Elusive black panther's photo from the wilderness of Maharashtra goes viral after a year

A trip to Chandrapur's Toba Andhari National Park, Maharashtra turned out to be one of 'most surreal experiences' for a 23-year-old amateur photographer, Abhishek Pagnis. In an interview with an online portal, Pune-based engineering student and budding photographer expressed how lucky he considers himself to have gotten opportunity to spot a black panr, standing just 20 feet away from him. Pagnis also revealed that he h to patiently wait for over 2.5 hours just to have a glimpse of elusive wild cat.

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Abhishek spills beans about photographing  rare black panr

During his interview with portal, Abhishek Pagnis spilled beans about once-in-a-lifetime experience of photographing rare black panr as he revealed saying it was his first wild trip ever. He also ded saying y h to wait for more than 2.5 hours in that particular area, just to have a glimpse of wild cat. Elaborating more about his experience before elusive animal was sighted, 23-year-old stated that animals around started making ises to raise an alarm before predator was spotted. 

Going into furr details, he explained saying when any predator animal is around, prey animals let out alarm calls to make ors alert. He ded saying it was ir clue to stop vehicle and gear up with ir cameras. Although re have been several or instances wherein  wild cat has been spotted, photographer feels that his experience was more special. He stated that predator loitered around for almost half an hour and was as close as 20 feet from m. 

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However, Pagnis has captured se photographs a year back, in June. On June 25, 2020, amateur photographer h taken to his Instagram handle to share picture with everyone. In his interaction with portal, he expressed stating he was t expecting picture to go viral, as it was shot a year back. But, he mitted that it went viral after someone recently shared it on Twitter. Last year, sharing picture of black panr, Pagnis h penned his exclusive experience in a long IG post which re:

Male Melanistic leopard/ black panr.
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" greatest trick devil ever pulled was convincing world he didn't exist".
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Tired from handling camera all day for all safaris, here I was on my last one and in last hours. All drained from shuttering of cameras, capturing stripped killer in scorching heat. Moving on to spot for something I was sure we won't see. With sun being gone hours beyond our hes, wait was on, hoping for atleast a quick glance. Eyes running through every movement in woods and ears all fixed on barks of deers. Couple of hours passed and I am still hoping for a miracle before dream run ends. And suddenly it all went quiet with all deer hes focusing in woods like y were guides. And re he was, an unticeable black figure moving uninterested in his prey. I rooted for camera and positioned quickly on that spot, my mind and body all fired up forgetting . melanistic leopard was re, just strolling unaware of his beauty. I zoomed at him and saw bright eyes staring back with fing rossetes into blackness on his body. A sighting less than half an hour me best moment of safaris.

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