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  • matthew van loo Jul 24, 2011 @ 8:11 am | delete
    Just saw a black fox in prince georgenever knew they were blacklooked like a black cat as it got closer looked like a god...untill it was10 infront of me i was on foot ....how rare are they
  • paul dedrick Jul 10, 2011 @ 8:14 pm | delete
    we were setting in my brothers house in north newcastle. maine when i ;looked out the window
    i saw a red fox go across the lawn. then about fifteen minutes latter i saw a black thing,
    go across the lawn, i could not get the words out. when my husband said its a black
    fox, and my brother and sisterinlaw saw it also. we are in our sixtys and seventys and
    did not know there was such an animal.
  • boo Feb 10, 2011 @ 8:52 pm | delete
    we just saw two black tail foxes in indy is that common
  • boo Feb 10, 2011 @ 8:51 pm | delete
    WE JUST SAW TWO BLACK TAIL FOXES IN INDY IS THAT COMMON
  • albert Feb 4, 2011 @ 4:05 am | delete
    Noticed distinctly BLACK fox here 170 km. North of Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada. This fox appears to be starving to death--is beggin for food here at the work camp but all personnel are under strict orders by agreement with the Native Reserve here NOT to feel any wild animals under any circumstances. I've noticed the black box convulsing and trying to vomit today--prob. due to eating something inedible (to stave off starvation?)... I now hear that the black fox is very rare?! Can anything be done here? or should we simply allow mother nature to take it's course? just wondering....
  • rolcall Jan 31, 2011 @ 9:52 am | delete
    i think i saw a black fox last night around 3 am est. I live in Chesaspeak Virginia. do they live in this region?
  • Lenny Jan 26, 2011 @ 11:59 am | delete
    saw a black fox heading up to work this morning in South Fork, CO pretty cool...
  • Cool Hand Jan 13, 2011 @ 6:57 pm | delete
    Saw my first black Fox today running across a snow covered field in Canton, Ohio.
    Beautiful creature.
  • Chacha Jan 6, 2011 @ 9:33 am | delete
    My daughter and I saw a black fox this morning on the way to school, in Littleton, CO near Mineral and Platte Canyon. It was an amazing sight. I told her it was probably a good omen and we would have a really good day. Then I saw this article. Yikes, but I'm sticking with my original story.
  • Connie Dec 26, 2010 @ 9:24 am | delete
    Jjust saw a black fox in my backyard in the middle of Canon City, CO. Didn't even know they existed! What an unexpected and exciting experience!
  • Gera Nov 25, 2010 @ 4:21 am | delete
    Didn't know about it. Thanks!
  • Rainheart Nov 24, 2010 @ 12:34 pm | delete
    it looks cool
  • theconditionpodcast Nov 3, 2010 @ 3:41 pm | delete
    Marvellous article. Let's hope they start to make a come back.
  • Diane Oct 26, 2010 @ 8:57 am | delete
    Saw a black fox west of the outlet mall in Loveland Colorado last night. We were heading west just past the Levi's Store when it ran across the street infront of us. I had never seen a black fox before. Stunningly beautiful.
  • SlightlyDusty Oct 25, 2010 @ 8:14 am | delete
    I saw a Black Fox while walking the dog last night. I live in South Carolina and have seen many gray foxes but did not know there were any black ones and wondered how rare they were so I came upon this site. It was a beautiful young adult and I am glad to have seen it.
  • Joelean Aug 15, 2011 @ 12:00 pm | delete
    We live in the Greenville, SC area and I husband saw two Black Fox in a briered field area in Mauldin a few weeks ago. The area they came out of, however, was being cleared off by construction to build a new building. Not sure if they had babies in their den or where they relocated to. Our daughter found this site and told us there was someone who commented from SC so we were curious what area you are from. She was not aware there were Black Foxes either. He said they were beautiful.
