“I’m old and have had a good life”.
Nonsense, OldPossum! You are still very young at heart. You keep carrying that .357 and you stay safe! It wouldn’t surprise me at all if they were in Virginia or Pennsylvania. I would be glancing around for those big paw prints but you know what... there are a lot of predators (4 legged and 2 legged) around us all the time. IMHO, the .357 is sort of your “equalizer” and you should have it on all your walks!
Thanks for the concern. That is very kind of you.
I often am armed most of the time, but all of the time is better.
And yes, there is a very good chance that the cougars are in Virginia. The house in VA is near the Shenandoah National Park and if the cats are anywhere, they’re there. But there are a lot of houses between here and the Park (roughly 25 miles), so it’s unlikely that the cougars would travel in this direction.