Can you say... here kitty, kitty, kitty

farmergal · 04-16-2008, 05:49 AM

I got this email a few weeks back. Been meaning to post

Quote:

These photos were taken just over the border of NY on the PA side.
Near Elmira NY. Looks like quite a cat. Can you imagine looking out
your window and seeing this guy on your back porch (where the kids play).
These photos were taken last week! So, I guess....like the DEC keeps
saying:
'There are no Mountain Lions around here and there are NO photos!!!!'

...Yup. Sure...

Carri · 04-16-2008, 06:18 AM

I would faint if one of those was on my back porch!

HoldYourHorses · 04-16-2008, 06:21 AM

Wow! & to think I was just up in that area 2 weeks ago!

Glad he didn't come anywhere near me!

tallyho · 04-16-2008, 06:22 AM

cool and scarey at the same time.....too bad it is so tough to co-exist

carlagsd · 04-16-2008, 06:24 AM

Even scarier is that the cat didn't run away from the person taking it's picture. Instead he hisses at 'em. I wouldn't want to deal with that one! He must be desperate.

Does anyone know if that's normal behavior for a cougar??

BarnBum · 04-16-2008, 06:26 AM

I got the SAME email a couple weeks ago and they said it was in Montana. GOes to show you can't trust the internet !!

bunnyal · 04-16-2008, 06:33 AM

Did anyone watch the news last night with Charlie Gibson. He had a segment about a cougar running loose on the streets in Chicago. When the police finally had him cornered in an alley they shot and killed him. They say he charged them. DUH!! Go figure, a cornered wild cat charging. This one was over 5' long and about 150 lbs.

tuffsmom · 04-16-2008, 06:34 AM

I saw them coming out of Colorado. There was a story in the Chicago Tribune about one being killed there. Mountain lions are all over. Sheri came face to face with one at a barn we use to lease. The game and parks told us it was an over grown barn cat. This one was female and she had babies. At times at night you could see 4 tails walking through the tall grass.

We also got in foal in to take care of that had been attacked by one. This foal was pastured 45 minutes away.

carmor07 · 04-16-2008, 06:50 AM

I would rather see that on someone elses back porch,lol.That would be cool.If it were on mine i would probably have a heart attack.

paso_lover · 04-16-2008, 07:02 AM

HOLY

BarnBum · 04-16-2008, 07:17 AM

The Florida Panther resembles the mountain lion. We have them here where I live. Not many as they are on the endangered list. They are starting to migrate into more populated areas kiling livestock (goats, chickens, foals, etc). A person I work with had one come up on his back porch, thru the screen and take his pet cat who was sleeping on the back porch. He saw the whole thing and it was very devistating. I could only imagine.

Growth/Building is taking these beautiful creatures into areas of population for food. They are only wanting to survive too.

beezwing · 04-16-2008, 08:05 AM

I love snopes
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals...untainlion.asp

real pictures, made up and changeable location.

but still...scary to have on your porch

k

farmergal · 04-16-2008, 10:10 AM

Snopes won't let me copy and paste

guess they don't want to be quoted out of context. So..... paper and pen in hand I copied this.

Quote:

We spoke with Dave Hamilton of the Missouri Department of conversation's Mountain Lion Reserve Team who has been tracking these pictures, and he informed us that they were actually taken back around 2001 or 2002 by Dr. Dave Roger's at his home in Lander, Wyoming (with the details about the big cat's watching his little kids on the kitchen floor" being a bit of a fictitious sensationalism added by unknown hands).

I'm sure I don't want anything large and wild staring me through the door.

I freaked when a huge rat was looking at me through my in-laws patio door.

Here is another pic from another email. Claims are this is a bear shot near my home.

My husband claims it's the same bear that crossed his path when he stopped to check his load. (He was hauling hay) He said he couldn't get back in the truck fast enough. Darn and to think I decided to stay home on that run.

