him, screaming at every
jump.

A few nights later the panther again attacked Mr. Green near camp. He
heard it scream and again made haste to reach the camp. When near
camp the panther made several attempts to leap onto the wagon, but
owing to Mr. Green's rapid driving the panther failed to reach the
load.

Later, Mr. Green was lumbering in West Virginia. The teamster who was
hauling camp supplies the same as Mr. Green had in Clearfield County,
was killed by a panther. Mr. Green heard the panther scream and when
the teamster did not come, he with others from the camp went in
search of the man, and found him dead. The men in camp made up a
purse to pay the burial expenses, Mr. Green contributing to the fund.

I have often been going along the road at dusk through the woods and
had an owl follow along for some distance, flying from tree to tree,
alighting on trees near me, and would often give one of those
screeches, which no doubt has often been mistaken for the scream of a
panther, when this trick of the owl occurred when too dark to be
seen.

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The screech of the panther I believe to be all imagination. Years ago
it was an everyday occurrence to hear some one tell of a panther
screaming in a certain locality and tell how it (the panther) had
followed them and how they escaped by running their horses, and how
the panther screamed in a tree right over their head, and how they
could see the panther's eyes shine.

Now I know that one cannot see an animal's eyes shine unless the
animal is in the dark and a light shines directly in their eyes.

It is not always these stories are told to misrepresent facts, but it
is often the case of imagination or being mistaken. One of the large
owls has another cry or call besides the well known hoo-hoo-hoo,
which the deer still-hunter often imitates when he wishes to inform a
companion just where he is without fear of alarming the deer. The
writer has often seen, just at twilight, or nearly break of day, one
of those large owls follow along some distance in the woods, flying
from tree to tree, lighting on the lower branches of the trees, only
a few feet above my head, apparently doing this from curiosity.
Frequently the owl would give a screech which was similar to that
given by a woman who has been suddenly frightened. Undoubtedly this
screech of the owl has often been taken for that of the panther.
Owing to the great abundance of down or fine feathers on the quills
of th