Bulli's black panther & Australian spirit big cats

We [the Big Cats in Britain Project] were determined to find an explanation that wasn't supernatural (Coggan 2020)

1. Black Panther in OZ

Big cats appear in countries and places around the world were they should not be and are not native. A notable example is the Black Panther in Australia and Great Britain. In the world of cryptozoology, they are one amongst many such mysteries. This article looks specifically at their historic presence in Australia, alongside more general aspects such as totemic elements and communication.

A Black Panther is actually a black jaguar - stocky, muscular, and with a short tail; or a black leopard - leaner, with more prominent spots and a long tail. It is the latter that is most often seen. Their presence has been recorded over the centuries, and it remains a significant mystery as to how this can be. No rational explanation has been forthcoming to explain the large number and diverse geographical extent of the encounters. It is suggested that they are merely escaped animals from zoos and private collections. However, this is not a reasonable suggestion or explanation for the many sightings over such a long period of time, and the fact that the animals are never captured, they never seem to attack humans, and very close encounters are often described as like a wind passing, or a spirit. Some escaped animals obviously have existed, and do exist, and some of those have died in the bush or been captured. The killing of other animals such as sheep is evidence of this. But these reports would only cover a small percentage of sightings. Also, the Black Panther, due to its aggressive nature - referred to in an 1884 account as "a very savage brute" - its strength and overall danger is not the most popular of cats for private collection or zoos. That role is usually taken by lions and tigers. However there is a record in 1877 of a Black Panther in a South Australian circus. The Java Black Panther is also known from Indonesia, just to the north of Australia. So in regard to the many historical sightings, we must accept that we have the explained and the unexplained, with the latter by far the most common. Let's talk about the elephant in the room - the unexplained.

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2. The unexplained

It is the belief of the present author that a large percentage of Black Panther sightings are of animals associated with the faërie realm, i.e., spirit animals. Faërie is an English term referring to mythical or real creatures, elementals, and sentient beings that may have supernatural powers and usually occupy a dimension not aligned with the human realm but, at times, overlapping. Encounters can be short or long, multidimensional, serendipitous or planned, fruitful or frightening, and incidental or fateful. To some people the faërie nature offers a reasonable and rational explanation for the presence of animals such as the Black Panther in Australia; to others it is nonsensical and unbelievable. In turn, few see the existence of a faërie realm as either reasonable or rational, and believe faërie are merely elements of fantasy and folklore. To extend such belief into reality is not something that the majority, at present, would consider.

It should be remembered that folklore is very often based on ancient and historic oral accounts and stories told of actual encounters. The fact that they may be classified under the heading folklore, or myth, or legend, does not necessarily deny their original or ongoing truth. The best examples of mythical creatures from the faërie realm that have long been known but remain inexplicable include the Loch Ness monster, the Yeti of the Himalayas, Bigfoot in America, the many strange creatures in the United Kingdom & Europe - fairies, leprechauns, goblins, trolls, big cats - the numerous spirit creatures of Asia, especially Japan and China, and Australia's own Yowie, Bunyip and Walanthegang. Once again, all are known and recorded, but never captured. It is therefore easier to say that such creatures do not exist, at least in our human realm, then to believe, especially if there is no individual experience to support such a belief. However, just as proof of UFO sightings and encounters has recently been released and is no longer called conspiracy theory or tomfoolery, so also scientific studies and academic research into the real aspects of the faërie realm is now being undertaken and extending belief in their reality in some form.

If one does not believe in a spirit or faërie version of the Black Panther, would one find it hard not to accept the following example where a person communicates - i.e., actually has a conversation - with a real animal, including a Black Panther?

The incredible story of how leopard Diabolo became Spirit - Anna Breytenbach, "animal communicator", 29 November 2013, YouTube, duration: 13.16 minutes. Cf. Meeting Spirit (2015); Update on Spirit (2022).

The story of Diabolo, subsequently named Spirit, is incredibly moving and a true revelation that there is a lot in the human realm that is not generally known, or accepted. This includes the aspect of animal consciousness, of which Spirit is a supreme example. Spirit is real. The communication between Anna Breytenbach and Spirit is real, as is that of the owner of the compound where he was housed. If one can accept the truth of animal consciousness, then the next step - acceptance that there are realms of existence beyond the human physical realm - then the mystery of the Black Panther in the UK and Australia may have a solution. What the present article seeks to address is the unreal, mystical, or faërie Black Panther encountered on occasion in our human, earthly realm.