  • Cracker Oct 23, 2010 @ 9:24 am | delete
    I live in Thornton, CO and just had a black fox bedding under a tree in my back yard, At first it looked like a black cat, I could only see it's head, then it stood up and jumped to the top of my 5' fence in one leap! Pretty cool sight!
  • TheWhistler Oct 15, 2010 @ 9:57 am | delete
    I have never heard of a Black Fox. They look beautiful. Are they on the endangered spices list?
  • Milllie Oct 4, 2010 @ 3:45 am | delete
    We live in Loveland, Co. and saw a black fox near the outlet mall. We did not know that there were black foxes, it was beautiful.
  • Andrew May 24, 2011 @ 8:41 pm | delete
    I live here in Loveland, Colorado as well. Just saw a black fox tonight. We have lots of red foxes that live around here along with a healthy rabbit population as well. But, today was the first time i saw a black fox.
  • Winston Oct 1, 2010 @ 12:31 pm | delete
    Sighted what appeared to be a mature black fox this morning in Riva Chase (near I-70 exit 256). First one I've seen in the 16 years I've lived here. All black except for the white tip on it's bushy tail. Colorado Wildlife says it's actually a red fox -- except black. Go figure!
  • Kim Sep 28, 2010 @ 11:19 am | delete
    I just saw what may have been that same black fox with a white-tipped tail yesterday in Carbondale, Colorado. I thought it was a stray dog and approached but it ran off and you can imagine my surprise! I never knew black foxes existed!
  • Random. Sep 15, 2010 @ 5:44 am | delete
    I live in Redstone Colorado & there is a fox that is all black, except the tip of its tail & its walked right up to me on a couple of occasions & I've seen many more times.
  • Brad Chilton Sep 13, 2010 @ 10:44 pm | delete
    On Sept 12, 2010 i watched a sleek black fox run through the timber on Heart Mountain in the southern Beaverhead mountains in Idaho. The Elevation was about 9,000 feet
  • Patty Nov 10, 2010 @ 10:36 am | delete
    Yesterday I saw our resident black fox in the Pinnery in Parker, CO. He is black with with a white tip tail and the last time I saw him was early in the spring making a den with a red fox. Very cool....
  • R. Green Sep 5, 2010 @ 6:32 pm | delete
    I live in Arvada, Colorado and we have a pair of black foxes that live in a field just behind our house. I see them nearly every day frolicking, chasing field mice or just resting. I live between Wadsworth Blvd and Sheridan Blvd.
  • jfeltes Sep 7, 2010 @ 8:13 pm | delete
    That's really close to where I was
  • MamaBear Aug 18, 2010 @ 10:05 am | delete
    Yesterday, August 17th 2010, while driving Wilson Pond Road south of Winthrop Maine a small black fox ran in front of my vehicle, stopped and looked at me (I was driving 25 mph) and turned and ran back in the direction he came from and into a yard. That was my first wild fox sighting since moving to Maine. Pretty neat.
  • Susie Aug 17, 2010 @ 12:06 pm | delete
    I saw a black fox out my window on the evening of Aug. 13. I live in Coal Creek Canyon, a few mile west of Denver, Colorado, in the mountains. I didn't even know there were such a thing. It was trucking up the mountain.
  • Jfeltes Aug 11, 2010 @ 9:04 am | delete
    I saw a black fox yesterday. I was all excited. The black fox had the shiniest black coat with just a little white at the end of the tail. This fox was a large fox living in my neighbors yard. My neighbor has the largest yard in the neighborhood and they own half the block so I'm not surprised to see a family living there. It's pretty neat to see such a rare sight indeed.

    I spotted the fox in Denver Colorado around evans and tennyson Just east of Sheridan blvd by a few blocks.
  • loke5 Jul 21, 2010 @ 1:26 am | delete
    I was on a friends porch the other night in town and a black fox walked up right to us and scared the shit out of us. We thought that it was a skunk and ran away from it but it followed us. One of the weirdest things that I've seen in a long time. We were a little under the influence but it was wild.
