Man I haven't been on Summitpost in awhile. Anyway I thought I would share this:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110302/ap_on_sc/us_eastern_cougar

They said the same thing about the ivory billed woodpecker.

gbeane wrote: Some of the paw prints appeared to be clawless which would be explained by a pet cougar that had been declawed.

?? most wild cats don't leave claw marks in prints.

Fletch wrote:I thought you were talking about a girl I met in a Cape Cod bar one time... my bad!

Classic.

There have been alot of photos in the recent years of them here in New Brunswick. I would have a hard time imagining they're gone from Maine when they seem to be growing ever popular here.... though maybe they're coming for the Canadian back bacon..... There were some pictures a year or so ago a guy took from inside his house. The cougar had gotten up on his deck and was watching his children playing in the livingroom....creepy. The lynx is getting quite popular too. Plus in Fundy Park they have caught them on the cameras they have set up to catch wildlife in the park.

I can testify that they are not...

Scott

I saw a picture from a friend of mine who lived near Corning, NY. The picture had three cougars in the yard, sitting on a snow-covered car. Also, I live in a small town in Central New York, about a year ago there were several mauled sheep at our game farm, including one found in a tree...I sure know that wasn't a coyote.