Monday, September 13, 2010

Cougar update

While I (and many residents) of the neighborhood are skeptical about the cougar sightings previously reported, there seems to be some basis for thinking that it may be true. While scouting the internet, I found this post at a blog called The Locavore Hunter. The blogger mentions the quite logical possibility that cougar sightings in Virginia (and elsewhere in the eastern U.S.) may be genuine, and that these cougars most likely are escapees from private menageries.

I shall continue to keep a sharp eye out.

11 comments:

  1. Private menageries, eh? That makes some sense.....I have a relative who runs an animal farm, and they get a fair number of animals from that source. I don't recall her getting cougars from those, but she did get other carnivores.

    Still, that ain't anything to tangle with. Maybe they'll wander up into DC, and munch on Reid. Not Pelosi -- all that Botox probably makes her toxic.

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  2. Even Reid is likely to give all but the most iron-stomached cougars a belly ache.

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  3. Ah Paco, you had better keep a sharp eye out for a "British Teen banned from USA for life after sending abusive email to Barack Obama". [Perthnow 14/9/2010].
    "Luke Angel 17 fired off a single email criticizing the US Government after seeing a TV program about the 9/11 attacks".
    Apparently what he called Obama, was "unacceptable".

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  4. Robbie: I heard about that on the radio this morning. Considering some of the things I've called him, I guess I'm due for a meeting with a firing squad.

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  5. Keep a close eye on the Official Dog, Paco.

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  6. We don't have cougars here, not the four legged kind, but rumors still persist about another big cat...

    http://www.news.com.au/national/mystery-of-elusive-blue-mountains-panther/story-e6frfkvr-1225902332607

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  7. Well, after the Neverland Ranch closed those animals had to go somewhere....

    We have the occasional cougar (four legged, that is) in Los Angeles, so why not Virginia? There are signs up on Muholland Drive cautioning visitors to the parks. Every year there is a report of at least one bear in a hot tub in the foothills of Los Angeles. And you thought bambi was your only problem, Paco. Sheesh!

    Deborah Leigh

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  8. Re your cougar story, I was out at the lake today (all the kids are in school, so it's quiet and peaceful out there), just walking the paths around the beach area, and I happened on a dumpster that had been turned over. I figured an animal got in it and turned it over. Now, most of the dumpsters out there are like the residential kind, but still a pretty substantial size and weight. I was able to lift it back up with a little effort, and put the scattered garbage back in it, and then it hit me:

    What was big enough to turn one of those things over?

    It's a state park, so it's got a good bit of wild forest around it. I hoofed it to the car and came home.

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