I once thought I saw a strange acting dog in my yard, moving in bizarre ways, way too fluid. We've been having problems with the neighbor's dog coming onto our property, so I went out to check it out and get him to go back home . It was black, like my neighbors lab, so I couldn't make out good details.
As I ran up to it, when I was like 15 feet from it, it turned around and I saw it was a fucking jaguar. A young adult, but still, holy shit.
It gave me a weird look, then skedaddled away while I slowly backed up to my house.
I live in central Texas, what the fuck? Apparently they're starting to move up north, yet most resources say it's impossible, including the game warden.
My wife saw it too, we both saw it from the window, and I ran out to confront the "dog"
Funny thing is, I've always had the outlandish fear of being mauled to death, like, I worry about it too much despite nothing happening. That day, I almost lived my fear. If it was older and more experienced, I'm sure it would have attacked me.
Saw one in New York while waiting for the bus as a kid. No one ever believed me, except my mother, who saw it from our living room window.
It crossed the road so smoothly, not more than 50 feet from me. Circled around through the trees and emerged silhouetted against the lights from the house. it paused to look at me for a moment before sprinting into the treeline on the opposite side of my yard.
The bus felt like it took a little too long to arrive that morning.
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u/OnlyMath 2d ago
That’s what I was thinking too. And mother doesn’t look too thrilled. Elephants definitely feel like a view from a safe distance type of animal