I saw a big brown cat in Troy AL in the late 80's. I was sitting in a tree stand bordering a big swamp when some dogs from a neighboring club came into the swamp chasing a deer. That thing came slinking out of the marsh and walked within 20 yards of my stand and crouched down in a logging road. It's ears were pinned back and it's long tail was flicking back and forth like it was agitated. It laid in that position for over an hour after the dogs left with me watching it through my rifle scope. I don't know if it was a mountain lion or a panther or if it was wild or an escaped pet or whatever. I don't care what you or anyone else says either, I know what I saw. Since that day I have logged thousands of hours in the woods and have never seen anything I thought to be a large cat or their tracks, and I have hunted all over this state.