"Have you ever heard the hyena laugh in the African night or the coyote wail under the full moon? Have you seen their glowing eye-shine in the outer dark of the firelight? It is supremely haunting."
Don't know much about hyenas, but I've been out with a coonhound or two and had coyotes begin howing from all directions and within 50 feet or so. I've also had bobcats scream from about that close.
More experienced hounds pretty much ignore coyotes, but the bobcats will send most of them scurrying back to the human for safety.
There are now confirmed sightings of a pair of panthers over by the Cumberland river, about five miles from here. They killed a new born colt while the owner was ten feet away inside the barn. Left nothing but a carcus and BIG tracks.
I know several old time coon hunters who have claimed to have seen panthers in this area, but this is the first time they have been confirmed here. A game warden caught them on video.
I may be the only farmer here who is rooting for the cats! I like knowing something wild can still BE here now. I just keep a closer eye on my stock. And never make jokes about them!
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