  • lumpy22 Jul 17, 2010 @ 8:48 pm | delete
    I didn't know about the black fox. Cool
    Thanks great lens
  • D MacKenzie Jul 1, 2010 @ 7:13 pm | delete
    I live in Hammonds Plains, Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada. It was 21:00 hrs when I stepped out of my front door to the surprise of a Black Fox by my front door. This is the first time I have seen this type of fox.
  • Fergfive Jul 7, 2010 @ 2:32 pm | delete
    Saw that one too on Monday night; near White Hills & Londonberry drive... Mostly black with white or light grey paws!
  • Matt Jun 24, 2010 @ 3:26 pm | delete
    I live in Norwalk, Connecticut, and saw one about a week ago at 2am in my neighborhood when I was driving a friend home. We both were sure we saw a black fox but didn't even know such a creature existed! It ran out in front of my car, thankfully I was driving slow, and it had some kind of small animal in its mouth...probably a rat or something.
  • Peggy DeLio Jun 19, 2010 @ 10:01 am | delete
    Black Fox in my yard this morning and last evening....beautiful animal. Have seen one several times in the yard or jumping over the fence...but this morning was the first time up close. I live in the Pinehurst Country Club area...between W Quincy and W Hampden 1 block west of S Sheridan.....Denver, Colorado.
  • Theresa Lopez Jul 11, 2010 @ 7:39 pm | delete
    We saw one yesterday heading west on Mineral toward Sante Fe near JackAss hill saw a beautiful black fox. Have never seen a black fox before, It was a spectacular site.
  • Tim Barrow May 31, 2010 @ 5:12 pm | delete
    I saw a black fox in Portsmouth city centre one night in early January 2010. I work nights, and get to see a lot of urban foxes out and about anyway. But the one I saw earlier this year was when there was a lot of snow on the ground, the black fox would have stood out clearly. I did not know they were that rare, but my colleague also saw it, and claims to have seen it several times - in the city of all places.
  • Justin Jun 7, 2010 @ 7:18 pm | delete
    saw a black fox on Kennebec Road in Maine June 7 , 2010....8a.m. ran out in front of me and then tried to hide in the tall grass , but then started running again it had sumthin in its mouth. could clearly see it was a black fox , bcuz at first i thought it was a small bear, but when got close enough could tell it had a long tail and it was a fox but black .
  • Aone fox luver May 9, 2010 @ 5:35 pm | delete
    I once owned a black fox as a pet. He was actually very tame and good with children and my other dogs. Although he did not perfer cats! i bought him at a flee market, and had him for about 2 years. unfortunatly he was kille by a stry dog that came in our yard while he was out playing in the tall grass. He will never be forgotten. The black fox can make a great pet, if in the right owners hands. I enjoyed reading the info in here it brought back memories! in rememberance of: DANK
    (my little black fox)
  • dennis Apr 29, 2010 @ 7:56 am | delete
    I saw a black fox this morning in my front yard (6:05am 4/29/10). I live at the corner of Saulabury and Elmhurst sts. in Littleton across from Wayside Meadows open space. My wife and kids have seen one in the pm. in the area, this was my first time. Beauitful creature. I'm using her account to post this.
  • Deb Apr 28, 2010 @ 8:59 pm | delete
    Ranee, I believe you are in my neighborhood along the same bike path. That family of foxes have lived under your porch for at least 2 years, we watched the red fox babies play in your yard all last year. I saw the black fox for the first time last week and my husband and kids saw it tonight! They thought I was nuts! Hopefully you don't mind them living there a little longer, we enjoy watching them!
  • Chris C Apr 26, 2010 @ 8:48 pm | delete
    I had a black fox run by my office window today. I work in Broomfield at West 118th Place and Upham. We usually see red type foxes.
