I believe I saw a wild cougar last night!

[RP-Motorsports]

I was driving N on I65 about 45 miles north of Indy @ about 3:30 am heading back to WI and I saw something that looked exactly like this standing about 6 feet down the ditch looking at me! Cool as hell!!! I did some research and found sporadic sightings in the midwest. The area was wooded, and no town or crossroads for at least 10 miles.

 

[KGP]

I don't doubt it for a second! My family has a farm in north Missouri, and for a few years the locals have been claiming to see cougars, only to be dissed by others (very small town). Well, last week some guy killed a 7 foot cougar on his farm. My local UPS driver has family up there as well, and brought by a picture of the thing, It was huge. I have been looking for a pic on the internet, but haven't found one yet. I have no idea why the guy shot it yet.

Also, last year a guy killed a wolf (thought it was a coyote). When he inspected it he found some type of conservation department tag. After tracing the tag, it turns out the the wolf was tagged almost exactly 1 year before in the upper UP of Michigan. Made its wat from the UP to northern Missouri in 1 year.

 

[RP-Motorsports]

Made its way from the UP to northern Missouri in 1 year.

Wow! Thats just it, most of these animals sleep all day, and are nocturnal hunters. Unless you surprise it with lights, or with nightvision/infrared, most of us never see them. I am starting to see why people are seeing them more, its because there is not much natural habitat left. New subdivisions growing in woods and cornfields every day.

 

[NSX/MR2]

Limited space was why a cougar killed a guy in California this week. He attacked a woman,too, before the cops hunted him down.

 

[saxonsaxon]

People

There is more and more of us. It may be good for the economy but I sure miss the days when it did not taske me 2 hours of highway driving to see a forest.

 

[Mr.Wolf]

Also, last year a guy killed a wolf

I am not impressed.