Big kitty. Our wildlife biologists and enforcement agents are mostly political bureaucrats who dont often venture more than 100yards from the truck. It had rained previously. These powerful cats can weigh between 70-220 pounds, with males weighing more. By Cameron Arcand October 3, 2021 at 2:07pm. My assumption is it was the same animal. It was a spotless cat she estimated at close to 100 pounds. Sometimes people feared fishers (erroneously attributing the blood-curdling screams of foxes to these hard-to-spot creatures), and in the late 1930s, after several animals were slain under strange circumstances in Glastonbury, the Hartford Courant dubbed the lion-like creature supposedly responsible, the Glawackus. People often get very emotional about it, Hawley says. Mountain lions (commonly called cougar or puma) vary in size and weight. Over the years, there even have been a few mountain lions documented in central Oklahoma. Height at shoulder: 25-30 in. Stupid me grabbed my camera and a stick as to protect myself ( yes stupid idea as I could stop this thing from attacking me lol. In the first, there are those such as myself, whove maybe heard a few second- or third- or fourth-hand stories as well as official denials from state agencies or professional biologists, and therefore find themselves betwixt and between, neither believing nor disbelieving. Newspaperman John Harrigan has long covered the New England outdoors, including writing the New Hampshire Sunday News column Woods, Water & Wildlife which ran for almost 40 years. I couldnt tell you how happy I would be if mountain lions were actually recolonizing the state of Connecticut, Hawley says, but its just not happening., Hawley spoke about bobcats, mountain lions and bears on The Colin McEnroe Show: Megafauna mania: our obsession with mountain lions and other large predators.. Well, theres no difference between Maine and New Brunswick, anyway, said Betty. What to know about unconfirmed mountain lion sightings in CT. Nicole Funaro was formerly a statewide trending reporter for Hearst Connecticut Media Group, covering everything from the most fascinating properties for sale in the Nutmeg State to the latest movie filming in the state. 5-7 yards from me. It had rained previously. September 16, 2020. in Bethlehem, Environment, News, Towns. I just heard from a fellow college student of a siting in Greenfield last fall and two in Colrain this spring. I always hold out the possibility of a sighting to be genuine, but at the same time, over decades of experience, we know that the vast majority are misidentifications and a small number are actually hoaxes, he says. In their estimation, the presence of a breeding cougar population in New England would likely stem from our proximity to Canada, where, as they rightly point out, DNA analysis has resulted in 19 positive identifications across Quebec and New Brunswick since 2001 (although some of these were shown to be of South American lineage, suggesting escaped pets). Mountain Lions: They are officially extinct. And the last confirmed sighting prior to the 2011 instance would be a couple hundred years ago, according to Hawley. Sign up for our newsletter to get our latest and greatest content delivered right to your inbox. Its distinctive featurethe one that sets it apart from other North American wild catsis its tail, which is thick and often as long as its body. The Department of Environmental . Osage County leads the list with seven, followed by Cimarron County with six. Facebook . We think theyre coming in from Canada, Betty told me. And theyre not going to find one, because the females don't disperse like that. The police and everyone else just shook their heads but she to her dying breath said she saw a mountain lion in Lexington MA. Hawley: Yeah. She said it jumped up on the neighbors stone wall which was pretty high and walked across it. This is part of the cougar business. Its documented through track surveys, aerial surveys, trapping and collaring surveys. Mountain lion hunting tags were sold in 2013 through a lottery system for the state's first lion hunt. Hear the full interview: Megafauna mania: our obsession with mountain lions and other large predators. But the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said Sunday that bobcats are the only large wild cats found in the state. Please. We need [an apex] predator back on the land, Sue Morse told me. Officially, there are no mountain lions in New England, although there is a good possibility the big cats could be here, Tate said. 1 After three deer were killed on his property in March, Matunuck resident Abel Collins found what he suspected might be a mountain lion track nearby. A few years later, though, the scat was retested with DNA analysis and found to be canid, rather than feline, in origin. If its not, you just thank the person and say good-bye.. I could hear the steady rush of traffic on Route 315. Could UConn women's basketball be back to 'square one' with seven available players at Seton Hall? Mountain lions also have tails that can grow up to 3 feet. On one side, there are those (as represented here by Sue Morse, Kim Royar, and Christopher Spatz, along with a number of others I spoke with) who contend that the lack of verifiable evidence is proof that the animals are not here. He set down his cigarette and looked me in the eye. Neither resemble a cougar! You need to understand