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I've posted this a few times before.

I tend to take any personal ghost story I read online with a grain of
salt, so I totally understand skepticism. However, I ask you to take my
word that this event happened just as I will describe. It must have been
about three years ago. My ex-girlfriend and I were riding in my car back
to my place at around 2am. The house is in a rural area in the panhandle
of Florida. The road we were on comes to a Y at which we can continue
straight or veer to the left to go towards my house. Immediately after
taking the left, we start a short incline that takes about 5 seconds
before leveling out. Soon after reaching the top of this small climb, I
notice something to the left of the road. In the first split-second, I
think I must be seeing a panther. After all, there are panthers in this
area of Florida, and although rare, sightings do occur. However, as my
eyes adjust to this object I notice that it is not a panther at all. The
length, height and color of this object made me think of a panther. It
is about 5 feet long, 3 feet tall, and black. I then think that it must
be a cloud of smoke from an unseen fire in the woods to the left of the
road. I soon dismiss that idea when I realize it is moving across the
road from left to right, not leaving anything behind and moving too
quickly for wind to be carrying it. It is, like I said, 5 feet long and
3 feet tall, black, and smokey in composition. In the center of the
cloud it is completely opaque, you cannot see through. The edges of the
cloud possess some translucence and appear to be wispy writhing
tentacles of smoke all around. It moves about as fast as a sprinter as
it crosses in front of us from left to right before dissipating on the
right side of the road in a ditch in front of a house. The whole
sighting took maybe 3 or 4 seconds. Needless to say we were both
shocked, and we rode in silence for about 10 seconds before I asked her
if she had seen it. She acknowledged that she had but when I tried to
start speculating she said she didn't want to talk about it. I think
only once more in our relationship did I ask her about it and she
remained unwilling to address it. It moved with speed, did not break up
until completely disappearing at the end of its movement, and was too
dark and thick in the center to be smoke from a fire. Whats more, the
direction it was coming from was a wooded area to the left of the road.
About 10 feet more down the road from where we saw it is a perpendicular
street that takes you down behind where it came from into a cemetery. It
is called Crain cemetery and there used to be a church on the grounds
that I was told had burned down a couple decades ago. I rode back there
a few days later on a foggy morning just to scope it out. I have not
told anyone but a few friends about this and felt like sharing it. If
you have any questions or speculations, I'd love to hear them.

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