The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's website says, "No panther has ever even attacked a person." ... Most of the 100 to 160 panthers left in the wild live far south of where Maharrey was hunting.

Are panthers harmful to humans?

In the American west, mountain lions occasionally attack people, but there's never been a recorded instance of a Florida panther hurting a person. As a matter of statistics, though, as the human and panther populations increase and overlap, there's a good chance it will happen.

What animals will eat humans?

Although human beings can be attacked by many kinds of animals, man-eaters are those that have incorporated human flesh into their usual diet and actively hunt and kill humans. Most reported cases of man-eaters have involved lions, tigers, leopards, polar bears, and large crocodilians.