Man With a Knife

Recently, I was at Hardee's early in the morning and saw a man in full camouflage sitting with another man I knew. I went over and asked the man in cammies if he had ever seen a black puma. He had seen one in Hague, Florida which is a village about ten miles north of Gainesville. He said the panther was only about ten yards away. This was the often seen panther in Hague. I also asked him about Bigfoot, but he hadn't seen one. Curiously, I saw him that evening at McDonald's having dinner with his wife. I asked him if he had either seen a black panther or Bigfoot. He snarled that I had asked him that question earlier that day and that he had seen the black panther in Hague and there were "no damn Bigfoot around here." I was about to say something about his hostility when I glanced down and noticed that he had a sheath knife on his belt. I decided to simply thank him and move on. If you have any black panther sightings, please call me, Pete Nickerson, at 352-359-0850.

Panther Killed!

I heard a disquieting story last week: A man was boasting about his hunting property in Hawhorne, Florida saying that he had plenty of deer, turkeys, hogs, and cats. Big cats. In fact, he "had" to kill one. Why, I don't know. He said it was almost solid black with some red and tan on him. Of course, this didn't happen because the always truthful state fish and wildlife says that black pumas don't exist. Much to the shame of the personnel who I believe are in the pockets of big development and big timber. Please report your sightings of big black cats to me, Pete Nickerson at 352-359-0850.