Is It Back?
Panther sighting
Friday, July 10 at 9:02pm at the Goldman home at the end of Woods Road.
Friends of the Goldman’s were visiting the Goldman’s with their children and nanny. The nanny is someone the Goldman’s have known for years. While the Goldman’s were out to dinner, at 9:02 the nanny was on the back porch and saw what she first described as a black bear hopping along the rocks near their garage. When she told Paul, she remarked it did have a long tail. He asked if could have been a cat and she said no, it was much bigger. Could it be a large cat? no there are no cats in this area that are that large. When he later showed her a photo of a black leopard, she said ”That’s it! That’s the one I saw! Just like that! It was right on the rock by the garage! I remember the exact time, it was 9.02 at night. It hopped twice! I thought it was coming to the house. I was so scared!”
Prior to this event, she had never heard of or knew anything about the panther sightings in our area.
This sighting was reported to Palisades Park Commission. I asked Ed McGowen of the Palisades Park Commission if the cameras were still installed in Tallman near where Dorian saw the panthers. If so, they should check the recent filming. I was told ”The cameras have been taken down after several months of use and a number of pictures of local wildlife (coyote, opossum, raccoon, red-tailed hawks, turkey vultures, etc) and a large black dog (but with a short tail). They are being used elsewhere but I can inquire about getting them put back out. ” Paul Goldman has been in contact with him as well.
Yikes, no recent panther stories? So far (of late) we have an artist and venue in Piermont, doing a little milking and lets not forget the Town of Orangetown making a $$$ contribution to these so called “trackers” (yes, saw those marks in the tress) who hid amidst the tourists and bike riders in Tallman, hoping for the purring scoop………..well….I have decided to sell LEAVES (by the clump) and RICE (by the grain) and will offer 3% of the gross to go into the ‘panther fund’……Please hurry,,,before my tent stand blows away…..and I cant find the fund.
omg! I thought I saw it the other day too!! I thought I was losing my mind! That’s so scary!!