  • Ranee Apr 20, 2010 @ 5:32 pm | delete
    The foxes (4 black/ 3 red) are making themselves at home in our backyard. I have several photos of them (on my facebook or can email them to anyone interested) including a photo of the mom nursing all 5 babies. The babies play all over the yard. I think the dad took them on a hunt this morning. They have started eating meat.
  • ChristiannaGarrett-Martin Apr 21, 2010 @ 7:40 pm | delete
    What is you Facebook name?
  • Aone fox luvr May 11, 2010 @ 10:34 am | delete
    i want to know if you have owned one of the black fox i am aone fox luvr
  • Ranee Apr 18, 2010 @ 12:16 pm | delete
    Upon further investigation this morning, we found out there is a whole family of foxes living under our back porch. Black fox male, red fox female, 3 baby black foxes and 2 baby red foxes. We have not been home in the mornings to see them but they were out this morning, playing in the backyard, with a football. Animal control said they will leave soon.
  • ChristiannaGarrett-Martin Apr 18, 2010 @ 1:12 pm | delete
    How lovely! :) Thank you for sharing this information with us.

    Christianna
  • Ranee Apr 18, 2010 @ 12:49 am | delete
    I just took my dog outside before turning in. I could tell she saw something. I went out with her and at first thought it was a black cat. It was dark but I could tell it was larger than a cat. I got two pictures of it. Definitely a black fox with a white tail. Was not afraid of me one bit when I tried to scare it off-just looked at me. It is still out there. We live in Westminster, CO, near the Hyland Hills golf course. I see red foxes frequently in the neighborhood but have never seen a black fox. I googled "black foxes" and came to this website. Beautiful but not too comforting seeing it in the back yard when we have a small dog.
  • MiaBellezza Apr 13, 2010 @ 12:13 pm | delete
    I didn't know there was such a thing as the black fox. Such a delightful and impish looking one at that!
  • Penny Apr 1, 2010 @ 7:15 pm | delete
    Thornton Colorado
    Saw a black fox twice today with a white tip at the tail. My family didnt believe me
  • rdbandurnot Mar 27, 2010 @ 9:49 pm | delete
    I had a black fox trot by my home on the Saint Lawrence River near Red Mills, NY; the morning of March 26, 2010. I'll try to capture and post a photo if I get lucky again. DEFINITELY A BLACK FOX.
  • jim Feb 27, 2010 @ 3:50 am | delete
    That is a #1 super cool black fox!
  • Susan Feb 8, 2010 @ 1:53 pm | delete
    I have been seeing the black fox in the South Park neighborhood in Littleton since November 2008. I named him Denzel. I have not been able to get a picture of him, but I'm still hoping. He's very fast!
  • Joseph Apr 2, 2010 @ 2:35 pm | delete
    I saw that black fox ! He was at Mineral & Jackss Hill Rd, crossing JHR the morning of March 23rd, bwtween 9:30 -10:00 AM. ( could there be more than one black fox in South Park?) He was eastbound from the railroad tracks at Santa Fe Dr. and I watched him from my truck at the South side of Mineral & Long Ave as he leasurely trotted towards , then across the street and down into the gulley. I kept saying to myself, "That's a BLACK fox. That not a coyote or a dog. That's a black fox"! I almost always carry my camera, except that day. From the 100+ yards away, I probably could not have gotten a great photo anyway but It was very cool to see something that's not the plain old everyday red foxes that roam my street up in North Denver nearly every evening. This sighting made my trip to my old neighborhood and the eye doc pretty special.
  • ChristiannaGarrett-Martin Jan 25, 2010 @ 9:32 pm | delete
    Thankyou for all your comments! It's wonderful that there are so many sightings of the black fox in the US. Alas, it is very rare rare to sight one here in the UK. They are certainly a very beautiful animal.

