Blue Mountains panther Blue Mountains Panther
Ringkasan
Blue Mountains panther atau Lithgow panther adalah kucing besar dalam cerita rakyat Australia yang menurut warga Blue Mountains di barat Sydney telah ada selama lebih dari satu abad, tetapi belum ada bukti meyakinkan.
The Blue Mountains panther, or Lithgow panther, is a big cat of Australian folklore said by residents of the Blue Mountains west of Sydney to have existed for over a century, though no conclusive evidence has been found.
Kisah dan tradisi
Dalam cerita rakyat Australia, Blue Mountains panther atau Lithgow panther adalah kucing besar yang menurut warga Blue Mountains di barat Sydney telah ada selama lebih dari seabad. Lebih dari 500 penampakan dilaporkan dalam 20 tahun. Menurut Wikipedia, Grose Vale Group menghimpun laporan sejak 1998 dan mengaku menerima 20 sampai 30 penampakan per tahun. Teori menyebut hewan itu mungkin keturunan kucing besar yang dilepas tentara AS pada Perang Dunia II, yang dipakai sebagai maskot militer. Menurut Beat Magazine, setelah Chris Coffey dari Grose Vale mengalami perjumpaan dengan panther hitam, ia menyusun basis data penampakan warga. Sebuah foto di Facebook yang disebut memperlihatkan panther di Blue Mountains disebut tipuan oleh Mike Williams, penulis bersama buku tentang kucing besar Australia. Wikipedia mencatat bahwa NSW Department of Primary Industries memesan empat laporan, pada 1999, 2003, 2009, dan 2013. Laporan 2003 menyimpulkan tidak ada bukti meyakinkan tetapi lebih mungkin daripada tidak bahwa kucing itu ada, sedangkan laporan 2013 oleh John Parkes menyimpulkan tidak ada bukti kucing besar di Blue Mountains. Menurut Illawarra Mercury, Parkes menyatakan tidak ada bukti meyakinkan bahwa kucing besar hidup liar di NSW, dan penampakan umumnya dilaporkan dengan itikad baik tetapi bukan bukti andal.
Australian folklore tells of the Blue Mountains panther, also called the Lithgow panther, a large feline that people living in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney have claimed to exist for more than a hundred years. More than 500 sightings were reported within 20 years. According to Wikipedia, the Grose Vale Group has gathered reports since 1998 and says it receives 20 to 30 sightings a year. Theories suggest the animal may descend from big cats released by US soldiers in World War II, which had served as military mascots. According to Beat Magazine, after Chris Coffey of Grose Vale had a close encounter with a black panther she compiled a database of residents' sightings. A Facebook photo said to show a panther in the Blue Mountains was called a hoax by Mike Williams, co-author of a book on Australian big cats. Wikipedia records that the NSW Department of Primary Industries commissioned four reports, in 1999, 2003, 2009 and 2013. The 2003 report found no conclusive evidence but judged such a cat more likely than not to exist, while John Parkes's 2013 report found no evidence of a big cat in the Blue Mountains. According to the Illawarra Mercury, Parkes said there is no conclusive evidence that large cats live wild in NSW, and that sightings are generally reported in good faith but are not reliable proof.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Tradisi Australia (folklor pasca-kolonial)
- Kawasan / Region
- Oseania
- Negara / Country
- Australia
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Cryptid
- Habitat
- Mountain
Nama lain / Alternate names
Lithgow panther
Makhluk terkait / Related beings
- Fisher's ghost (Fisher's Ghost)
- Oozlum bird