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3. Spirit totem

The Black Panther is an iconic animal. It is intelligent, wise, stealthy, a loner, and quick in decision making as necessary. As a spirit or totem animal, it naturally fits with the Virgo star sign, aligned as that is with cats, domestic or otherwise. It can be adopted by individuals, or come to them. In regards to the Black Panther as a totem, it is said that the jaguar person is frank, open, not overly empathetic, loving, and seeks the truth, with little time for prevarication or disinformation, has faith and confidence, powerfully so, and a loner. The attraction of the present author to the Black Panther is expressed through the present article. It is part of a research project aiming to become familiar with the spirit aspects of an animal which is not native to Australia but is nevertheless frequently, and inexplicably, encountered in the wild. Such encounters, which are numerous and extend over a long period of time, must be with the spirit form of the animal, as it is extremely rare for an escaped animal to survive in the wild in such a heavily developed region such as southeastern Australia. Between urban development and rural activities, the land has been touched by humans for millenia, and especially following the arrival of Europeans in 1788. Since then, any real encounters with big cats in the 'wild' have usually been met with guns, though in more recent times the smartphone camera is the instrument used for capture. Despite the ubiquity of such devices, the animal remains elusive. Whilst Aboriginal story telling - the Dreamtime - refers to many mythical creatures, including some big cats, the Black Panther does not appear to feature. Perhaps its presence is associated in some way with the coming of westerners and the implanting of their own civilisation on that of the Indigenous peoples and their Country. In other words, non-Indigenous peoples may be better able to sense / see the spirit Black Panther, and in turn not able to see some of the spirit animals that have long been able to interact with the Australian Aborigines.

Sign near Seacliff Bridge, Wodi Wodi Track, Stanwell Park, 31 December 2012.

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4. The Bulli Black Panther

The current author was born at Bulli, in the northern Illawarra of New South Wales, Australia, in 1956 and grew up there. During 2017 a plethora of reports coming out of the Austinmer and Bulli area mentioned encounters with a black panther roaming in the local escarpment. Walkers and joggers noted seeing it. Local newspapers and the WIN4 television station eventually reported on not only the new encounters, but also on the long history of the subject in the region. The animals inexplicably appear and disappear in a flash - something that is typical of faërie encounters worldwide.

Bulli's Black Panther, WIN Television, 3 May 2017, YouTube, duration: 1.51 minutes.

Tom Healy and Paul Cropper reported in their 1994 book Out of the Shadows: Mystery Animals of Australia, that they had on file over 1,000 reports of such encounters from across the country and dating back to newspaper records from the 1880s. They noted therein that: Of the six major Australian animal mysteries, the big cat phenomena is the most widespread, the most persistent, and by far the most documented. The reports refer to big cats that are similar to American mountain lions, black panthers, leopards, African lions and tigers.

Of course encounters with big cats, real and mythical, go back as long as humans have been present in Australia, with numerous stories by Indigenous peoples, and beyond that of native tigers and big cats within the scientific and archaeological record. The most well known are the so-called Tasmanian Tiger, or Thylacine - which is not a tiger or big cat - and the Thylacoleo carnifex [Marsupial Lion] which lived between 2 million and 46 thousand years ago.

The question therefore arises, as a result of the numerous sightings and encounters over time: How does one explain all of these more recent legitimate reports of sightings of a black panther, especially when a specimen has never been caught?

Healy and Cooper ultimately identify the issue as a "paranormal" one. But what does that mean, precisely?

The sightings are obviously real and genuine, and the animals seen are either real or spirit. The latter are part of the faërie realm and, as such, can never be 'caught' as they exist in a different dimension or plain of reality. This explains why sometimes a photograph or film is taken of the animal, and upon development or playback there is nothing to be seen. Such an inexplicable event can only be explained scientifically if we consider the fact that photographic film and digital devices are meant to capture certain energy and frequency ranges. Objects with electronic frequencies or energy levels outside of these ranges would therefore not be picked up by the devices, though they may be seen by the human eye, and especially by individuals who are able to tune into such frequencies, through serendipity, practice or an inherent connection with sentient lifeforms beyond mere humans, including animals.