that every biologist that works for the state has a duty to deny mountain lions. Mountain Lions in New York. The range of a Mountain Lion may cover 25 to 785 square miles. vital part of this countries ecosystem. Its quite an uphill challenge for us to manage that situation right now. McEnroe: It is an uphill challenge. Bobcats are plentiful across Connecticut and are between 18 and 35 pounds. A trail runner in Utah experienced a terrifying encounter with a mother mountain lion that stalked him on a trail for six minutes, lunging him at least three times . When he suggested we retrace our route, past lion, to see a sow bear with cubs, we headed in the opposite direction. Colin McEnroe is a radio host, newspaper columnist, magazine writer, author, playwright, lecturer, moderator, college instructor and occasional singer. Yet I also remembered something Sue Morse had told me months before, as we sat in her living room drinking beer and chatting cats. Mountain lions are nocturnal hunters, mostly going after deer. About This Home This charming 2 bed, 2 bath home, sits on a large lot facing north/south. Within six weeks, he continued, I was getting off the plane in Jackson Hole for a national mountain lion conference. Im not an expert on human psychology, but if youre looking for something, you have a greater chance of actually seeing it. my husband tapped my leg and asked what is that crossing the road It was a Cougar tan in color long tail which had a slight curl upward .I wish I had my camera to prove it but I know We saw it. The sighting on Gerdes Road is the third in the past month and very close to the most recent one, on . Typically, they will slink out of there as quickly as they can to get away from humans. So long as the tails there, that is. The mountain lion is believed to have had an encounter with a family on their lawn. I lived in Woodstock, CT in 2005/2006. For decades, wildlife experts should have been seeing occasional scat and paw prints in the winter. After 20 minutes or so, we turned and stumbled our way back to the parking lot. I started asking a lot of questions, and realized theres only one explanation for the answers I was getting: They are here., You could have 30 in Connecticut alone. Two were confirmed in Logan County (2014 and 2015), and one . But it also sort of instills that fear, a healthy fear of humans and bears. ), or someones coworkers mother had seen one from the back porch of a summer camp back in 07 or maybe 08, and shed tried to get a picture but this was before she got her first iPhone, and by the time shed retrieved her camera from the living room, the cat was long gone. In 2011, genetic testing confirmed that a mountain lion originated in South Dakota and traveled more than 1,500 miles before being struck by a car on the Merritt Parkway, according to Reuters. Hey, I know what I saw. Ottmann grew up and still lives just minutes from the tavern; his familiarity with the establishment was obvious (after we met in the parking lot, he led me into the building through the kitchen, greeting each of the staff by name). And he said, This is where the mountain lion crossed. We walked in and there were fresh bobcat tracks in there. Anyone who encounters a Mountain lion should file a report with CPW online or by calling CPW Headquarters in Denver at (303) 297-1192, or the Northeast Region Office (also in Denver) at (303) 291 . Westford, MA, crossing Dunstable Rd from Long Sought For Pond into the woods. It is also known as cougar, panther, mountain lion, and puma, though catamount is the preferred regional vernacular. WOODBRIDGE, CT (WFSB) - Police in Woodbridge said they have received reports of mountain lion sightings in town. We know that the closest established breeding population is in either the Everglades of Florida theres a small population down there and then out in South Dakota and Nebraska. They take down boats, bulls, etc. I have learned one thing in my career, and thats to never say never, she said. It used to be that a bear would go into a house when someone wasnt home. When I came out, the cat appeared in front of me coming up a rise (incredibly close to some ski condos). Hes even had his own false sighting. Based on this blurry photo and pawprints, confirmed it was likely a mountain lion. He soon developed a five-question litmus test: How far away were you? and with my friend Chris Christinat who lives in hartsville we saw one stalking a rabbit on her lawn about autumn of 2009. What set it off was a National Geographic special on mountain lions in California, right after my daughter and I had two encounters in my driveway, Betty told me. Rego has many reasons why a conspiracy to conceal mountain lions by his colleagues at DEEP is impossible. For decades afterward, there were reported sightings of the mythical creature prowling the woods around town. Records suggest that cash bounties for cougar kills were relatively common in the late 1700s and early 1800s; in the Adirondacks, a trapper named Thomas Meacham was credited with 77 cougar kills. When you look at a state like Connecticut, with all the people we have here, all the trail cameras we have in the woods, all the cars we have driving you can imagine if we had an established population here in Connecticut, we would know about it pretty quickly. Clearly, Puma concolor once inhabited the forests of the Northeast, although its difficult to say in what