why hitler could conquer france in a few weeks...

MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) -- The southern French city of Marseille called off a three-week hunt for a black panther on Tuesday after the animal sighted by several residents turned out to be a large house cat.

"The 'panther' is just a black house cat -- a very big one though," said a spokeswoman for the local prefecture, adding the animal was about 24 inches long and weighed some 22 pounds.

Police deployed dozens of searchers this month after reports that a black panther was roaming around the nearby Calanques area, popular with tourists for its creeks, rocks and beaches.

Searchers finally caught up with the animal and identified it as a cat but were still unable to catch it, the spokeswoman added.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/22/france.panther.reut/index.html

i saw this and the ugly american in me couldnt resist

atleast it wasnt monkey man hehe

 

all this shows is that they were cautious about the situation and that they were willing to defend their people by searching for this thing for 3 weeks.

mistakes happen!

 

...er...I think that Hittie's dead now and that he lost the war...just thought I'd give an update if anyone wondered about the ending...

 

man. a freaking cat. it hadn't attacked anyone! we've got mountain lions around here, no one freaks out until they come into town and attack someone. jeez.

 

People here thought a lion was loose recently, there were 10 sightings within a few days and they never found anything....because there wasn't a lion.

They used good old American ingenuity to create their own excitment.

 

That's funny. I love it.