Syracuse’s bigfoot?

_{Thursday 26th January 2023}

Syracuse’s bigfoot? Unraveling the decades-old myth of the city’s legendary ‘black panther’

A mysterious and elusive “black panther” was reported dozens of times prowling in fields just out of reach. Was it real or was it a figment of the

Jonathan Downes

Cryptozoologist, naturalist, musician, singer, composer, poet, novelist and Director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology since 1992. Jon was born in Portsmouth in 1959 and spent his infancy in Nigeria and his childhood in Hong Kong. His wife Corinna died of cancer in 2020, leaving him with two stepdaughters and a six year old granddaughter called Evelyn.