    Christianna
  • Anna Jan 25, 2010 @ 9:22 pm | delete
    I just spotted a black fox in our neighborhood a few minutes ago, it was beautiful. I have never seen one before even though there are quite a few foxes in our area. I was quite surprised to google and find a post about a black fox in Littleton, CO. I wonder if the black fox we saw was the same as the post by John this morning.
  • John Jan 15, 2010 @ 12:24 pm | delete
    Woke up this morning, and found a Black Fox sleeping on rocks under a Pine Tree in our Backyard in Littleton Colorado. Didn't know that they existed. Beautiful animal.
  • ShuhFox Dec 31, 2009 @ 6:58 pm | delete
    When I first heard about the black fox, I thought it was cute. :) But why do people have to think it's a bad creature? Seeing it in a graveyard, I hope you'd only think that way BECAUSE you saw it in a graveyard. The only reason I'm sayinng this is because I LOOOOVE FOXES! (=^.^=)
  • s.hicks Dec 6, 2009 @ 10:10 am | delete
    Saw a black fox with a white tip tail at hick's beach in port elgin new brunswick...hunting squirrels...my 3 1/2 lb white poodle wanted to chase it away.
    s.s
  • Matt Burel Hoschton, ga Nov 26, 2009 @ 7:53 am | delete
    I came across a black fox this morning in a little patch of woods that I hunt. I have never seen one, so I came home and research it.
  • Steve Dugger - Loveland, CO Nov 13, 2009 @ 5:58 pm | delete
    I spotted my first black fox this afternoon walking through the industrial park south east of Resthaven Cemetary. Same one that was rehabilitated at the Larimer County Humane Society recently??
  • Cathy Barnes-Longmont, CO Nov 10, 2009 @ 5:41 pm | delete
    Today I saw my first black fox (white tipped tail) sitting in the northeast section of a cloverleaf connecting Rt. 34 and I-25 in Colorado. It looks as though there have been a few sightings in these past few months. I'd love to see one again and be able to photograph it.
  • Moore93006 Dec 22, 2009 @ 12:32 pm | delete
    We have one living behind our house in Loveland if you're interested. I'm guessing it's full grown because of it's size. Let me know and I'll give you directions. I've only seen it once during the daytime. Usually it's early morning hours and it's not very afraid of our dogs.
  • Scott Storey Nov 7, 2009 @ 3:02 pm | delete
    Nov 7 2009, We live in Dixon IL in the country and this morning we saw a black fox. It was with a red fox. We didn't know there was such a thing as a black fox, but there it was 3 of us watched it, so it wasn't my imagination. This was a beautiful sight and I am glad to record it!
  • Karina Nov 4, 2009 @ 8:00 pm | delete
    I think black foxes are the most butteful animal in the world!!!!!
  • Evan Nov 3, 2009 @ 5:48 pm | delete
    I went to go running around 10 pm in troy, MI (20 minutes from detroit) and a black fox was walking through the well lit parking lot i was jogging through. I always thought they were just myths and im hoping this isn't bad luck.
  • Kirstie Nov 1, 2009 @ 8:47 am | delete
    Around 8:15 this morning I saw two near my house in downtown Loveland,CO one came right up to the house and had a greyish face it was beautiful the bad part is I didn't get a picture.
  • Kim of Peoria, Illinois Oct 26, 2009 @ 1:10 pm | delete
    At noon today, we watched a totally black Fox stroll across our front pasture, past our 11 grazing horses, around our front pond, under the fence, and sit down in the adjacent lowland near our pond. It is the 2nd time this black beauty has been spotted in the last week. I only hope it does not have too strong a taste for my ducks and guinea fowl. I have learned the hard way that my birds must be secure and safe at night in order to escape the awful fate of being a fox's dinner. I have trained my poultry to go into my barn at night so they can sleep in fearless peace. Black or red or grey...foxes are crafty and heartless hunters with lethal consequences for my beloved poultry. Yes, they have to eat...but not my livestock, please!