As noted above, these 'spirit' animals usually do not attack; their carcasses have never been found; and they are never actually physically touched or made contact with during a human encounter. When the present author asked a friend what it felt like when he encountered a Black Panther in the Illawarra escarpment bush during 2017, he simply said: It brushed by me. I saw it, but it was there and gone in a flash..... This is typical of such sightings and encounters - very real, but then not. It is therefore problematic that people keep trying to prove the existence of these spirit animals as having escaped from captivity into the wild and will accept no other explanation for their existence. Talking of 'hunting them down' is therefore evidence of a lack of knowledge of the situation and, more importantly, failure to accept the possibility of their attachment to the faërie or spirit realm. This is not some crazy, new age, conspiracy theory. It is based on the reality of the historic record. Whether one believes these animals are inter-dimensional or not, it does not really matter. It is obvious that a small percentage of the reports relate to real animals, such as large wild dogs or large feral cats, especially where other animals such as sheep are slaughtered. But that is not the complete answer, and never will be. There is a lot more to it than that.

Huck, Illawarra Black Panther tour, t-shirt design, 2021.

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5. Historical reports

The following is a select listing of references to sightings and encounters with big cats such as panther-like animals in Australia, and related historical events. It includes newspaper and other references, along with links to more recent video reports. Information on the Black Panther as a totem animal is also linked.

2M - 8,000 year ago

* Native big cats inhabit Australia. There were a large number on the continent and in adjacent locations such as Indonesia, where there existed tigers and panthers.

circa 8,000BC

* The big cat leopard-sized marsupial Thylacoleo carnifex is hunted to extinction in Australia by the local Indigenous people.

pre 1788

* Aboriginal Dreamtime stories tell of large animals similar to the tiger and lion.

1788 - 1870s

* The arrival of Europeans in Australia results in the recording of Aboriginal mythological and real creatures such as Yowie, Bunyips, Wandjini spirits and the Walanthegang little hairy men.

1876

* The Express and Telegraph, Adelaide, 15 November 1876.

We notice that the recently-imported black panther is advertised to be seen at the rear of Morton's Southern Cross Hotel. This animal is an extraordinary one of its kind, and is particularly ferocious, so that visitors should be careful to keep at a respectful distance.

1883

* A trip to Marsden, Sydney Mail, 23 June 1883: Barmedman June 19 .... There is a tiger story in connection with the last-named [Weddin] Mountain, and two well-known pastoralists declare that they saw a tiger in the hills. Whatever they saw, it excited so much fear that they quickly levanted, and were pale with affright when they presented themselves at the stockman's camp. A few days afterwards a party went out to encounter the tiger, and they crawled into a cave, where they were astounded to notice a pair of fierce-looking eyes gleaming in the darkness. All at once the howl of a dingo dispelled the illusion, and the party returned home without discovering the tiger. There is also a story that some panther, or leopard, or what not, had previously escaped from a travelling menagerie, and it has been explained that the animal might nave been poisoned by eating some of the numerous baits laid for the dingo, and might have crawled into some cave to die. Personally I would rather accept this explanation than endeavour to solve the mystery by penetrating into the savage wilderness which surrounds the Wirrah Mountains. I know the heroes of the tiger story personally, and have conversed with them for hours without upsetting their convictions. Many people think it must have been some monstrosity in the shape of an overgrown tiger-cat. [The Weddin Mountain is located in New South Wales near Grenfell, north-west of Young.]

1885

* The tiger at large, Wangaratta Dispatch and North Eastern Advertiser, 29 April 1885.

* Australasian, 9 May 1885.

* Reported Escape of a Tiger, Australasian, 6 June 1885. Wangaratta, Thursday. With reference to the report that a tiger had escaped from a travelling menagerie in this district some time ago, it appears that some children having declared to their parents that they had seen a strange animal this morning while going to school. Sergeant Steele proceeded with Mounted-constable Haydon to the spot and found the tracks of some animal, which he declares not to be those of a dog or any animal whose tracks are known to him. He examined the children, and they all agreed that the creature crept like a cat. Steele says that the tracks are not much larger than those of a large Newfoundland dog, but appear to have been made by an animal with a heavier body. He suggests that it may possibly have been a panther. The tracks have been covered up for future investigation.

