Visit From a Panther
I used to live closer into the city and we lived in a shotgun house where there was an alleyway behind all the houses connecting everything and you’d have little paths between houses with fences on either side.
My dad got home and left the gate open, our dog usually stayed in the yard but this time it ran after something down the alley. I started running after it and it turned down one of the paths between houses that was super overgrown on both sides.
Then i see our dog run out, i looked down and swear i saw a black panther looking cat walking down towards me. It was one of those split second things because my dad came running and grabbed me so i didn’t see anything else to confirm.
I was 4 or 5 so that memory is a bit foggy but i swear there was some sort of panther on the loose. I was uneasy about going outside for a couple of weeks afterwards.
Story credit: Reddit / AlphaVictor87