Oh, good, I'm glad they cleared this up.
It must be those western cougars visiting back here in the east - these that we see with our very own eyes. I took photos of tracks of one after he trotted through my woods. This was a 4 yrs or so ago - he must be back home in the west by now. By the way, this is maine. (But I also had an encounter with one years ago in the Berkshires in western Mass.)
the photo below is a file photo online
the two pads in the back is from the way a mt lion trots - his back paw lands just a bit behind his front foot, in the same track.