numbers. Wednesday, November 25th 2020. For helpful information on identifying mountain lion tracks and more, visit the Missouri Department of . It was a lion-like cat with a tan coat and no spots that was about three times the size of our 30- to 35-pound dog. Males can reach up to two metres in length and weigh over 60 kilograms. His bicycle was later found with the chain unbroken, but off the sprockets. He explains that we frequently overestimate the size of animals in the wild, particularly ones we are afraid of. Several years ago, I was bicycling with a buddy up Quabbin Reservoirs Administration Rd. Still, Spatz acknowledged that the word hope is very different from the word believe. "There's no evidence of breeding pairs," he said. It was hunted to extinction last century, but throughout the Blue Ridge, there are claims from locals that the cat has returned. Indeed, in 2011, a male cougar was hit and killed by a car in Milford, Connecticut; through its DNA, wildlife biologists were able to trace the cat back to South Dakotas Black Hills, some 2,000 miles distant. For instance, a favorite food for deer is the seedlings of forest tree species. At least once a year thered be a story from somewhere, but I only ran the absolute best, he told me. Despite frequent claims, there has only been one confirmed mountain lion sighting since the late 1800s here. . She didnt claim to see the mountain lions long tail, but optical illusions can lead people to think theyve seen a tail. Next to the jaguar, it is the largest North American cat. I appreciated Ottmann and Bettys confidence and commitment, but here I was, poking through thorny thickets behind a bar, trailing a bleeding man whose devotion to proving the presence of cougars was beginning to seem like a quixotic quest with no end. I now live in Boulder, CO where we have regular sightings.same animal as 35 yrs agohands down, Warren ,Ma early morning having my coffee on my front steps and noticed about 50 feet across the Road something coming out of the trail as it did it looked out at the road and turned around as it did I could see that it was a mountain lion ! Besides, Ottmann had revealed that hed been charged by a bear in this same piece of woods, and I felt conflicted about diverting my gaze from the underbrush. People like you are the problem and cause of extinctions. Mountain lions are carnivores (meat eaters) and prey mostly on deer. They also have facial ruffs and ear tufts on the tips of their ears, as well as shorter tails. Mountain Lion Update - May 8, 2020, by Sam Wilson, Furbearer and Carnivore Program Manager. If you have a worldview in which the government is conspiring to do weird stuff, than thats what youre going to see, and all the evidence is going to point to exactly what you believe, he says. on the regular. It jumped 28 feet across the road. If you dont think cougars are coming to the East, think again, she said, leaning forward for emphasis. But other hard evidence of the big cats presence is elusive. Earlier in the year, Id attended one of these presentations, and even in the tiny village of Woodbury, Vermont, on a stiflingly hot summer evening, nearly 100 people showed up to hear her speak and see her photographs (Morse is a magnificent wildlife photographer). No need since so we guess it has moved on from the northeast corner of Connecticut. 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Bill Betty of Matunuck, a mountain lion expert who spoke at the South Kingstown Land Trust barn Oct. 30, thinks there is ample evidence pointing to the existence of a mountain lion in Matunuck. Mountain Lions: cougars, pumas, panthers and catamounts. She adds, I think its because a lot of people are fascinated by wild cats; they are the embodiment of the wild.. Published: Dec 17, 2022 SACRAMENTO - Governor Gavin Newsom issued the below statement today after the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that mountain lion P-22 has been humanely euthanized following a comprehensive medical evaluation that found severe injuries and chronic health problems. Posted: Nov 2, 2020 / 04:58 PM EST. And DNA analysis shows us that felis concolor is genetically the same across the USI think it is irrelevant, but interesting. Morse has been tracking cougars for 45 years, mostly in the mountains of the West, where their existence is not in doubt. Connecticut Dept. And were one of the most densely populated states as far as humans. Concerned for people / pets and a school just down the street, stopped to report the sighting where dispatch told me that if I did not have proof they would not respond. Habitat. A month after the cat was struck and killed, researchers confirmed it had traveled more than 1,500 miles from the Black Hills of South Dakota. He/she was UNMISTAKEABLY a mountain lion: stretched out straight, long tail straight out behind him, golden/beigey color, and smallish head, little ears. Nowhere in New England is the matter definitively settled. Once at dusk driving in the Berkshires, he saw what he initially thought was a cat-like creature that was far bigger than a bobcat leap across the road. We have people eating dinner in their kitchen, they hear a noise, all of a sudden a bear walks in, so they run into their bedroom to get away from the bear, while the bears out ransacking their refrigerator. The restrictions/regulations surrounding management of an endangered species is incredibly