* Age, Melbourne, 14 June 1885.

* A panther or tiger alleged to be at large, The Australasian, 20 June 1885.

A Panther or Tiger alleged to be at large. Considerable excitement (writes our correspondent) was caused at Lilydale on Monday, by a report that the tiger or panther supposed to be at large in the district had been seen close to the township by a man named Nicholas Nelson, in the employment of Mr. Alfred Wilson. Nelson was engaged in grubbing a tree in Mr. Wilson's paddock, and about a quarter-past 10 a.m observed the animal coming slowly across the paddock from the direction of the Melbourne-road and Mr. Mitchell's lime kilns. He called out "tiger" to warn some young children who were playing not far off, and the animal quickening its pace, passed within about 70 yards of him through a post and rail fence into Mrs. Deschamp's vineyard, which it crossed, and finally disappeared amongst some green saplings in the direction of the cemetery. Nelson states that he has often seen tigers in a wild state, and is positive that the animal he saw is a tiger, although not a very large one. It was about 2 feet in height, 4ft long, with a short head, the body of a yellow colour striped with black, and a wide thick tail. The tracks of some large animal were afterwards distinctly seen in the vineyard, going in the direction indicated by Nelson. They measured 3 1/2 in. in length by 2 1/2 in. across, and had evidently been made by some animal considerably heavier than a dog, as a large kangaroo dog brought across the ground leftscarcely any impression. During the afternoon, Constable Lawless and a number of residents armed with rifles and revolvers went out in pursuit of the animal, but no further signs were met with. The locality where it was seen adjoins the Mooroolbark Estate, where two horses were lately killed by some unknown animal. Our Lilydale correspondent states that thestrange animal, which has recently caused some alarm in the Upper Yarra and Buswood districts, was again seen on Wednesdaymorning by Mr. De Pury while he was driving into Lilydale from his residence, Yeringberg. When near Bosemount, about two miles from Lilydale, Mr. De Pury saw the animal come out of a paddock and cross the Healesville-road, within about 10 yards of the buggy. Mr. De Pury considered it to be a large dog, apparently a cross between a mastiff and a stag hound. It was of a yellow colour, marked with black, and in foggy weather or amongst scrub would easily be mistaken for a tiger. He has no doubt that the animal which he saw is the one which was seen by Nicholas Nelson on Monday, as it corresponds with the description given by him. As the animal appears to have committed numerous depredations, besides causing considerable alarm, Senior-Constable M'Williams and Constable Lawless have set out with the object of finding and shooting it.

1893

* Newcastle Herald, 14 August 1893: The Tantanoola tiger appears to have broken out in a fresh place. A correspondent to the South Australian Advertiser writes from Yardea: Tracks of the Tantanoola tiger have been seen in the Gawler Ranges, and a great scare is felt through the district. A big spotted animal was seen in the Tandy Ranges by a stockman; the animal was said to be as big as a bullock. The tracks are cat-shape, and as big as an ordinary camp oven. A lamb and several wallabies have been seen very much torn and mutilated, and shepherds are in fear of their lives. Applications will be made to the Government for a regiment of soldiers and some heavy guns if it is not successfully captured. The supposition is that it must have swam from Beachport to Franklin Harbour to save capture under the close pursuit of the Coola and German Creek hunters. It is also supposed to be lying in wait in the back tracks of the Tanby Ranges waiting for the shearers who frequent that country about this time of the year.

1895

* Australasian, 21 December 1895.

1896

* Another supposed wild animal, Benalla, Thursday. Argus, Melbourne, 8 February 1896.

Another Supposed Wild Animal. Benalla, Thursday. A strange animal, in some respects resembling a lioness, was seen by Mr. J.B. Higgins, of Thoona, in the parish of Bungeet, 20 miles from Benalla, on Tuesday last. His attention was attracted to the animal as it was crossing a road about 200 yards in front of him. He rode up to the spot at which it entered a paddock, when at a distance of about 20 yards he saw it lying down. He describes it as being of a dull brown colour, about the size of a Newfoundland dog, and in very poor condition. The animal did not regard the presence of Mr. Higgins with any concern beyond taking a dazed look at him. There being no farmhouses convenient where a gun might be procured, Mr Higgins, who was on urgent business, deemed it prudent to allow the strange visitor to remain undisturbed. While unable to positively fix the identity of the beast, he is confident that it is a stranger to the district.

