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In 2016 my friend, Sarah Walker Gorrell, and I co-authored a
novel, Travelers in Painted Wagons on Cohay Creek. One of the characters was a
panther. Sarah's family and mine, having lived near Cohay Creek, knew about the big
cats that screamed like women. Many Smith County people have seen these huge
screaming cats, even recently...perhaps more now that farmland is returning to
forest land.
Most people say they are black, approximately one fourth of
our friends say they are yellowish-brownish tan, and some people have seen some
of each color. Biologists deny the existence of the ferocious cats we call
panthers.
On Facebook in February 2017, I asked my Taylorsville and
Smith County friends and family and friends of my friends and family to share
their stories. So far eighty comments are in this thread. Although the group is
limited to people who grew up in Smith County or who have family members who
did, it is possible to read the comments. Click on this link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/347962535294214/?fref=nf
Since the stories move about as comments are added, it is
necessary to scroll down the page. Look for “Mary Cooke, Smith County Panthers.”
The discussions are convincing. They’re also funny, scary, logical, and
sometimes scientific. If you read these, you too will believe there are
panthers in those woods.
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