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Posted: Fri Sep 10th, 2004 02:02 am |
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I would like to hear from anyone who has seen the large cats called cougar, mountain lion, puma or black panther. Since 1965, over 7,500 sightings have been recorded from every state east of the Mississippi River.
Every state/federal wildlife agency continues to deny their presence, except to say, they may be relased/escaped pets. If all the sightings are of "released/escaped" pets, from which agency are the cats being released???
Contray to popular belief, 65% of all witnesses are very credible individuals with backgrounds in law enforcement, forestry or wildlife.
We would like to hear from anyone who knows of a report between the 1920s & today.....
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Posted: Mon Sep 13th, 2004 12:09 am |
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Yes, cats are in the East! So are the Elk that the cats and wolves feed on, among other creatures we love. You might want to talk to Roger Martin, my first cousin, of Bulan, KY, near Hazard, KY, an avid sportsman and expert in the wild. I sometimes heard the screams of cats in the southeast Kentucky mountains on camping trips. Probably wildcats, panthers could also have been at the end of the scream! I have seen wildcats at times, a very rare event. Big cats are even more tough to spy on. My Great Uncle Cliffton Combs, deceased, of Viper, KY, near Hazard, Harlan and Cumberland, insisted that he saw Elk in the 1960's in the upper reaches of the Kentucky River. I came out onto his porch about 7 AM early one morning, he was watching for the Elk he just saw. No deer, he said, a huge trophy Elk looked back at him from the river in the mist and fog that morning.
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Posted: Sat Dec 4th, 2004 07:34 pm |
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| There have been several sightings of mountain lions in Iowa also. The DNR says there aren't any here, but I have gotten the info from very reliable sources. I am an avid hunter and I have yet to see any, but I will be taking a camera with me from now on.
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Posted: Sat Feb 19th, 2005 05:54 pm |
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| I have spoken with people from northern Kentucky and central Pennsylvania who have seen mountain lions. In Bill Bryson's book, "A Walk in the Woods," he discusses mountain lion sightings. Check it out if you haven't already.
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Posted: Sun Apr 17th, 2005 06:14 am |
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My friend and owner of a Bed and Breakfast at the Red Lick area of Irvine Kentucky reported a mother and her young was seen for quite a while comming to the border of the forrest in her property.
She tells me that the cub was very pale colored. She used to observe it from her back porch with binoculars.
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Posted: Sun Apr 17th, 2005 06:29 am |
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I Forgot to write my e mail address and also to tell you that I have two other friends that have seen the mountain lion too.
One was in a four wheel, just having fun and the other was at the Red Lick area and it was at dusk and she brought her children in and has not let them play outside at that time of day.
When I told them the story they thought I was foolish since everyone knows there are Puma around that area.
Also when I lived in Morehead in the Daniel Boone Forrest one can see Bob Cat...those are small and stocky and I have only seen one...however we can hear them scream at night and usually the dog owners bring their dogs in for fear that they will be eaten?? Not sure they can do that since the one I saw was quite small and unimpressive except for how stocky and muscular it seemed.
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Posted: Tue Apr 19th, 2005 09:19 pm |
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i'm a reporter working on a story about this very topic. our coverage area includes eastern kentucky and southern west virginia. i've heard of at least one message board that includes photos of a mountain lion that had been shot in eastern kentucky. i haven't been able to find it. any help would be appreciated.
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Posted: Thu Apr 28th, 2005 04:47 am |
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Braindame wrote: My friend and owner of a Bed and Breakfast at the Red Lick area of Irvine Kentucky reported a mother and her young was seen for quite a while comming to the border of the forrest in her property.
She tells me that the cub was very pale colored. She used to observe it from her back porch with binoculars.
Dora Great book!
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Posted: Tue May 3rd, 2005 03:59 am |
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| yes i live in bellcounty ky that in the southeastern part of ky we own a farm and seen one severial times on it
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Posted: Fri May 6th, 2005 07:02 pm |
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| i grew up in northern pennsylvania and we seen black panthers on state game lands. we reported it to the tioga county game commissioners and were basically called liars. i know what i saw and heard. so yes, they do exist. i dont understand why people dont beleive eye witness accounts.
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Posted: Sun May 15th, 2005 11:33 pm |
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| I live in Morehead, KY and my husband along with my 8 year old son spotted an eastern cougar or mountain lion while on a 4-wheeler ride three days ago. About this time one year ago my daughter and I would hear a scream that we thought was probably a large cat. Local authorities have thought this large cat probably has a 40 mile radius. I'm wondering why they think there is only one?
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Posted: Sun May 15th, 2005 11:42 pm |
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kymom wrote: I'm wondering why they think there is only one? They live in territories usually by themselves. Unless of course they have children.
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Posted: Wed Jun 29th, 2005 03:22 pm |
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| I'm wondering where KYMOM's husband saw the large cat, what part of Morehead?
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Posted: Sun Jul 3rd, 2005 06:52 pm |
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| I also used to live in Morehead, KY. I remember an article in the Morehead News several years ago about a mountain lion spotted right outside of Tilden Hogge School. They even kept the kids in for a while because of it.
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Posted: Fri Jul 8th, 2005 05:40 am |
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We have them in Georgia; I remember my mother seeing a black one several years ago...could've knocked her over with a feather.
http://museum.nhm.uga.edu/gawildlife/mammals/mamsp.html
The Mountain Lion was once found throughout the United States in varied habitats from swamps to prairies, and mountains of the eastern and western states. Now it is restricted to wilderness areas of the American West and a remnant population in southern Florida. In Georgia it is possible that the Mountain Lion may occur in wilderness areas of the Blue Ridge mountains and within the Okefenokee Swamp.
Her description, though, makes me think she may have seen an off-color bobcat...which are very common in GA. We even have a trapping season for them.
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Posted: Wed Jul 20th, 2005 05:38 am |
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| I am neighbors with my family. Our houses are all connected to the woods. Five members of my family have seen a black panther. It comes out about 7 o'clock or after in the evening. We live in Clarion County. I think it is only one that I am seeing. Out of all the people I have talked to, everyone has only saw one at a time. I am just assuming that it is only one of them. Other people than my family members have seen this large black cat. So if you were assuming that me and all of my family are crazy people...there are others. When I told my husband, he laughed at me. He said there was NO- WAY. Then he saw it. We tried to get a picture of it. I have to get the roll of film developed yet. I hope we got a clear picture of it.
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Posted: Fri Jul 22nd, 2005 08:21 am |
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| Clarion County, Pennsylvania, right?
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Posted: Fri Jul 22nd, 2005 09:27 pm |
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| I think we should reduce our infringement on the environment so that these majestic animals can florish.
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Posted: Mon Aug 1st, 2005 01:45 am |
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| My brother spotted a mountain lion on the back of our quad in Ripley NY at night using a spotlight. another neighbor heard a loud noise and went outside (at night agian) and spotted the mountian lion using his spotlight. My mother while walking hit her stick on teh ground and heard a loud meow not liek a normal cat more liek a mountain lion. Another neighbor reports that the goverment in either PA or Ny release pairs of mountain lions to help controll coyote population. I'm not sure how credible this information is however.
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Posted: Fri Aug 19th, 2005 03:53 am |
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TWO PEOPLE IN CARTER & GREENUP COUNTYS HAVE GOT PICS OF A LARGE COUGER ON THERE DEER FEEDER CAMS THEY WERE TOOK THIS WEEK
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