  • Gary Oct 15, 2009 @ 8:24 pm | in reply to Dorothy Nadeau | delete
    At 3:15 this morning, doing the insomniac shuffle, I saw a pair of black foxes running around a large doe for about 5 minutes in the front yard of my parents home in Grand Marais, Mi. (U.P.).
    It was too dark out to tell if they had white tips on their tails.
    I wish I could have photographed them, as I was accused of dreaming or seeing red or grey fox.
  • Jim Peif Oct 9, 2009 @ 10:11 pm | delete
    Monday October 5th, 2009, I was driving to my home in Timber Creek Estats on
    Whispering Pines Circle 4.5 miles south of Breckenridge, CO, saw a black fox with a white tip tail and could not believe my eyes. I have never seen anything with such beauty and did not know that was such a thing as a black fox.
  • Skr Oct 1, 2009 @ 8:48 am | delete
    had one run in front of me on bowles east of santa fe this morning at 5 am. probably a bad sign. Had a white tipped tail.[in reply to Bob Steinle-Highlands Ranch, CO]
  • Bob Steinle-Highlands Ranch, CO Sep 27, 2009 @ 11:03 pm | delete
    Yesterday evening about 6:30 we were in downtown Dillon, Colorado and saw a black fox with a white tipped tail! Downtown Dillon! I've lived in Colorado since 1958 and vacationed with my parents in Nederland in the early 50"s. Hunted and fished for years. Never, ever have seen one of these. Must have been good luck because the Broncos beat the Raiders today!!
  • Bob Steinle-Highlands Ranch, CO Sep 27, 2009 @ 11:03 pm | delete
    Yesterday evening about 6:30 we were in downtown Dillon, Colorado and saw a black fox with a white tipped tail! Downtown Dillon! I've lived in Colorado since 1958 and vacationed with my parents in Nederland in the early 50"s. Hunted and fished for years. Never, ever have seen one of these. Must have been good luck because the Broncos beat the Raiders today!!
  • Susan Sep 27, 2009 @ 5:29 pm | delete
    I saw one in Northern Lumpkin county in Georgia. The 1st time was late evening and the 2nd time was yesterday afternoon. It was a beautiful animal.
  • Marie Sep 3, 2009 @ 9:45 pm | delete
    My son and I live in Thornton, CO and have a black fox with white tip tail running through our neighborhood almost every night. We seen it again tonight...very beautiful shiny black coat!
  • Rob Aug 25, 2009 @ 10:12 pm | delete
    I live in Colorado and when taking a drive ten miles east of the Utah border in Northwest Colorado, a long black fox with a long bushy tail with a white tip ran across the road. Thought I was hallucinating until I looked it up on the internet when I got home! Beautiful.
  • Rachel Aug 25, 2009 @ 3:04 pm | delete
    Just come from my nightly walk across the farmers field in Peterborough,UK, to be startled by a strange noise, then to follow what I thought was a black dog, only to discover a black fox. It appeared stressed in its call and followed us across the field as we moved away swiftly.

    Amazing creature, very inqistive but kept its distance but also remained in its call. Great expereince, but only looking at this website has it settled me.
  • Dorothy Nadeau Aug 22, 2009 @ 4:05 pm | delete
    I saw what I think was a black fox on Lakeshore Dr. in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, in an Indian Reservation. It was running in the middle of the road. Traffic was slowing and stopping for it. I tooted my horn as it ran in front of my car...thought it was a dog, but had no collar. I didn't think there was such an animal, but the configuration was exactly that of a fox. Beautifu animal!
  • Chimpo Aug 17, 2009 @ 2:15 am | delete
    I saw one this weekend in southern Denver, CO. He was just wandering around a subdivision near Centennial. Full grown, pitch black with a white tail tip.
  • j f m Aug 3, 2009 @ 3:47 pm | delete
    am working on the borders of wales at the moment and see a black fox with a white ring on its tail nearly every day never knew they were so rare
  • kiwisoutback Jul 17, 2009 @ 6:12 pm | delete
    We have red and gray foxes around here, but no black ones to my knowledge. Well done, Squid Angel blessed!