cumbersome, and would be difficult to manage. Stephen Gencarella, professor of folklore studies at the University of Massachusetts and a Connecticut resident, says, The government coverup is only the latest version of something that could stretch back in the oral tradition to precolonial times. He notes that supposed mountain lion sightings spiked in the late 1800s and early 1900s shortly after the animals disappeared from New Englands woods. #3. TOLLAND A local woman reported Friday that she saw a mountain lion in the area of Sand Hill Road, . We hadnt seen a cougar, nor any evidence to suggest a cougar had traveled these woods recently. They set the stage for the exotics to move in, and this has a huge impact on our ecology, he said. To date, Keeping Track has helped conserve 40,000 acres in 12 states and inQuebec. If theres a middle ground in the cougar debate, it belongs to John Harrigan, a veteran outdoorsman, newspaper reporter, and widely read syndicated columnist. He can be reached by phone at 860-275-7297 or by email: pskahill@ctpublic.org. Today, nearly 60% of Connecticut is covered in forest, and bobcats are regularly observed throughout the state. About six years ago, my mother and step-father were traveling some back roads down to New Boston, NH to visit my sister where she lived in an extended care facility. When we reached tower, a ranger arrived in a pickup. My heart was saying, Maybe this is it, he recalls. of Energy & Environmental Protection. It continues in Connecticut, where that South Dakota cat was killed in 2011, and in Massachusetts, despite two credible reports in the past quarter century (in one case, DNA-confirmed scat; in the other, verified tracks). Despite frequent claims, there has only been one confirmed mountain lion sighting since the late 1800s here. An attack is verified only when a physician, law enforcement officer or CDFW personnel determine the injuries were caused by a . So, traffic had been slowed from both ends for a good 3-5 minutes. are larger and heavier than females (60 to 100 lbs.). He published his first book in 1959, The Ghost of North America: The Story of the Eastern Panther. Our Mission. The reason why experts wont admit to a breeding population existing is that there is NO PROOF. 2012). Now, ocelots are critically endangered and jaguarundis might be completely gone. on route to stone tower on Quabbin Hill. Learn More . State conservation officials believe this photo, taken in Greenwich in 2011, shows a mountain lion. We strolled across the tavern parking lot and ducked into the forest, where Ottmann maintains a portion of his $15,000 worth of wildlife recording equipment (hes had no luck capturing a cougar on camera, though, despite more than a decade of trying). In my mind, I went through all the nots. It is healthy to have respect and caution, but fear shouldnt drive ecological decision making. When I shared their story with the staff at the center where my sister lived, I expected surprise and interested. Mountain lions, also known as cougars or pumas, are a big cat species native to the Americas. Weve done a lot of work over the years investigating sightings. As I turned a corner going north toward Waterbury, I saw the cat come up from the cornfield, saunter across the highway, turn and look in my direction and then amble off into the brush. They are here & ..just a matter of time with photo or kill on a highway/road. Lets learn to live alongside this very large animal is one of the schools of thought. [Betty] and the other guys dont do this shit. They usually either don't disperse at all or they'll kind of overlap their mother's home range, or they'll disperse very short distances.. I also know of someone who said they showed F&G a photo of one from a game camera in NH. This is always been a debate however as someone who is an avid Outdoorsman I can say with certainty I know of at least 12 people that have personal accounts of seeing mountain lion in Central and Western Massachusetts. July 20, 2022. The mountain lion occurs throughout the Western Hemisphere and has one of the most extensive ranges of any land mammal, from the southern tip of Argentina in South America to northern British Columbia in North America. Sometimes referred to as the ghosts of the forest, mountain lions or cougars are stealthy hunters that are hard to spot, even in areas they are known to inhabit. As a carnivore biologist, Hawley says he would love it if mountain lions were here. I was driving to work in Greenfield heading south on 10 and had just taken a right hand turn at the junction when the big cat crossed the road in front of me. Friends that go backcountry skiing in Vermont have reported seeing tracks to me many times and I have seen pictures of the pawprints myself that look overwheming like a mountain lion. McEnroe: Scientifically, this is a case where absence of evidence is kind of evidence of absence, right? 