And no, I’m not talking about someone like the guy dubbed “Capt. Black Sparrow” — apparently there are several people in Angier claiming to have seen a black panther roaming around.

Angier is not far from me, and just last year my neighbors spotted a black bobcat (as I recounted here). I would suggest that it could be what they’ve seen in Angier except that one fellow tells WRAL that the creature he saw had an extremely long tail.