There have always been rumours of a large black cat in the South Island.
The latest sighting has been at Hanmer Springs. At about midday on Sunday, Christchurch osteopath, Mark Orr, was mountain biking on the Perseverance Bike track, when he swears he spotted it.
Sightings of a giant South Island cat have been circulating since about the 1990s, everywhere from Canterbury to Marlborough to Southland.
A local cyclist, Mark Orr, said he saw a large cat, about knee height… pretty stocky when it turned around and had a look at us.
Orr thinks it was about 50 metres away when he spotted it, but he did not think to get the phone out in the moment.
As it moved to about 100 metres away his partner was able to get the video footage, he said.
“There is no chance that was a dog. None at all… There’s nothing in it for me to go around telling people that I saw something I didn’t, but it was definitely a big cat, there’s no doubt about it in my mind anyway.”
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wow that is so cool. i love black panther!
wow
cool/scary
it a dog
wow
but the black panther has not seen the black panther tho its dead
I never knew there was a black panther in NZ
amazing that is so cool!
what is your gmail name i want to know who you are and what is your name
wow
OMG
OMG so cute
We think it could be a big foot on all fours or a fat dog or a big cat. Some of us are convinced it is a Black Panther, but some of us are not.
wow
wow
thats a goat
I would just like to say this is amazing how they have had all these sighting of black panthers.
This is one big cat
WOW
is it really true?
omg what is that? maybe a black panther? who knows what it is brobley a wild cat im’ not sure about it
Wow. I saw one in the South Island too!! :O
It looks like a Deer
wokanda forever
its clearly a bear
not a cat
wow
thats realy cool
WOW!!!!!!!!! thats awesome I wonder if it is actually a Black Panther.
this might be true but I doubt it is.
Not going to southland again
woah it is cat
scary but a lie
you meen the real one
A BLACK PANTHER IN NZ YAY
rip wakanda forever
that looks amazing
cool awesome
wakanda forever
rats are cool
Could we please use proper grammar in the comments, please. I’m sick of all the times I find people saying things that don’t make sense. please use grammar when commenting, thanks.
when did it happen i need it for school work
i love them but now i want to move to nelson
we might die
wow i wonder if it was a black panther
woah so cool
its a black jaguar
The black panther rises again
that is a dog
thats a big cat its black tooooo.
wow
I ❤️ Big cats but scary too I lived there for 3 years I’m scared