the tail, the ears are text book examples of what to look for in a house cat, sorry. 🤷‍♂️

[@lionelreesable]

@@naturalobserver1322 You are correct at first glance it looks like a cat. I have a high degree of certainty it is a mountain lion. I live on a ranch close to the migration path of the big cats from Mexico to California. I will accept your analysis because we have bigger issues to worry about. If you are an animal lover like I am, you should worry about the big wall people want to build on the Mexican border. I am very worried about the interruption of the migration of many animals. Some of the big cats are having a tough time because of forest fires, drought, and habitat destruction. I hope and pray you will start following the issues of the migrating animals between Mexico and California. The animals need our help urgently. I rest this issue. Best wishes.

[@doctorartphd6463]

@@naturalobserver1322 Hard to tell, but it IS large enough.... could be an immature lion, but it looks like a mtn lion, IMO.

[@kaycampbell8532]

The length of it's back does resemble a cougar. Whatever it is.....don't walk in that field alone!

[@deborahwhit118]

Puma

[@user-vg5rv5xf4u]

It's a fucking cat.

[@Simon-talks]

Man-Bear-Pig

[@user-vl8qw8hp1g]

Lions and Bengal Tigers are freakin' cats. What's your point?

[@gsdmom1194]

Have you ever been face to face with a mountain lion? I have, twice. It isn't something you forget. What cat has a long neck like that. Those are pretty big shoulder and foreleg muscles for a cat. What kind of cat?

[@evelynbarry5046]

Wowww... genuis!

[@deborahwhit118]

Watch your mouth! didn't your mama teach you any different? Of course not!

[@marcielong6978]

Beautiful very large cat. Bigger than any house cat

[@jturtle5318]

How tall is the grass? Measuring that could settle it.

[@ulost1gaming417]

For those saying it's not cougar, you should go outside more and stop watching KZbin videos.

[@deborahwhit118]

They are just being obstinate

[@naturalobserver1322]

For those of you who are saying this house cat is a cougar should go outside more. 😄

[@tshaffer9681]

Looks like a Mountain Lion.

[@homesteadgal4143]

Tail is much too short to be a Mountain Lion. I'm in Frederick County, Virginia and have seen TWO full grown Mountain Lions. One was at a woods edge, stalking chickens in a coop. My entire family saw it. The other sighting was a dead Mountain Lion -- laying at the side of a divided two-lane highway (Rt 522). Called it in. To date, no officials claim Mountain Lions are here. I learned long ago not to believe what the govt says...

[@paulsawczyc5019]

@@homesteadgal4143 Don't tell people where you see wildlife!

[@aick]

Doesn't look a thing like one. Legs are too short, posture's all wrong and the fur's too long. I live in New Mexico, born in Colorado and I grew up in the Pacific Northwest, I've seen about 20 mountain lions in my time.

[@Highspergamy]

Looks more like a hyena than a mountain lion.

[@Gaim-Warden]

🧑🏿‍🏫: It looks like a regular orange house cat.

[@itchysheets1222]

I saw a mountain lion in central Kentucky many years ago, I was alone when I encountered it on the interstate driving at like 5 am going to work, perched on the median right under one of those amber street lights. Nobody believed me. A couple years later, one was shot and killed a couple counties over by fish and wildlife officers. I felt vindicated but also wish they didn’t have to kill it. Anything is possible, it’s dumb to say “they’re not native here, couldn’t have been what you saw”

[@traceycurtis1005]

They keep telling the locals we have no mountain lions here.

[@naturalobserver1322]

Well if you're using this picture of a house cat to prove them wrong don't waste your time. 😉

[@kettlebellyogini]

Looks like a mountain lion.

[@blueskye23]

I’ve seen a beautiful cougar dash across the road as we were driving in coastal Carolina. My friend stopped the car and we were both speechless and stunned for a minute.

[@alsaunders7805]

Same here but about 30 miles inland in the Francis Marion National Forest. 🤔🤓🍻

[@legalizefreedom4014]

Congratulations, you have your first cougar sighting in a hundred years! 🤩

[@acmr3215]

I once watched a "bobcat" walk the road in front of my house and it convinced me they are crossbreeding with mountain lions, someone managed to catch it on trail cam and came to apologize to me because he didn't believe me on how big this cat really was, it was larger than a German shepherd! I would guess 65-80lbs

[@maryannkaiser8536]

We lived in the low country for 23 years & saw a mountain Lion in our front yard. They call them Carolina cougars. We called DNR & they said yes they are there & that they are hand fed & released. A friend had one near his chicken coup & shot & killed it. Our friend has gone home to the Lord now so I can tell it as he said he could get arrested for killing it as they are protected.

