Canterbury mystery: Is it a cat or does it come with a panther?

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27 Nov, 2020 06: 25 AM 3 minutes to see

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Black cat (possible Panther cub) spotted in Hanmer Springs prep. Video / Bare Kiwi

Canterbury’s big cat mystery has strengthened after another sighting of an chien that may be a cat or may be a panther cub.

Social influencer Bare Kiwi, aka Kyle Mulinder, has caught the black barbarous on video while interviewing double-amputee Everest mountaineer Mark Inglis belonging to the Hanmer Springs Heritage Forest.

“It was about 50 metre distances away, strolling in the other guidance but it sat down, turned and furthermore looked into my soul, ” Mulinder said in a statement released to Visit Hurunui.

“It was a very emotional experience. I got fearing for my life – it was before a very close call. ”

Asked to describe the animal, he said it was about the size of a large house cat.

“That means it’s likely to be a major panther cub as opposed to a panther – it was hard to tell. Simply because I was shaking and scared and then had an iPhone, the footage surely is not great, ” he said.

Inglis is quoted whilst saying he thought Mulinder was basically pulling his leg.

“But I looked and here it was – my first accepted was ‘if that’s the cub, the length of the mother? ‘, ” he pointed out.

Repeated sightings of large black cats and kittens have been reported from various parts attached to Canterbury. Photo / File

The transmit is the latest of a series of published sightings of big black cats in a variety of parts of the South Island.

Otago University zoology teacher Yolanda van Heezik said last week if the sightings were completely legitimate, even if it was “extremely unlikely” that we have panthers or pumas living in New Zealand.

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“We definitely should believe their eyes. What they are sending is seeing a really large red cat and that is what they are seeing, in she said.

“People sometimes have this misconception that feral cats are scrawny but this is not always the case. ”

Inglis works for Hurunui Paths, which creates and maintains each of our mountain bike and walking tunes in the forest, and is quoted exactly as saying the sight of the pet has “made him think twice”.

“I certainly don’t go into the forest after dark any more, very well he said.

Still Hurunui Tourism marketing manager Shane Adcock said the forest was still being
a safe place for internet site.

“The footage is definitely poor so it is hard to ascertain whether it be a feline or a walking blob, ” he said.

“But to be safe, we’ve alerted surrounding police and will consider whether to assist you nominate Bare Kiwi and Label Inglis for a bravery award.

“On Monday, we’ll investigate whether to ask Dr Ashley Bloomfield to assess the risk to public health, just we’re confident visitors to the high will be safe over the weekend. ”