The Great Cougar Cover Up (Illinois, Michigan)

WLS-TV/DT ^ | May 21, 2008 | Chuck Goudie

[IGOTMINE]

This title screams for satire. I can’t wait to see the pics on this thread!

[Smokin' Joe]

Anecdotal evidence does not count unless you are:

A: a state approved, degreed wildlife biologist, or

B: Drop the carcass on their doorstep so one can verify that um, yup, it's a cougar all right.

Sightings and sign (tracks) were denied as being cougar in North Dakota, too, until a few got shot. Now the State has a 5 cat season on them...and a lot of ranchers have shovels.

[raybbr]

My brother lives in IL. When he told me they said the cat came from SD I told him they were crazy. He still believes the govt. in everything.

[6SJ7]

Government officials will deny the big cats existence until a cougar eats some connected pol’s lap dog.

[decimon]

A local video production company with experience in law enforcement cases tested the state's theory by putting a common house cat in the same spot the woman photographed the suspected cougar, and they compared its size to a 6-foot tall man in the middle and the suspected cougar on the left. Conclusion: it was no house cat.

"Listen Jones, I know that's your cat in my yard and it keeps eating my Great Danes."

[laotzu]

initial tests suggest the cougar made a 950 mile trip to Chicago from South Dakota

Uh.....O.K.

[Nailbiter]

I would say trank the cat, then throw in room with expert and lock the door. /s
LOL

[laotzu]

my cougar

[theDentist]

my cougar

[decimon]

You don’t often see pictures open from bottom to top.

[MarkL]

For years the MO department of conservation discounted reports of mountain lions in the Kansas City area. Then one morning, one was hit and killed by a pickup truck while chasing a deer across I-435 during the morning commute. It happened in an area known for caves AND and amusement park. That area is also becoming far more of a residential area these days.

We've also been having problems of coyotes taking cats and small dogs. It's only a matter of time before a child is attacked.

Mark

[Hatteras]

Whatever do you mean?....

[cyclotic]

A friend of my mom’s hit a cougar with his car in the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan a few weeks ago. He’s got the photo’s.

[Hegemony Cricket]

What does any of that have to do with Demi Moore?

[verity]

Frequent flyer miles. ;-)

[Farmer Dean]

Or their child.

[decimon]

What does any of that have to do with Demi Moore?

She sent threatening letters to Mayor Daley?

[decimon]

For years the MO department of conservation discounted reports of mountain lions in the Kansas City area.

Forget Kansas City. They should reconsider some of those AWOLs at Fort Leonard Wood. ;-)

[P8riot]

This is cool. Chicago is dealing with cougars, and here in Richmond, VA we’ve got black bears. A tractor trailer ran one over on I-95 just a couple days ago.