Shadow Cats

"Mayes brings a refreshingly scientific and analytical perspective to the gathering of extensive data and the assessment of large black cat sightings...this book will be of interest to academic zoologists as well as their cousins in cryptozoology." - Angelo Capparella, Ph.D., Illinois State University

"This is one of the best studies of the ... phenomenon in the United States that I have read...You too can learn a great deal from Mayes' investigative techniques, his approach to the witnesses, and his careful analyses of the photographic evidence. Shadow Cats is a very good, solid study undertaken by a man with a deep enthusiasm for his subject-matter." - Nick Redfern, Mysterious Universe

"Mayes deserved congratulations for this bringing this book to print...there is no comprehensive volume on this topic so it deserved to be tackled...Mayes has a hair sample from a reported car collision but can't get any experts willing to examine it. This is a shame. I do hope someone will step up and take a look...[the book] adopted a logical progression that was natural and comprehensible - exactly the approach that should be used to communicate to a lay audience...This volume usefully fills a niche in modern cryptozoological literature." - Sharon Hill, "Big black cat of the Southern U.S. get their own book"

"It's a hard-to-put-down investigation of the black panther mystery. Two paws up!" - Sean Whitley, director of the documentary Southern Fried Bigfoot

"...this is an intriguing book. Though modest in scope, it is detailed in the particulars...the author keeps our hopes up by encouraging us to carry our cameras, just in case. You could be the one to document a previously unknown species of cat." - Brett Taylor, Fortean Times

"This is one of the only books I know of that examines the North American black panther mystery as a whole, and it is an excellent resource to those interested in the subject." - Tyler Houck, Tyler's CryptoZoo

"In this very interesting book, [Michael Mayes] admits that, according to mainstream science, there is no such animal, but in turn he gives vast information and data to the contrary...There are a great number of personal interviews, newspaper accounts, charts/maps and colour photographs in the book...The data the author has gathered is prolific... I was rather sceptical when I first started reading this book but I feel I am becoming a convert!...an exciting and worthwhile read." - Gerry Russell, Magonia

"...the book is a compelling, confounding and comprehensive look at a phenomenon that captures the imagination and deserves more serious consideration." - Jeremy D. Wells, Grayson, Olive Hill Quarterly