tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640720869573765014.post5311283375897326639..comments2022-04-05T13:20:41.107-04:00Comments on Eastern Cougar Sightings: Connecticut Cougar!- clark -http://www.blogger.com/profile/08957267884686154782noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640720869573765014.post-49041922491880163912011-09-14T13:58:07.621-04:002011-09-14T13:58:07.621-04:00In the summer of 1988 in the baxter state forest i...In the summer of 1988 in the baxter state forest in Maine. I was driving down the road heading towards town and a large cat jumped up on the shoulder of the raod and ran aprox. 50ft along the front of my truck before turning and heading back into the woods. I always thought this was a mountain lion bit after seeing pictures of the Eastern Cougar I am quie sure it was a Cougar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640720869573765014.post-16267508637129657312011-08-02T18:13:03.854-04:002011-08-02T18:13:03.854-04:00My nephew was serving on a jury a couple of years ...My nephew was serving on a jury a couple of years ago in South Carolina and one of the other jurors was a woman who was also a hunter who owned a farm (near Spartanburg SC). She showed him a photo taken by one of the capture cams they have staked around their acreage to check on wildlife. And in the photo was a cougar, plain as day. There had been two photos set off by the motion detector. The first one was of a deer, which they expect to see. Then the next one was taken when the detector went off again a few minutes later, and that was the cougar. It was obviously tracking the deer. My nephew saw the photos, and believed the woman.James Robert Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281049641681225389noreply@blogger.com