Talk:Gippsland phantom cat

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[edit] DNA testing?

This is news to me. As far as I can tell from googling it, the results of the DNA testing are still pending. The DSE merely stated his opinion that it didnt look like puma fur. Could we have a reference please? -- Rkundalini 13:27, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

That came from a NZ Herald report - "But Hans Brunner, who tested the animal’s hair for Victoria’s Department of Sustainability and Environment, told Melbourne’s Herald Sun that it came from a moggy." - Cnwb 21:56, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Hmmm I agree the wording could be interpreted that way, but given that in the original Herald-Sun story that the NZ Herald cites, there is no mention of DNA testing until much later in the article, and Brunner cites physical characteristics of the hair as proof against being from a puma, I don't think DNA testing has yet been performed. I've modified the article. --Rkundalini 03:23, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. Now that I re-read the sentence, I can see how I minconstrued it. Cnwb 23:07, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Myth?

Statement from the disambiguation page about myth:

Something mythical is, however, typically considered false.

This article calls the theory about puma mascots being released a myth. Isn't that POV? Aleksei 07:31, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

In my opinion this article should not be merged. It discusses a specific geographically-limited manifestation of the "phantom big cat" phenomenon that is well known in the country of origin under that name - similar to Blue Mountains panther. It is better to deal with these manifestations in separate articles - in the same way that we do with other presumed geographically-limited but similar cryptids such as Yeti, Yowie and Bigfoot. --Gene_poole 11:48, 3 October 2006 (UTC)