* "Lion" at Orbost, Argus, Melbourne, 4 March 1896.

1903

* The Marulan Tiger, Robertson Advocate, 27 February 1903: The Marulan Tiger. A sensation was caused at Marulan on Sunday, when it was mentioned that a tiger had been seen by two persons about five miles to the north-east of Marulan, also that it attacked Mr. Buttsworth's horse. Further particulars are to the effect that the horse was scratched on the hindquarters and shoulders, and was bitten on the neck. Mr. Casburn first saw the tiger at Mr. Spellacey's place between Longreach and Marulan. He had a gun with him at the time, but as it was loaded with only small shot he did not fire.

1909

* The Jamberoo Tiger [Panther], Robertson Advocate, 23 April 1909: The Jamberoo Tiger is still at large. An old and highly respected resident of the district writes :- As my son was returning home from Jerrara about midday last Monday, his attention was drawn to a large flock of crows about 300 yards off, flying after what appeared to be a strange animal. It was about the height of a mastiff dog, long in the body, with a rather large head; its fore legs were shorter than its hind ones; the legs were stout; its color was jet black; when travelling it went at a sort of canter in the lantana, still followed by the crows; it had a long tail curled at the point.

1914

* Age, Melbourne, 12 & 25 May 1914.

1915

* Lion in Haunted Hills, Argus, Melbourne, 6 October 1915: Morwell, Tuesday - Mr. Horace Brinsmead a farmer reports that whilst out mustering cattle on the Haunted Hills, about five miles from Morwell he saw a lion. He states that he had a good look at the animal which was about 100 yards distant but could not force his horse any nearer. He is quite positive that the animal he saw was a lion. It disappeared into a belt of dense scrub. Mr Brinsmead adds that there are a number of dead sheep partly eaten in the vicinity. A party has gone out with rifles and dogs today to hunt for the animal.

1927-30

* Kangaroo Valley panther / Tallong tiger / Marulan tiger reported, in the southern Illawarra and Southern Highlands area of New South Wales between 1927-30 (Healy & Cropper 1994).

1933

* Lion at Large, The Young Witness, 10 February 1933. Report from Harden. The so-called Harden Lion was variously described, and ultimately named in the press as merely a large dog. However, it 'quickly disappeared' and was never seen again.

* The Harden Lion, Mercury, Hobart, 15 February 1933: The Harden Lion. Australia has had its Bunyip, its Tantanoola Tiger, and other more of less mythical beasts of prey, and now it has what in the course of time may become known as the Harden Lion. During the last few days reports have been coming to hand from round about Harden, which is a fair-sized town in the southern part of the State, that there is a lion roaming around in the hills and scrub. It has appeared, so reports say, to a dozen people at different times, and though occasionally menacing, it has ambled away without doing harm, which, of course, is what wild animals invariably prefer to do. Yesterday it went so far as to roar at three men engaged on road work, and later was seen to drink from a station dam. This lion is said to be real, and to have escaped a few weeks ago from a travelling circus. Residents are now arming for what they regard as an inevitable encounter.

* The Harden Lion - Conflicting Reports, Yass Courier, 16 February 1933: The Harden Lion - Conflicting Reports. Much prominence has been given during the last few days to the reports that a lion hag been seen near Harden and Young. The animal was supposed to have escaped from a circus at Goulburn and reported to have been seen near Harden. A later report stated it had come near the camp of three men engaged on maintenance work at the six mile peg from Young on the Moppity road. That report has been contradicted. Mr. C. S. Robertson, of Barwang, near whose property the tiger-lion was supposed to have been seen, believes the whole thing is a joke. "I don't believe there is such an animal in existence," he told the "Young Chronicle." Mr. Robertson said he had spoken to the three Demondrille Shire road men on the way home and they declared that there was nothing in the story and they had seen no lion or other strange animal.

* Age, Melbourne, 3 November 1933, 14 December 1933.

* Charles Fenner, Bunyips and Billabongs: An Australian Out of Doors, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1933, 447p.

1934

* Age, Melbourne, 20 January 1934, 7 March 1934, 23 June 1934.

