Illinois is having some fun with some panther observations, which began two weeks ago and then again as recently as last Tuesday.

We’ve had a couple sightings of a cat or a large animal that appeared to be a cat anyway.

The conservation people in the Department of Natural Resources are not confirming what we’ve seen so far nor are we confirming it.

The thing that bothers me about it is the people reporting it are very credible. These are people you have to put some credence in what they are seeing.

We combed that area the other day and looked at ground that did not have vegetation and we did not see tracks of any kind.

~ Jay Young, Chief of Police, Henry, Illinois.

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