[@pinchebruha405]

Why not, here in Oregon we just had two sightings of a Wolverine (not sure if they were two seperate ones) , haven’t spotted since the 40’s

[@lillieberger2883]

There was a cougar in the suburbs of Chicago a few years ago. I don’t think they ever caught it.

[@timv.885]

The Chicago police shot a cougar in a backyard, very much within the city limits several years ago. I think they DNA tested it and said it was a young male from a population in one of the Northerwestern states. The feline in this videos is a house cat

[@KarenParkerArtist]

Cougar. (aka Mt. Lion)

[@larsonfamilyhouse]

Doesnt have the right tail. jaguarundi

[@jaorte10]

We've seen them in Florida and Georgia, so it's no surprise that they're in South Carolina too.

[@ritaspeers1259]

This was a cougar. There was one sighted on my Mom's property and also on her neighbors property in Roane County TN. a few years ago.

[@williambrown4465]

I have seen one there about 15 years ago and it was definitely a mountain lion. He was huge and I accidently walked up on. Him sunning. Omg , it scared the mess out of me. And you should have heard him. Growl . People that haven't seen one tends not to believe but I and my whole family seen him.

[@deborahwalker306]

It looks like a mountain lion, cougar. They do exist and continued development push them to places they normally don’t roam.

[@laurakrajnikburick2731]

Looks exactly like a house cat to me. I had a cat that color and he got really big.

[@jaygray7102]

Maybe a Maine Coon? jeez, I can't believe people have never heard of them, they originate in Maine

[@cincin9509]

Looks like a cougar!

[@fahrikkigearl6417]

Saw one in NE Alabama a few years ago, I told my co workers...no one believed me except the old guys.

[@marylousherman5471]

Definitely a cougar...long body, long tail, light brown....maybe it's ears were wet from the morning dew on the grass and drooped a little

[@billyyank5807]

Just a regular cat 😂

[@joshua3113]

This was happening in MI when I was a kid. Guess someone forgot to tell the mountain lions where they're supposed to range.

[@AnniePA1960]

You can tell by the way the ears are set that it's a house cat. Perspective made it look larger than it was.

[@mjrussell414]

Really? With that pronounced muscle structure?

[@larsonfamilyhouse]

jaguarundi

[@Mouse_Metal]

@@larsonfamilyhouse Jaguarundi is small.

[@davidcox9115]

I've got friends that have black panthers and a brown cougar on trail cam in south Carolina ...

[@cme1027]

Looks like the cat was enjoying the beautiful sunset too❤❤❤❤

[@rockym2931]

Here in Texas, many people would tell you that there are none. But every so often, one was seen, or one attacked a farm animal, maybe. The name panther is more used in the South, but same critter.

[@jamesrussell7760]

I took a series of screen grabs of the video, then lightened the images. The clearest image was at time 0.05, playback speed 0.25, Quality 720p. Check it out. The best pic of the cat shows a tan color coat, a dark muzzle, small dark ears and a lean body type. The tan color suggests mountain lion. The dark muzzle, small dark ears and a lean body are also consistent with a lion. Housecats and bobcats have large ears. A bobcat has relatively long legs. The overall smallish size suggests a juvenile. Adult mountain lions stand 2-3 feet tall. My best guess is a juvenile mountain lion.

[@FunnyTCDTCDFunny]

If is a wild cat is sad ... the development / destruction taking away their habitat is happening at such fast pace these beautiful animals can't find another territory 😮

[@srvntlilly]

Exactly. Breaks my heart.

[@lilylittlemonster5]

Agree. Stop immigration.

[@deathdealer6806]

They need to go put a person in the same spot where the animal was, and with the camera where it was positioned so as to get a size reference. That would solve many of the arguments between Cougar, Bobcat, or a large House Cat.

[@alexthurmane4]

Im no scientist but im a hunter and Ive seen ‘bobcats’ big as german shepherd in East Texas. They had spots on the back legs. They had paws different than a bobcat so I don’t know. ‘Hybrid’ is what the old people called them.

[@NotALizardPerson81]

Orange house cat.

[@justanamerican9024]

A friend of mine had a LARGE house cat that weight 25+ pounds. At a distance he looked like what was in the images.

[@SuckPuppet-xv1dv]

or maybe a bobcat, as it doesn't appear to have much of a tail. They are larger than kitty cats and this one could appear even larger due to perspective. According to Wikipedia bobcats do live in pretty much all of the US.

