Danville, Illinois: Black Cat

From a news source:

"Perry Janes, a life long Danvillian says his neighbor saw the panther during a mushroom hunt a few weeks ago. He says, The wind blew his hat off and when he reached for it he saw this black object. It was a huge black cat. Across town more of the same, in fact everywhere we went someone knew the story. Jeff Rushin who's lived in Danville his whole life says he remembers his brush with the cat like it was yesterday. He adds, 'It's been almost 30 years since I’ve heard that sound and it's still there.' He says he had his run in during a fishing trip in the 70’s. 'I heard that sound and I looked at my friend and was like what was that?'"