WATCH: Video of panther in path goes viral

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NAPLES, Fla. – A woman captured a video of a panther running past her on a boardwalk at the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary.

Tina Dorshel’s video has nearly one million views and more than 20,000 shares on Facebook.

Panthers are shy and it is extremely rare to catch them within close proximity of humans, a spokesperson for the sanctuary said, calling the footage a “once in many-generation shot.”

Another shot of a panther on porch in east Fort Myers has also been circulated widely online.

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