1935

* Bendigo Advertiser, 26 August 1935.

1936

* Age, Melbourne, 4 March 1936.

1937

* Age, Melbourne, 3 December 1937.

1946

* Charles Barrett, The Bunyip and other Mythical Monsters and Legends, Reed & Harris, 1946.

1954

* Leopard at Large, The Cootamundra Herald, 25 November 1954: Leopard Seen At Cootamundra. A Cootamundra grazier has reported sighting a leopard on his property and refuses to believe it is anything but a leopard. The grazier, Mr. Milton Duncan, saw the "thing" feeding off some dead sheep, watching it, through field glasses all the while. He described it as larger than a big kelpie dog, with yellow and black spots and a black tail. The animal evaded capture, and Mr. Duncan thinks it might have escaped from a circus.

1958-62, 1969, 1973

* Frequent reports of the Emmaville Panther / Kingstown Killer in the New England region of New South Wales (Healy & Cropper 1994).

1962

* Armidale Express, 2 February 1962.

1964

* Age, Melbourne, 19 November 1964.

1969

* Les Rentsch account, Byaduk, Grampians, Victoria (Healy & Cropper 1994).

* Age, Melbourne, 14 October 1969.

1971

* Rob Wallis account, Halls Gap, February 1971, Grampians, Victoria (Healy & Cropper 1994).

1972

* Simon Townsend, Monsters, in Pursuit Gone Haywire, Number 4, Education Department of Victoria, 1992.

1975

* Cambewarra Mountain, west of Nowra, sighting of a big black cat-like animal, June 1975 (Healy & Cropper 1994).

* John and Irene Marlow accounts, Lah-Arum, Grampians, Victoria (Healy & Cropper 1994).

1976

* Shoalhaven and Nowra News, 4, 11 & 18 February 1976, 7 April 1976.

* Move to trap panther, Shoalhaven and Nowra News, 31 March 1976.

1977

* Australian Outdoors and Fishing, April 1977.

* Shoalhaven and Nowra News, 9 & 16 November 1977.

1978

* Australian, 5 June 1978.

1979

* Panther and cougar running together at Bendeela, 1979 (Healy & Cropper 1994).

* Collie Mail, 4 April & 31 May 1979.

* Countryman, 3 May 1979.

1980

* Albany Advertiser, 14 August 1980.

1981

* David O’Reilly, Savage Shadow: The Search for the Australian Cougar, Creative Research, Perth, 1981; Strange Nation Publishing, 2011, 310p.

* Australasian Express, 25 June 1981.

* Albany Advertiser, 15 October 1981.

1987

* Bendigo Advertiser,3 April 1987.

1989

* Age, Melbourne, 23 February 1989.

* Ararat Advertiser, 15 & 26 August 1989.

* Courier, Ballarat, 17 October 1989.

1991

* Albany Advertiser, 21 & 26 January 1991.

1994

Tony Healy and Paul Cooper, Out of the Shadows: Mystery Animals of Australia, Ironbark, 1994, 200p.

1996

* Malcolm Smith, Bunyips and Bigfoots: In Search Of Australia’s Mystery Animals, Millenium Books, 1996.

2001

* Peter Chapple, Australian Big Cats, 20 October 2001, YouTube, duration: 41.46 minutes.

* John Henry, Pumas in the Grampians: A Compelling Case? An Up-Dated Report of the Deakin Puma Study, Deakin University, 2001.

2003

* Big cats not a tall tale, Sydney Morning Herald, 2 November 2003.

2006

* On the prowl: In search of the Victorian panther, Swinburne College, 2006, YouTube, duration: 13.21 minutes.

2008

* Simon Townsend, Big Cats in Cat Country, in John Stoward, History of Football in the Western District, 2008.

2010

* Michael Williams and Rebecca Long, Australian Big Cats: An Unnatural History of Panthers, Strange Nation Publishing, 2010, 437p.

* Australia's alien big cats, AnimalXTV, 17 August 2010, YouTube, duration: 48.04 minutes.

2012

* Patrick Lion, Panthers, yowie men and a headless roo: the real X-files of New South Wales - State secrets about yowies revealed, PerthNow, 3 June 2012.

* Big cats in Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia, 10 September 2012, YouTube, duration: 6.03 minutes.