  • Ruth Jun 30, 2009 @ 8:12 pm | in reply to moonsong25 | delete
    Hi,

    I wonder where in MD you are? I am in Oxon Hill just over the line from DC. For weeks have been hearing a very unpleasant noise at night. As there is a woods on the lot next to ours, I figured it was one of the animals living there--hunting? Or being hunted? I didn't know what it was.
    Tonight, I drove into my yard just as dusk was fading to night and saw a smallish black animal crossing the yard. I stopped and took a look. It stopped and looked back. I figured it was a fox--black, with a bushy tail but it didn't look at all like the red foxes I've seen. Tail wasn't that bushy, the look was almost like a big scrawny cat with pricked up ears. Then it barked at me--the same sound I'd been hearing in the night for weeks. It doesn't have that white patch at the tip of the tail as some of the black fox photos online show--it was all black.
    So I wonder where in MD you are--if you are near me or if there are a lot of them around the state.
  • Henry Jun 7, 2009 @ 10:11 pm | delete
    We live in Loveland, Colorado, and have a series of rough stone terraces in our back yard. A vixen comes every spring to raise a litter of kits to our great delight. To our surprise this year, four of her four kits are black! Three of these four have a white tip on the tail; the fourth is completely black. We had heard of a male black fox in the area but had never seen him. As you can imagine, these black foxes have become quite a neighborhood attraction.
  • FNorm Jun 3, 2009 @ 11:59 am | delete
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  • moonsong25 Jun 1, 2009 @ 2:26 pm | delete
    I live in the Catskills, NY and I literally was just out this morning walking in the woods with my 6 month old son strapped to my chest when I heard a cry that I thought was a bird at first, but as I got closer, it sounded more like that of my cat. I stopped, but the sound came closer, and then emerged onto the path a black fox cub. I, too, had no idea what I was looking at, and tried to take a picture with my phone, but the memory was full. It began to approach me in a nervous way, crying all along, and I didn't want it closer, so I turned to go back, but saw its mama on the path behind me - also black. I could hear cries of other cubs in the distance, and I knew I was between mom & cub. Eventually, she jumped off the path and I walked back down toward my house, telling her I didn't want to hurt her or the baby & I was a mom too. I came back in and searched it out online because I'd never seen one before, and here I landed.
  • Maryland May 24, 2009 @ 1:37 pm | delete
    I live in Maryland and there is a black fox(s) that lives somewhere around my house. I first saw it last year around midnight and then I saw it again this year around the same time. At first I had no idea what it was but after searching the internet I figured out it was a black fox. Mine looks pretty much like the pictures I have seen except for the fact that it is a good bit fatter. I guess there is some good food around my house.
  • Cate Mowat May 5, 2009 @ 3:56 pm | delete
    What a great experience. I'm amazed there are still sightings of a black fox inthe UK. I stay in Scotland and since January last year when we started to get regular visits from a friendly red fox vixen, have become fascinated with this beautiful animal and am trying to gather together people's experiences with these animals and some of their folklore.
    If there is anyone in Scoland who may have seen a black fox, please get in touch. Jane,, I would love to hear from you again if you are lucky enough to get another sighting.

    Best wishes,
    Cate.[in reply to Jane]
  • spirituality May 1, 2009 @ 12:29 pm | delete
    Great lens - you've been blessed by a squidoo angel :)
  • Denise Mar 7, 2009 @ 9:29 am | in reply to kevin hehir | delete
    I live in Metro Denver Colorado. Our backyard backs up to a large soccer field - I looked out my window this morning and saw a BEAUTIFUL BLACK FOX running by our chain link fence. WOW, how beautiful, what a gift.
