From NBC-2 of December 30, 2007
Panther kills farm animal, threatens ten year old boy
A Florida Panther is causing trouble for one Golden Gate neighborhood. A Collier County man claims that a panther jumped over his fence, killed a farm animal, and almost attacked a ten year old boy.
Homeowner and Golden Gate resident John Edgar is no stranger to wild animals.
Edgar raises goats, peacocks, and roosters, but Sunday night, he captured pictures of a new, unwelcome gust - a Florida Panther.
Edgar said that he had taken a few kids out for target shooting practice Saturday afternoon and was unaware that a wild animal was following closely behind.
When all of a sudden, Edgar said that a panther jumped over a fence and stood just 50 yards away while crouching down as if it were ready to attack one of the boys that was with the group.
"What I would like to put forth is the fact that it stalked a kid, " Edgar said.
"I thought he was ready to jump so we both shoot, 'pow-pow,' not at the panther, just in the air."
After firing several rounds, the panther then ran away, and so did the little boy and his family.
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