* Panther spotted in Australia bushlands, Penrith Valley, 21 September 2012, YouTube, duration: 2.10 minutes.

2015

* Tracking Australia's Big Cats: Part 1, 16 July 2015, YouTube, duration: 10.17 minutes.

2016

* Patrick J. Gallagher, The Tantanoola Tiger and other Australian Big Cat Sightings, Creativespace, 2016, 288p.

* Angela Thompson, Illawarra's 'panther' spotted at Seacliff Bridge escarpment selfie spot, Illawarra Gazette, 7 October 2016.

* Top 5 mysterious Australian animal sightings - Phantom cats, 13 October 2016, YouTube, duration: 6.18 minutes.

* Bush Monsters: The Legend of the Australian Black Panther, 8 November 2016, YouTube, duration: 35.18 minutes.

2017

* Angela Thompson, Paw print proof of Austinmer panther?, St George and Sutherland Leader, 26 April 2017.

* Bulli's Black Panther, WIN Television, 3 May 2017, YouTube, duration: 1.51 minutes.

* The truth behind Australia's Panthers, 2 August 2017, YouTube, duration: 4.30 minutes.

2018

* Jordana Van, Jaguar / Black Panther as a Totem: Personality Characteristics and Life-Path Changes, 31 January 2018, YouTube, duration: 33.50 minutes.

* Ilsa Cunningham, 'As big as a German Shepherd': Black 'panther' sighting near Emu Plains, The Young Witness, 30 April 2018.

* Elspeth Kernebone, Black panther sightings continue talk in local circles, Illawarra Mercury, 5 May 2018.

* Queensland Panther - News Report, 23 June 2018, YouTube, duration: 6.35 minutes.

* The Hunt for a Secret Legend, Full Spectrum / Medium, 25 September 2018.

Map of Black Panther sightings, New South Wales (extract). Source: Panther People.

* Proof big cat caught on film, Victoria, 9 November 2018, YouTube, duration: minutes.

2019

* We saw Illawarra's Black Panther, Actual Boys, 20 January 2019, YouTube, duration: 13.24 minutes.

2020

* Michael Williams and Rebecca Lang, Australian Big Cats: An Unnatural History of Panthers, Strange Nation Publishing, 2020, 456p. 2nd edition.

* Australian Black Panther or just a really big cat?, 7 April 2020, YouTube, duration: 0.51 minutes. Sighting in Wahroonga, Sydney.

* New documentary follows search for black panthers in Aussie bush, Today Show, 5 May 2020, YouTube, duration: 4.35 minutes.

* Stephanie Kojec, Black Panther - Guided Meditation, 26 May 2020, YouTube, duration: 18.39 minutes.

* Grant Denyer and the Black Panther, Bathurst, 10 News, 7 August 2020, YouTube, duration: 3.14 minutes.

* Mike Coggan, Chasing Shadows: Britain's big Cat Mystery, The Biome Project, 19 December 2020, YouTube, duration: 46.59 minutes.

2021

* Sarah Merron, Animal Spirit Guided Meditation: Black Jaguar / Panther, 4 January 2021, YouTube, duration: 5.19 minutes.

* Aussies tell of frightening big cat encounters, 20 May 2021, YouTube, duration: 3.00 minutes.

* Does the Blue Mountains Panther exist?, Strange Australia, 18 June 2021, YouTube, duration: 4.34 minutes.

* In search of big cats Australia, 30 August 2021, YouTube, duration: minutes.

* All about the jaguar spirit animal - symbolism and meaning, Healing Elements, 10 November 2021, YouTube, duration: 14.30 minutes.

2022

* Black Panther big cat, Southern Highlands, 2022, YouTube, duration: 0.30 minutes.

* Video ignites the black panther myth, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, 29 November 2022, 7 News, duration: 0.33 minutes.

2023

* The Hunt: In search of Australia's big cats, 28 February 2023, YouTube, duration: 43.23minutes.

* Hunting big cats in the Australian outback, 10 May 2023, YouTube, duration: 48.10 minutes.

* Big cat spotted in Victoria, Herald Sun, 16 July 2023, YouTube, duration: 0.30 minutes.

* Adam Greentree on Dingoes, Thylacine & Panthers in Australia, 11 November 2023, YouTube, duration: 6.32 minutes.

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