[@user-vl8qw8hp1g]

I respectfully disagree. The cat in the video is more of a tawny shade of brown. Orange house cats are more vibrant in color. JMHO

[@Steve-ev6vx]

​​@@user-vl8qw8hp1gcan't really tell the true color. Video quality is crap and lighting is bad. I'm going with house cat.

[@deborahwhit118]

It's a pink cat....pink panther 😂

[@kenyonbissett3512]

For years there were sightings in my county in southern Maryland of a black panther. We believe it must have escaped or was let loose by a traveling zoo. No one was ever injured and there would have been an abundance of wild prey.

[@jc478]

That is a cougar, the rounded ears, the color, including the darker face. You can see the ears nest when she/he turns to look at the sun setting.

[@jimhanty8149]

It looks like small mtn lion…

[@lancemiles9462]

We have always had cougars and panthers i remember hearing them at night when i was younger and I've also seen bears a few times and I'm located a hours drive west of myrtle beach

[@DontTakeMeSeriously2222]

Looked like a Cougar to me...Same in the midwest, last few yrs there's been confirmed sightings of cougars moving into Nebraska...Makes ones senses go on high alert when your hunting or fishing. Think its cool they are back. I have seen pictures of jaguars moving back into Arizona, and New Mexico, from Mexico...How cool is that!

[@Rachel4954]

I know it's a debated subject, but I definitely, without a doubt, saw a black panther in the early 2000s. I was very young, but hear me out. I've never seen anything like it since. From the size and the way it walked, it was not a normal house cat that I simply mistook it for; this thing was full-grown panther size, easily bigger than a German Shepherd. Everything in the woodline got quiet when it entered, even the birds. I had been playing outside for a while at that point and was actually heading inside when I heard it. As soon as I saw it, I completely froze until it walked a good way into the woods. Growing up where I did, I would hear stories of people keeping them as pets. If it wasn't wild, it was definitely a pet; either way, it was loose.

[@ironhead9507]

That's pretty clear footage, if a wildlife biologists can't identify it they should probably choose a different career

[@hisinvisibleness-fn8qj]

Its a hybrid bobcat and cougar They mix sometimes A bobcat housecat hung around my dads house for awhile bobtail gives it away

[@DwayneTM]

It's Morris the cat from the 9 lives cat food commercials.

[@anitakristensen4679]

Morris had white markings. But who knows, maybe he dyed his hair. Just like women do.😅

[@joewoodchuck3824]

Morris died years ago. RIP Morris.

[@CompOstang50]

South Carolina has panthers people. They are there and have been for many decades.

[@michaelmclaughlin6542]

That’s definitely NOT a mountain lion. It actually looks like a house cat in terms of body shape and build …albeit an extremely large one.

[@MrWilderNapalm]

I got a 22 pound cow cat at least that big. from nose to butt he is nearly 2 feet and throw the tail in and he is close to 3 feet long. A easy 15 inches at his shoulder and when he raises his head he has got to be 20 inches tall. Felis sylvestris is descended from Forest Cats, I just found that out.

[@5thlevelweb887]

That appears to be a large house cat, but I wouldn't be surprised if there are mountain lions in northwest South Carolina, as I've seen one with my own eyes on Mount McKinley in North Carolina..

[@OchoVerde]

Its certainly not a mountain lion... I see them all the time on my trail cameras.

[@suzyq8021]

MOUNTAIN LION.

[@lindaamelung145]

It doesn't look quite like a mountain lion. We have a lot of them around here. But it doesn't quite look like a bobcat. The size seems more like a lynx. But it has no marks. What looks strange is the wavy coat. A hybrid maybe?

[@deborahwhit118]

It's the Pink Panther 😂

[@ashdav9980]

Look at 1:30…It has a docked tail like a bobcat. At the beginning of the video, 0:29, it turns towards the camera and the has the pointed ears like a bobcat. My guess is this is a bobcat or large house cat. I had a bobcat cross right in front of me once at the edge of dark, and they move with such swiftness and stealth that you have to blink your eyes and wonder what you really saw….or if you saw anything at all.

[@trueloveingod2691]

That’s definitely a large wild cat, like a cougar.

[@bobcaygeon975]

These sightings are a good way to prank the news with your cat. But like Ufos they are always from 1/4 mile away, with 1990s camera by a 19 yr old.

[@barbrice721]

Mountain lions move with dignity. Not much scares them. The shoulder and rear movement is deliberate and lithe.

[@user-zf3xb3qx8w]

this one moves.....like a house cat.

[@barbrice721]

@@user-zf3xb3qx8w yes playing with something.

[@BlueberryGirl723]

Someone’s unregistered exotic pet obviously got loose, and decided it liked its freedom better. Just passing through looking for a new land to call home. Just might stay awhile.