  • Shelley711 Mar 4, 2009 @ 2:09 pm | delete
    I live in NorthWest Florida, near Eglin A.F.B. and had the pleasure of witnessing a black fox running across the road. I wasn't sure what I saw so I began asking around and decided to go online to find out, for sure, what I had seen. I was stunned to find that it is such a rare animal to North America, much less, Florida. I feel lucky to have encountered such and animal. Just wish I had a camera with me at the time. A memory photo will suffice for me!
  • WritingforYourWealth Feb 9, 2009 @ 8:27 pm | delete
    Interesting! I'd never heard of a black fox before. Love the pics. :)
  • Jane Feb 5, 2009 @ 1:39 pm | delete
    Hi

    I was opening my bedroom curtains 7.30am on Monday 2 February 2009 and just below in the gravelled area of my garden I saw what I thought was a black cat but realised it was too big for a cat. It was a black fox but I had never heard of black one before. What a lovely sight this black beauty against the thick snow covering I watched it go through the hedgerow into the field at the side of my property. My son and daughter in live in a property to the front of my house and I mentioned what I saw and my daughter in law told me that she and my grandaughter watched it leaving my garden and walking in the field. It returned on Tuesday morning although I did not see it but noticed the new paw prints in the snow. There has been no sign since but I have put some dog food out - it must be hungry to come so close to my house, I live in Warwickshire by the way.
  • Trinity Rivers Jan 14, 2009 @ 6:45 am | delete
    The black fox shown in the pictures above is an astonishing creature. Should I ever have the chance in completing my goal, I will see to it that a Rehabilitation Sanctuary is created for any animals to have fallen in danger, including the black fox.

    Kitsune ~ <3
  • Animal lover Jan 13, 2009 @ 6:34 pm | delete
    May there be more Black Foxes and may God keep them safe.
  • kevin hehir Jan 9, 2009 @ 4:33 pm | delete
    hi i am the man who took the picture at the top of the black fox. It has brought me nothing but good luck since the day i saw it to the extent that i'm havin it tattoo'd as a reminder of that magic sight. i hope one day you are all as lucky as me to see a black fox.
    Good Luck :)
  • kaie timbland Jan 6, 2009 @ 7:34 pm | delete
    what a beautiful animal i never new they were real how amzing they are and cute !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • susannaduffy Dec 17, 2008 @ 12:34 am | delete
    What a beautiful animal! 5* Also, I had no idea that there were any foxes at all in USA, whether of any colour, mythical or literal, past or present. I have lensrolled this to my dingo (dingo-australia), a lovely creature rapidly becoming extinct
  • JamesThomasCalhoun Oct 28, 2008 @ 4:39 am | delete
    I love Squidoo because people make lenses like this. I will save it and share it with my daughter. We will both dream of seeing a black fox one day. Thanks
  • debnet Oct 20, 2008 @ 8:26 pm | delete
    Oh how lovely! I had a family of foxes at the bottom of a graden where I once lived. I loved seeing and hearing them all. But I've never heard of a black fox. Thanks for such a well written, informative lens! 5 foxy stars for you ;)
  • daria369 Oct 11, 2008 @ 9:43 pm | delete
    On the top photo black fox looks like a really cute puppy and I was already wandering what breed that would be... :)
    Great lens!
  • The_Homeopath Oct 10, 2008 @ 6:17 pm | delete
    What a beautiful fox! It reminds me a bit of a page I read the other day about a rare white House Sparrow also in Britain.
  • RichLeigh Oct 7, 2008 @ 1:39 pm | delete
    An excellent and really very interesting lens from you as always. I wasn't aware of the Black Fox before, I sure am now though and would love to see one for myself! I know it's unlikely that I ever will; it'd still be nice to do so however and I believe it'd be really quite an exciting experience. Such beautiful creatures, shame about the noises they make but they certainly are very nice to look at! A fantastic lens from you there and a certain 5 stars from me. A very well laid out and informative lens! Your writing is beautiful as always and I just loved everything about the lens.

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