cherokeeruby":3cbpn0q1 said:
Good point, have not seen a photo of one. But there is some kind of big cat bigger than a bobcat roaming around. Have seen large track with no claws. If I ever see another track will take a photo if I can.
I did say I have never seen one.
Back in the late 70's I was told that I was either dreaming or lying when I ran over a big cat on I-35 in NW Missouri, just south of Eagleville. And I do have to admit that there was no blood, no tracks, no trace of anything. 6 months later the decomposed carcass of a mountain lion was found less than a mile from where I had hit it.
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission officially claims that there are no mountain lions in Nebraska -- but I don't see how they can say that. One was shot not 10 miles from here about 4 years ago outside of Denton, it was stalking a farmer. Law enforcement actually considered bringing charges against the farmer for killing an "endangered species" -- it was in all the papers, right down to Game & Parks verifying that the animal was definitely a mountain lion.
Another one was tranquilized and captured in Omaha just last summer, they're building a special habitat for it at the zoo. And I know of 2 that were killed on roads in Lancaster county in the past couple of years (buddy works on the crew that removes road kill).
There are more big cats around than what people think.
Ann B