[@cathyreed6180]

That is a big old Tom cat. Because years ago I was at my uncles place in his backyard, and I saw something big coming across the field and I thought it was bobcat until I got closer and I realize it was a big old tomcat.

[@doctorartphd6463]

It "looks" just like a young puma or cougar (or young mountain lion). Photo is fuzzy, but it's large enough. I live in Montana, and we have mountain lion, everywhere, despite their secretive nature.

[@yorkiepit]

There's nothing in the video that gives any good perspective to determine the size of the cat, though it appears to be about 1/2 as tall as the grass, but when the cat is facing the camera at 0:37 that's not the large and widespread eyes of a mountain lion, it's the face of a tabby cat.

[@Princelover-ip4gn]

Maine coon orange tabby. The ringed tail gives it away!

[@just4mygrl413]

It just looks like a big house cat, a pretty one too!

[@SAR74to78]

Folks, let's call it what it is... a mountain lion. ...uh let's see, Appalachian Mountains near us, it's name is "mountain" lion? Florida has black panthers? Isn't that their state cat? Why does it surprise anyone, well okay, not a common sighting in Inman as yesterday's posting of an online photo of blackbear lounging in the yard of an Inman resident. I'm a little surprised. I saw something in field near French Broad River at Biltmore Estates yesterday that tan color but standing taller and too far away to know for sure what it was, I thought a deer, wife said no but hey, maybe... In all seriousness, great photo and story young lady, keep shooting (photos) and posting!!

[@OchoVerde]

Florida has no black panthers recorded. Fact.

[@briannaoliver4029]

Thank you so much!

[@Primalxbeast]

Florida panthers are just a subspecies of cougars, and they aren't black.

[@jturtle5318]

The "Florida panther" is a cougar. Another name for cougar is "panther".

[@peterescalante1207]

The overall coloration doesn't match a cougar's. And the shape of the tail is off for a cougar as well. They have very long shorthaired tails that slope down.

[@scorporsupremacy7948]

It’s a regular house cat. Camera distance and angle are the same used to make your little 4 inch minnow look like a whale shark.

[@vangu2918]

I'm sorry no, that is not a large cat. It's not even as tall as the grass and weeds in that field.

[@randystalker4093]

We have mt lions in Louisville KY too. It does look smaller than the ones I've seen but it could be juvenile

[@melanies.6030]

One distinguishing characteristic of mountain lions is their incredibly long, thick tale that's as nearly as long as their body with an upturned end and black tale-tip. That's absent here. Plus, a ML head always appears too small for it's beefy body and thick limbs. Amusingly, its parts always seem oddly out of proportion. Again, not seeing that with this animal.

[@mcguirefamily7929]

Cogars are in GA, I know by their tracks when I was scouting a place on D and R land in GA, D and R will tell you that they don't have cougars in Ga.

[@David-bf6pl]

It's a house cat.

[@jimh2061]

That tree is way off in the distance and thats the only thing to represent size. So this tells me the cat is closer than you think. Its just a house cat but if you let the field play tricks with your depth perception it appears off in the distance and looks like a mountain lion.

[@BanFamilyVlogging]

That definitely looks like a cougar

[@fattone166]

That's definitely not a cougar.

[@BanFamilyVlogging]

@@fattone166 how do you know? I’m not disagreeing; I just want to understand why.

[@acebasinnation88888]

Beautiful cougar, very very very reclusive

[@deborahwhit118]

Puma Messi

[@sweettina2]

There are mountain lions in the mountains all over the south. If they lived up there they would know what they're talking about.

[@organicinohio5398]

The authorities will never believe us.

[@NegativeROG]

It's not a mountain lion, South Carolina doesn't have mountains. It's a Bobcat, because South Carolina does have lots of Bobs.

[@a.w.thompson4001]

But the tail looks very long. Confused.

[@wuwei43]

That's a house cat

[@ARolls-dd2zd]

Looks like a young cougar.

[@deanfirnatine7814]

Not saying this is one, but cougars are repopulating their native range in the East, there are confirmed sightings as far East as Connecticut. To give you an example of how mistaken scientists can be about things like this, here in the Northwest we were told for decades wolverines do not exist outside the mountainous far NE corner of the state near Idaho and only at high elevations, despite regular reports of sightings in the Western part of the state by people hundreds of miles away from where they only supposedly existed, but now with everyone having quality cell phone cameras there have been more than a half dozen sightings in Western Oregon and all at lower elevations just in the last year alone, again many hundreds of miles away from where they only supposedly exist.

[@joynichols4002]

Pretty kitty.