Well I guess you'll have to wait for the bear pic seams photobucket is undergoing some changes and I can't download.

jjsimsez · 04-16-2008, 01:16 PM

i talked to a driver from upper pa on cb once and he said his brother hit and killed a cat like this.it was ahem tagged!dnr in montana or something.

called them up and they said yah you guys stupid over there.your government is trading these cats for wild turkeys(i think he said turkeys).they gave him a # he called it and was an insurance company

apparently gov. put them in charge of the program to bring in cats to lower deer populations which cost ins. co. lots of money.here in northern indiana black pumas been spotted off n on for years.dnr says no way.i didnt believe people till my mom saw one that my 2 shepard/rotts cornered in a tree in my back field.she said when she went out n called off dogs it dropped 12 feet down n took off in woods.yep goes to show you gov. will tell u anything

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04-16-2008, 06:18 AM
Carri Bombproof Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Alpharetta, Georgia Posts: 10,620	I would faint if one of those was on my back porch! __________________

04-16-2008, 06:21 AM
HoldYourHorses Weanling Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Lakeland Posts: 423	Wow! & to think I was just up in that area 2 weeks ago! Glad he didn't come anywhere near me! __________________ Are the things you're living for worth Christ dying for? Think about it.

04-16-2008, 06:22 AM
tallyho Long Yearling Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Trappe, PA Posts: 1,157	cool and scarey at the same time.....too bad it is so tough to co-exist

04-16-2008, 06:24 AM
carlagsd Yearling Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 730	Even scarier is that the cat didn't run away from the person taking it's picture. Instead he hisses at 'em. I wouldn't want to deal with that one! He must be desperate. Does anyone know if that's normal behavior for a cougar?? __________________ Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.

04-16-2008, 06:26 AM
BarnBum Greenbroke Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sunshine State Posts: 3,872	I got the SAME email a couple weeks ago and they said it was in Montana. GOes to show you can't trust the internet !!

04-16-2008, 06:33 AM
bunnyal Yearling Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Pasco County, Florida Posts: 837	Did anyone watch the news last night with Charlie Gibson. He had a segment about a cougar running loose on the streets in Chicago. When the police finally had him cornered in an alley they shot and killed him. They say he charged them. DUH!! Go figure, a cornered wild cat charging. This one was over 5' long and about 150 lbs. __________________ mysite.verizon.net/res8ismu/whisperoaks When I die I want to be buried face down, so those who didn't like me can kiss my a**!

04-16-2008, 06:34 AM
tuffsmom Seasoned Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Nebraska Posts: 4,252	I saw them coming out of Colorado. There was a story in the Chicago Tribune about one being killed there. Mountain lions are all over. Sheri came face to face with one at a barn we use to lease. The game and parks told us it was an over grown barn cat. This one was female and she had babies. At times at night you could see 4 tails walking through the tall grass. We also got in foal in to take care of that had been attacked by one. This foal was pastured 45 minutes away. __________________

04-16-2008, 06:50 AM
carmor07 Long Yearling Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: tn. Posts: 1,062	I would rather see that on someone elses back porch,lol.That would be cool.If it were on mine i would probably have a heart attack.

04-16-2008, 07:02 AM
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04-16-2008, 07:17 AM
BarnBum Greenbroke Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sunshine State Posts: 3,872	The Florida Panther resembles the mountain lion. We have them here where I live. Not many as they are on the endangered list. They are starting to migrate into more populated areas kiling livestock (goats, chickens, foals, etc). A person I work with had one come up on his back porch, thru the screen and take his pet cat who was sleeping on the back porch. He saw the whole thing and it was very devistating. I could only imagine. Growth/Building is taking these beautiful creatures into areas of population for food. They are only wanting to survive too.

04-16-2008, 08:05 AM
beezwing Coming two Join Date: May 2007 Location: louisiana Posts: 1,861	I love snopes http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals...untainlion.asp real pictures, made up and changeable location. but still...scary to have on your porch k __________________ “Preach the gospel at all times, if necessary use words.” St Francis

04-16-2008, 01:16 PM
jjsimsez Weanling Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: indiana Posts: 413	i talked to a driver from upper pa on cb once and he said his brother hit and killed a cat like this.it was ahem tagged!dnr in montana or something.called them up and they said yah you guys stupid over there.your government is trading these cats for wild turkeys(i think he said turkeys).they gave him a # he called it and was an insurance companyapparently gov. put them in charge of the program to bring in cats to lower deer populations which cost ins. co. lots of money.here in northern indiana black pumas been spotted off n on for years.dnr says no way.i didnt believe people till my mom saw one that my 2 shepard/rotts cornered in a tree in my back field.she said when she went out n called off dogs it dropped 12 feet down n took off in woods.yep goes to show you gov. will tell u anything