A hunter on Sideling Hill in MD felt like he was being watched and turned around just in time to see a mountain lion coiled to pounce on him, from a nearby low tree branch.
He was *lucky*.
But we don’t have them here.
/s
Yeah I apologize for leaving Maryland off my eastern states list!
And why wouldn’t they be back or their numbers increasing? The deer population and other prey is exploding, the predator population will respond likewise. Whether this is a growth in a survivor remnant few or immigrants from the West or Florida what does it matter, they’re back!
Someone will probably have to be killed before it’s acknowledged.