I am one who is guilty of making some fun at those who love these rumors, but in all seriousness, I don't doubt that there is the occasional big cat that makes its way into the northeastern forests. I just don't understand why there hasn't been one killed by some trigger-happy hunter during rifle season if they are in fact here. You have close to a million armed guys and gals in the woods then. It boggles my mind that they wouldn't run into even one cougar and kill it when you consider the fact that these rumors have been circulating for the past twenty years or so. I will reserve judgement on this subject until I see a dead cougar. Photos can be doctored.

Probably the best video I have seen that purports to be a video of a cougar is actually of a large housecat. Most of the genuine videos of cougars come from cougar country out west.

Here is a photo of my cougar mount. I took the cat in Idaho a few years ago. Taxidermist was Mike McCullough of Mac's Taxidermy, Fort Loudon, PA.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/patrkyhntr17252/lion.jpg