02:02. That maybe, just maybe, what my wife and others saw wasnt a bobcat that seemed bigger in the thrill of the moment, but a real, honest-to-goodness mountain lion, a long-lost ghost of the forest. MLF. But you are talking Pacquiao (Pit) vs. Tyson (Dogo) in their prime. And yet there I was, on a Saturday in early November, crammed into a booth with Bo Ottmann, 48, and Bill Betty, 72, of Cougars of the Valley, the organization that Ottmann founded in 2007 to gather evidence of and alert the public to the big cats living among us. To answer these and other questions about sightings of mountain lions, I turned to DEEPs Rego, who has investigated many purported cougar sightings over the past three decades. Ottmann nodded. Mountain Lion Historically, mountain lions (Puma concolor) occurred throughout South Dakota and were considered numerous in the Black Hills. You dont even have to go out and look for it.. I saw a Mountain Lion in 2007 in Northfield, MA at the junctions of Rtes 10 and 63. The real reason that they wont admit that a breeding population exists, is that listing a population of endangered species would wreak ECONOMIC havoc in a number of arenas, mostly logging/forestry. But a high-profile sighting in 2011 stirred up renewed interest in the animals here, when a mountain lion from South Dakota was hit and killed by a car on a Connecticut highway. Today marks the date of our inception. Im not surprised that various state officers deny the presence of cougars in new England. Mrgunsngear (Mr. Im not an expert on human psychology, but if youre looking for something, you have a greater chance of actually seeing it. The Mountain Lion Celebrates its 35th year protecting and preserving America's Lion! And the clincher, What would you say was the most distinguishing feature? Using DNA and physical evidence, state environmental officials said they determined that the animal. Dogos have been DOCUMENTED killing mountain lion / wolf. Betsy started as an intern at WNPR in 2011 after earning a Master's Degree in American and Museum Studies from Trinity College. Hawley, a wildlife biologist with the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, says data dont support a breeding population of mountain lions in Connecticut. I must have looked doubtfulwe were within spitting distance of a heavily trafficked road and only 12 miles from downtown Hartfordbut both Ottmann and Betty told me that cougars actually prefer more populated areas, since thats where deer tend to congregate. Harold Davis just bought a new snowplow. A threat to livestock, they were hunted out of the state and driven to parts more wild. But further inspection revealed it was a very large coyote. Weight. The Great Divide | Are There Mountain Lions in New England. Betty had driven up from his home in Rhode Island. hen I accepted the assignment to write about my quest to uncover the truth regarding the existence of cougars in New England, I had little idea what I was agreeing to. DEEP believes their numbers have increased in recent years. And thats a surprisingly complex question, because it hinges on numerous factors: policy and politics, culture and conditioning, habitat and, frankly, hubris. Adult females can be 7 feet long and weigh between . So why does the conspiracy theory that theyre here in significant numbers persist? Yale New Haven Health Check; . Guns n' Gear), whose first name is Mike, is a United States Air Force and Army Veteran who uses his "experience on a . Spatz and Sue dont want to go where were going.. As a scientist, lack of evidence is very good evidence. I came across a dead adult deer carcass high up in an oak tree. Im always amazed at the sheer volume of people who are interested in cougars, more even than wolves, she says. You can subscribe to Connecticut Magazine here, or find the current issue on sale here. There are an estimated 3,000 - 7,000 Mountain lions in Colorado. Mountain Lions: They are officially extinct. But that was OK. Bo Ottmann, A Lobster Trap Menorah Shines in Gloucester, Massachusetts, Chips Off the Old Block | Knowledge & Wisdom, Yankee Candle | New England by the Numbers, First Christmas | Krissy OSheas Scandinavian-Inspired Holiday Cottage, The Sweet Life | Holiday Baking with Dorie Greenspan, 2019 Yankee Magazine Editors Choice Food Awards, In the Kitchen at Mayfair Farm | Weekends with Yankee. Even so, Abbott has heard of mountain lion sightings from what he deems reliable sources and believes its possible that other animals have made the difficult, some say almost miraculous trek, from the West to Connecticut. Weights range from 80 to 225 pounds, but the average is 140 pounds. My heart was saying, Maybe this is it,. And it was this curiosity that led me to the Old Well Tavern in Simsbury, Connecticut, at a time of day (11:30 a.m.) that does not normally find me ensconced in the dim confines of a drinking establishment. Watch Live at 7:00 PM: The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns | Screening & Panel Discussion . So theres fresh mud. Experts need to see the body to dismiss their prejudices. Those are the two closest populations that we have here. Probably are lions in western NC, too. Especially when pictures are blurry which happens a lot in trail cameras or youll get pictures taken at night or something on Ring cameras that hind leg really does often look like a tail kind of curling up behind the animal.. Connecticut Unlike male cougars, the femaleslike this Montana cat with her cubdont tend to strike out for new territory, which makes it unlikely that a breeding population would establish itself far from the cougars current habitatsbut not impossible. Genetic testing placed the animal in Wisconsin and Minnesota, and the cat had been sighted at several different points during its long journey east. Its a cool story with how far that animal walked. 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