Woman Comes Face-to-Face With Panther: 'I Was Hoping It Wasn't Angry'

The woman who recorded a video of a panther whizzing right by her called the encounter "amazing." Tina Dorschel was taking an early morning stroll through Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in Naples, Florida, when, out of nowhere a panther, came right in her direction. She told IE: "It was extremely surprising." Though nervous, she kept right on recording the big cat earlier this week. "I was hoping it wasn't angry," she said. The panther may have been more frightened than she was. #InsideEdition

[RavenxAlexander]

I think it was more scared of her then she was of it.

[kkbing]

I love how the Panther does a little Scooby Doo run at the end of the video.

[cdawson]

That mountain lion was like " I gotta pee move!! "

[elprofesor_original]

She was lucky that the panther was running late to work... 😁

[professoremil]

Geez...the strength in that sprint. All it did was skitter around a corner and yet its footsteps sounded like the beating of a drum. Such a small but powerful animal.

[sharonflowers]

That cat was more afraid of her than she was of it.

[comicstwisted]

You can really feel the power when it starts running

[davecummings]

Ok, she gets the award for the greatest amateur camera person ever! To have the presence of mind to start recording, then to keep recording as it charged, and then to continue after it passed with such a steady hand is astounding.

[Jade-eeuq]

"it was amazing" tf i would've pooed myself😂😂

[tabbythederp]

I'm so proud of this lady for actually taking good shots. Usually in emergencies, people don't train the camera on the thing that is happening and it makes me upset and frustrated

[mariahkkeke]

Looks to see what's percent you're phone on

1%


Me running to the changer

[Sapphiresenthiss]

What PANTHER?? It's a mountain lion/cougar, I have no idea how people can even mistake those two...
Poor thing was so scared! X'D Most likely a very young animal.

[agentmaryland]

Panther? I thought that was a cougar, then again, I don't know my big cats very well outside of lions and tigers, so xD

[thatstupidchannel]

I would be scared of what the panther was running from

[krlos]

Actually it's a cougar/mt lion/puma.

[happyharold]

Luckily for her, that panther was just as surprised as she was.

[umadbro]

is it me or does it look like a cougar?

[lucyheartfilia]

That's me when my Mom says it's time the dentist you're going to have to catch me 😈

[averageuser]

I would probably scream when it ran towards me

[mokihaname]

truth be told I wouldn't know if I should be scared that there is a panther coming towards me fast or should I be scared of what it was running from? 😮😏😁😂😂😂