Cougar Sighting

[1911]

At the end of October Mrs1911, the dog and I go down to Florida to see the kids new place in Clermont, just a little northwest of Orlando. So we're walking the dog around the neighborhood at sunup when one of the neighbors asks us where we are from and if we would recognize a bobcat if we saw it, pointing across the pond. I can't quite make it out but it sure is no housecat. He hands me a pair of binocs. Through the binocs it's obvious that it's not a bobcat-it's a PANTHER.



The only reason I didn't move in for a closer pic is because breakfast was ready

 

[bluesdog]

Hello Kitty!

When I was @ 12 or so, I was stalked by one as I walked home alone along an unpaved rural road in BC's Shuswap region.

My hair, (I had hair then!), stood up, and I stopped, turned and shone my flashlight right in the cat's face as it crouched in among the trees at roadside.

It was extremely difficult not to run, but I remembered being advised never to run from a cougar, as that would trigger its predatory instinct to chase.

As I stepped inside and closed the cabin door, my brother asked me why I was so pale and shaking. He didn't believe me until next morning when he saw the tracks all around the cabin.

I can still see those eyes.

 

[1911]

i did think it would be cool to get close enough for a better pic and to make the cat move to get it on video but i recalled seeing this on tv



across the pond there was a dog chained up in a back yard. it was a pretty big dog.

 

[El Toro Joe]

I watched a family of 5 of them walk down a cart path across from my dad's house in Florida...it was pretty cool to see them that close up.

 

[SouthernCruizer]

I clicked on this topic in hopes of seeing a beautiful, sexy older lady...what a disappointment. Must be Monday

 

[NTXFJR]

I clicked on this topic in hopes of seeing a beautiful, sexy older lady...what a disappointment. Must be Monday

Yeah, it was kind of set up that way right? Lol

 

[griff]

Ok - I give. This old fart can't see the panther in the pic. Where is it?

 

[zzzzip]

Ok - I give. This old fart can't see the panther in the pic. Where is it?

Don't move.....it's right behind you.

 

[1911]

Ok - I give. This old fart can't see the panther in the pic. Where is it?

 

[Ramblin]

Ok - I give. This old fart can't see the panther in the pic. Where is it?

I think see it lying on the grass near the center of the picture.

(I answered a little too late.)

 

[griff]

Ok - I give. This old fart can't see the panther in the pic. Where is it?

Don't move.....it's right behind you.

No, that's my wife

Ok - I give. This old fart can't see the panther in the pic. Where is it?

Thanks. Looks like a rock to me

 

[metalman]

How about this kitty.....

Reportedly hit by a truck near Vinita, Okla

 

[ionbeam]

How about this kitty.....Reportedly hit by a truck near Vinita, Okla

Good kitty! Eats deer. Need more, but they need to learn to look both ways before crossing the street.

 

[08FJR4ME]

And I thought this thread would have some hot chick in there 40's or 50's. Oh well

Back to work,

Dave

 

[erixun]

A friend was bow hunting mule deer here in Utah and kept getting that 'some one is watching me feeling'. He finally noticed the cat stalking him about 10 feet away. Said it was creepy how stealthy that big of a beast could be. End of the story is he wet himself a little and got out of there while the getting was good.

 

[HotRodZilla]

Metalman, that's a good sized Cougar.

Can't see much of the one on the grass. Probably not a Panther though. Haha...